{"id":82682,"date":"2025-05-27T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/82682\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:07:13","slug":"im-not-going-to-lie-shilo-sanders-reveals-true-feelings-about-living-in-tampa-bay-area-and-playing-for-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/82682\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m not going to lie&#8217; &#8211; Shilo Sanders reveals true feelings about living in Tampa Bay area and playing for Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHILO Sanders is growing accustomed to his new home after the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders was signed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> as an undrafted free agent and is already making a good impression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TAMPA, FLORIDA - MAY 09: Shilo Sanders #28 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on during the 2025 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rookie Mini-Camp at AdventHealth Training Center on May 09, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/28-tampa-bay-buccaneers-looks-993423783.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shilo Sanders is making a good impression at Tampa Bay Buccaneers camp\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/28-tampa-bay-buccaneers-looks-993423783.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Shilo Sanders is making a good impression at Tampa Bay Buccaneers campCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Shilo Sanders runs a drill during the NFL football team's rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara)\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-safety-shilo-993417450.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sanders is getting acclimated to the warm weather after leaving Colorado\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-safety-shilo-993417450.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is getting acclimated to the warm weather after leaving ColoradoCredit: AP<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has now spent a few weeks in the Sunshine State, and has taken notice of how different the weather is compared to Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not really the heat, it&#8217;s the humidity,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You walk out of the hotel and it&#8217;s literally you feel like you gotta take a shower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the warmer weather, Sanders has taken a liking to his new home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Am I liking Tampa? I love Tampa,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to lie, Tampa actually is, like living here now, Tampa is one of the best places to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is staying wary of the locals though, saying he was warned of bad drivers in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we got to be careful out here,&#8221; Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said Tampa is number one rated for worst driving &#8211; is it in America, or just Florida?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been driving out here and I don&#8217;t see, like, it&#8217;s not that bad. <\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders sends clear 5-word message to Cleveland Browns to finally give them &#8216;what they want&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I don&#8217;t know&#8230; I&#8217;ve only been here for like a week and a half. So we&#8217;ll see more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders hasn&#8217;t been in Tampa Bay long, but he is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/14237472\/shilo-sanders-impress-tampa-bay-buccaneers-rookie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making an impression on his coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like the rest of the safeties, he&#8217;s very intelligent, he&#8217;s very loud,&#8221; Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can hear him today, making calls and everything, so he has a good grasp of things Day 1.<\/p>\n<p>NFL important dates 2025 season<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">March 12 &#8211; Free Agency begins<\/p>\n<p>April 24-26 &#8211; NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>September 4 &#8211; 2025 season opener (TBC vs Eagles)<\/p>\n<p>November 27 &#8211; Thanksgiving Day triple header<\/p>\n<p>January 4, 2026 &#8211; End of regular-season<\/p>\n<p>February 8, 2026 &#8211; Super Bowl LX at Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was about three or four of them that did. He was one of them, but you have to make plays in pads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what it comes down to \u2014 knowing what to do and then doing it consistently and constantly getting better every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/14302335\/shilo-sanders-turns-heads-tampa-bay-buccaneers-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working on winning over his teammates<\/a> off the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be the snack guy,&#8221; Sanders said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to make sure the vets are good, because they&#8217;ve really been helping me and teaching me a lot of stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHILO Sanders is growing accustomed to his new home after the NFL Draft. 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