{"id":965467,"date":"2026-08-06T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/965467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:00:20","slug":"shedeur-sanders-on-handling-media-criticism-things-i-dont-respect-i-dont-give-my-time-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/965467\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders on handling media criticism: ‘Things I don’t respect, I don’t give my time to’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shedeur Sanders experienced a shocking slide in the 2025 NFL Draft. At one point, the former Colorado Buffaloes star quarterback was mocked<\/a> to go as high as No. 1 overall. But in the actual draft, Sanders fell all the way to the fifth round before the Cleveland Browns swooped in to take him 144th overall.<\/p>\n

Mel Kiper Jr. may die on the hill<\/a> that Sanders deserved to be a first-round quarterback. But even if Sanders isn\u2019t a first-round draft pick, he was covered like one as a rookie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether the Sanders media machine will keep firing on all cylinders into the 2026 NFL season, but if it does, Sanders won\u2019t know the difference.<\/p>\n

Sanders appeared on Kevin Clark\u2019s This Is Football from Browns training camp, and he gave a glimpse \u2014 and I do mean a glimpse \u2014 into how he handles media criticism. This offseason, he said, he focused on \u201cunderstanding what really matters in this world and what doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

I asked Shedeur Sanders about his mindset change in year 2, which he said is focused on staying in the moment each day and ignoring the outside world.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstand what really matters in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Really enjoyed this sitdown. pic.twitter.com\/AzQhWkKb9A<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

When Clark asked how and when his mindset changed, Sanders said with a smile, \u201cWhen everything changed for me, when the script got flipped on me.\u201d Sanders played coy when Clark asked him to specifically identify when the switch flipped, but he made one point clear: \u201cJust turn on the TV, you\u2019ll be able to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything negative about it, but I don\u2019t really like when people have platforms and don\u2019t use it for the right reasons,\u201d Sanders said of the media criticism that arrived at his doorstep since becoming an NFL quarterback. \u201cI don\u2019t respect it. So, it\u2019s like, things I don\u2019t respect, I don\u2019t give my time to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark gave him the floor to call out any specific criticism he\u2019s seen about himself on TV, but Sanders couldn\u2019t oblige: \u201cI don\u2019t watch TV. I don\u2019t watch TV at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With Clark, Sanders echoed what Deion Sanders, his father, told reporters almost exactly one year ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t get caught up with the rhetoric with the media,\u201d the Colorado head football coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer said. \u201cHe was coached through that when he was a kid, so we\u2019ve always gone through that, and he has always navigated his way. Some of the stuff is just ignorant, but he far surpasses that, and I can\u2019t wait to see him play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders can change the narrative if he wins the starting job over the disgraced Deshaun Watson and plays well under new head coach Todd Monken.<\/p>\n

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