{"id":870835,"date":"2026-04-20T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:44:13","slug":"deion-sanders-sends-browns-cryptic-4-word-message-on-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870835\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders Sends Browns Cryptic 4-Word Message on Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Deion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Deion Sanders hinted at behind the scenes drama involving Browns QB Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n

Shedeur Sanders<\/a> is heading into the offseason workout program as one of two QBs with the best chance to start for the Cleveland Browns<\/a>, but his father Deion Sanders<\/a> is still trying to put his thumb on the scale.<\/p>\n

Deion Sanders took to social media on Monday, April 20 to join the love fest surrounding Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson<\/a>, who was ostensibly plunging down NFL<\/a> draft boards due to his lingering hamstring issue and substantial history of injury before video of his pro day enraptured the social media-verse and started the hype ball rolling.<\/p>\n

Jordyn Tyson is Different<\/p>\n

\u201cJordyn Tyson is different,\u201d Deion Sanders posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the surface, that four-word message reads merely like praise for a wideout who, when healthy, has the highest athletic upside of the 2026 class in the opinion of the majority of national analysts.<\/p>\n

However, sports radio in Cleveland received Deion Sanders\u2019 take as a message to the Browns front office on how to approach the No. 6 overall pick on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeion\u2019s voice still carries some weight,\u201d Jonathan Peterlin of 92.3 The Fan said Monday<\/a>. \u201cSo when he said it today, my first thought was, is Shedeur trying to push this? Deion wants the Browns to take a WR at (No.) 6 because, obviously, that helps out Shedeur.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carnell Tate Safer WR Prospect Than Jordyn Tyson for Browns Inside Top 10\"Jordyn<\/p>\n

GettyArizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson.<\/p>\n

Tyson has a history at the University of Colorado<\/a>, where Deion Sanders is the head coach, which is worth noting. Cleveland is in the market for a No. 1 wideout to place alongside\/ahead of Jerry Jeudy<\/a> in that position group, both in the short-term and the longterm, which is worth mentioning as well.<\/p>\n

That said, Carnell Tate<\/a> of Ohio State is the more frequently mocked WR target to the Browns with pick No. 6 because he is simply the safer play from a health and production standpoint.<\/p>\n

Evaluating the NFL success of a handful of OSU receivers currently dominating the league and projecting that onto Tate isn\u2019t necessarily a sound argument, as he is a different player with different circumstances and skill sets, etc.<\/p>\n

That said, the Buckeyes have proven such a factory for standout pro wideouts, and Tate\u2019s abilities (not the least of which is his durability) has top scouts believing in him as a potential WR1 at the highest level, which is a status so many of his recent predecessors have achieved.<\/p>\n

There is little question that Tyson is the flashier option, but he\u2019s also the less certain option. Browns GM Andrew Berry<\/a> took a practical approach to last year\u2019s draft by hunting prospects he was sure he could count on across Days 1 and 2, a strategy that paid off in the form of perhaps the best class in the league in 2025.<\/p>\n

Thus, it makes sense that Berry would take the can\u2019t-miss route with Tate over the high-ceiling, high-risk route with Tyson if Cleveland sticks and picks at No. 6.<\/p>\n

Browns Exceedingly Likely Candidate to Make First-Round Trade\"Cleveland<\/p>\n

GettyCleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry.<\/p>\n

There is also the possibility of the Browns trading down to consider.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reported a high likelihood of that outcome during an interview with ESPN Cleveland Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was told by a source with the team that it would be shortsighted to assume that they\u2019re just going to fulfill two needs with their two first-round picks and just go from there,\u201d Fowler said<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re very open to a surprise here.\u201d<\/p>\n

There could be several opportunities to find value by moving down from No. 6 into the early-to-mid-teens, where the Browns could still get ahead of what The Ringer\u2019s Todd McShay expects<\/a> to be a run on the offensive tackle position that will begin somewhere around, or shortly after, the mid-point of Round 1.<\/p>\n

That would mean a Cleveland trade back, the Browns picking an offensive tackle first and then looking at one of the quality WR options a tier below Tyson, Tate and Makai Lemon when the team makes its second first-round pick at No. 24.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMax Dible<\/a> covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group’s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy. More about Max Dible<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

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