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Former QB Alex Smith shares advice for Shedeur Sanders<\/p>\n

Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith shares advice for Shedeur Sanders after his shocking fall in the draft.<\/p>\n

Sports Seriously<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, Shedeur Sanders<\/a> was expected to be a first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draf<\/a>t. The consensus No. 2 quarterback in the class led college football in completion percentage in 2024 and helped the Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> to their first nine-win season since 2014.<\/p>\n

But Sanders slid from Round 1 to Round 5 as the Cleveland Browns<\/a> traded up to secure a potential starting quarterback for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

His slide was the biggest storyline of draft weekend. Now, a Colorado Buffaloes fan is seeking $100 million in damages in a lawsuit filed against the NFL for Sanders’ drop to the fifth round, according to a filing obtained by USA TODAY.<\/p>\n

New number in the NFL: Cleveland Browns announce jersey number for rookie QB Shedeur Sanders<\/a><\/p>\n

The plaintiff – referred to as John Doe in the filing – alleges in the complaint that “the NFL’s actions and the dissemination of slanderous statements have caused severe emotional distress and trauma.”<\/p>\n

Per the filing, Doe is a Georgia resident and a “dedicated fan of Colorado football” who attended the Colorado vs. TCU football game in 2023. The Buffaloes won 45-42<\/a> as Sanders completed 38 of 47 passes for 510 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Doe alleges that the reports of Sanders’ performance in interviews “contributed to a narrative that has unjustly harmed his reputation as and potential as a player.”<\/p>\n

More: Shedeur Sanders draft rumors: Browns ‘worked hard to trade up’ for Colorado QB<\/a><\/p>\n

The filing alleges the NFL violated:<\/p>\n

The Sherman Antitrust Act because teams colluded to influence Sanders’ fall to the fifth round;The Civil Rights Act because that fall “may have been influenced by racial discrimination”Consumer protection laws because the league misrepresented the “nature of the drafting process and qualifications of players.”<\/p>\n

The plaintiff is seeking $100 million in punitive damages.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Atlanta. At the time of publishing, the NFL has not put out a statement in response to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

This story will be updated with more information when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former QB Alex Smith shares advice for Shedeur Sanders Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith shares advice for Shedeur…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[247,265,86,788,85,54,564,792,864,876,7,866,12202,248,267,330,88,6,15,907,245,338,140,139,17,865,9,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-29705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-browns","11":"tag-buffaloes","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-browns","14":"tag-colorado","15":"tag-colorado-buffaloes-football","16":"tag-exclude","17":"tag-exclude-smart-fronts","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-fronts","20":"tag-legal","21":"tag-national","22":"tag-national-sports","23":"tag-negative","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-nfl-draft","27":"tag-now","28":"tag-overall","29":"tag-overall-negative","30":"tag-sanders","31":"tag-shedeur","32":"tag-shedeur-sanders","33":"tag-smart","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114463754429275616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}