Shedeur Sanders met with three teams at the East-West Shrine Bowl, and it should come as no surprise it was with those who hold the first three picks — the Tennessee Titans, the Cleveland Browns, and the New York Giants.
Sanders Meets With Three Teams So Far at East-West Shrine Bowl
Sanders was in attendance at the facility, but strictly to meet with teams and reporters. He met with reporters Saturday afternoon.
It was not really a surprise Sanders is not playing or practicing. Opting out of all-star games is common, but quarterbacks will typically practice even when not suiting up.
Sanders met with the Titans’ front office personnel and coaches on Friday, and they walked away impressed.
.@ShedeurSanders, who spent over 30 minutes with @Titans officials on Friday, tackles a bunch of topics at the @ShrineBowl. pic.twitter.com/nrkl5t9OCk
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) January 25, 2025
Titans coach Brian Callahan had glowing things to say about Sanders, whom he had never met before this week.
“You can tell he’s been raised right,” Callahan said of his first impression of Sanders, son of Colorado coach and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. “He’s mature, he has a really poised way about him, and he seems like a really good kid. I enjoyed talking to him. And, you could tell he’s a guy who has been in the spotlight. He knows how to handle himself, he’s been paid money, so he has a financial perspective. It was a really good first impression.”
Callahan said Sanders impressed him with his toughness. He stood in the pocket often in college with a patchwork offensive line and took hit after hit. In a game against UCLA in 2023, he was reportedly forced to get a pain-killing injection at halftime after he was beaten up so badly.
“The thing that stands out the most is his toughness,” Callahan said of Sanders. “He took some pretty big shots and he kept rolling. He can stand in the pocket and deliver it. He can move and create a bit, he has some ability to move out the pocket, and he does create on his own.
“He’s not a high-end dynamic scrambler necessarily, but he is productive when he does. And he really has a good feel for anticipation and timing, you can tell he’s been coached in that regard. Those things show up on tape.”
While Callahan believes Sanders’ tape speaks for itself, he likes to look at the intangibles and see what’s behind the helmet.
“The film is the film, but the rest of it is important – who they are, how they function, what their personality is, what they are like in the building when you get them in for a 30-visit,” Callahan said.
“And then you get to the point where you have a full picture of the player and the person, and it allows you to make the best decision. Every one of these matters, and they all have different values over the course of the process. Especially for the first exposure for this, it was invaluable for me to put a name to a face for Shedeur and talk to him.”
