Shedeur Sanders Calling An Ex-Colorado Player "Mid At Best" Started A Wild Two Days On Twitter With Deion And Other Players Getting Involved
The Athletic published a very in-depth article on Monday detailing what happened to all the players Deion Sanders replaced with his Louis V luggage.
The main character of the story was a DB named Xavier Smith, who said that Deion didn't give him a fair chance and destroyed his confidence. Shedeur took to Twitter and did not take it easy on Xavier:
If you don't know what "ion" means, let me translate: I don't. The term mid, for those who are unaware, means below average.
What came next was a tweet from Kaleb Mathis:
As you can see, Mathis has deleted his tweet, after getting flamed for posting one singular highlight of him beating Xavier Smith in an offseason workout. Kaleb was flamed for this:
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Jaheim Ward played on Austin Peay, where Xavier Smith transferred to after Colorado. Ward's tweet reached Deion Sanders:
Judging a DB off of his ESPN stat line isn't necessarily fair, but that's exactly what Deion did. Thanks to this tweet, Deion's OTHER son (Shilo), was brought into the conversation:
Shilo returns for Colorado this year, along with Shedeur. Shilo will want to pursue football at the next level I'm sure, but after seeing the clip of him with Ryan Garcia, he may want to get involved with combat sports (not kidding):
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Back to the story at hand.
Before the initial "lawd, Jesus" tweet from Deion, he called his son a top 5 pick:
The "I got time today" was immediately made fun of by Twitter:
Last season, Deion got a bit too much praise. People were discussing Colorado as a CFP contender in September. If you questioned it, you were called nasty things on Twitter.
But now? The narrative has changed. Deion, truthfully, may be getting too much shit. He went 4-8 last year, which was an improvement for Colorado. His recruiting has not been as strong as expected, but he is revving up for a big 2024. He worked the portal very well, as they've brought in a total of 34 players and rank first in the On3 Portal Rankings:
What would success look like this year for Colorado? Their win total sits at 5.5, so I guess a bowl game? With how brash the talk has been out of Boulder, just one bowl game for Shedeur and Travis Hunter being considered a success would be something.
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In 2023, Deion was pretty clear that he think Colorado would win a national championship in a "few years." I just don't know how that would be possible. He has recently stated he wont follow Shedeur to the NFL, but what is Colorado going to look like without his two best players in 2025? His recruiting hasn't been great and you can win a national championship through additions in the portal, but you build a national championship roster through recruiting. Everything about Colorado feels like Deion is going to leave. It's all in for 2024, with the hope of either going to the NFL, or finding another job in college.