Chris E

#FreeJuju🔓

@CoachKimbo_ Interesting you say this 48.1% of his completions went to two receivers and it seemed like they were security blankets —like he didn’t trust the other guys as much. I saw several instances he refused to throw it to some receivers and instead ended up getting sacked.

As a former #NFL Scout, I encourage teams to look at Shedeur Sanders slower mental processing time. It’s important because now he’s going into a faster and more complex league. Specifically, I feel it’s important to look at how his snap to throw process got even slower in 2024. What? Yeah, according to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Sanders time to throw slowed down from 2.89 seconds in 2023 to 3.00 seconds in 2024. Actually, his process has been getting slower every year for the past three years according to the times published by Pro Football Focus: 2022: 2.74 2023: 2.89 2024: 3.00 I am warning ⚠️ teams not to dismiss Sanders sack totals by accepting the popular narrative that makes the offensive line the scapegoat and to ask themselves “What’s really taking so long for Sanders to get the ball out of his hand?” Does he: • Have trouble reading college level defenses? • Not throw with anticipation? • Lack confidence in himself and his throwing decisions? What’s the problem? That’s the question teams need to answer. I’ve learned through my studies of different quarterbacks that quarterbacks who hold the ball longer make their offensive line look worse than they really are. They put more pressure on their offensive lines to maintain their blocks on passing plays for even longer periods of time. The fact that Sanders had a season average of 3.00 seconds time to throw in 2024 when only facing two top-25 teams is concerning. It’s especially concerning when we imagine how his college time to throw will translate to the NFL, which is a much higher level of competition. One of the nice things about PFF is they break down and publish numbers for each game. It also makes this concern about Sanders even more alarming 🚨 When Colorado faced Texas Tech, according to CBS Sports, Texas Tech was ranked No. 44 x.com/firstroundmock… Against Texas Tech, Sanders time to throw was 3.06 seconds (PFF). When Colorado faced Cincinnati, according to CBS Sports, Cincinnati was ranked No. 35 x.com/firstroundmock… Against Cincinnati, Sanders time to throw was 3.07 seconds (PFF). When Colorado faced Oklahoma State, according to CBS Sports Oklahoma State was ranked No. 99 x.com/firstroundmock… Against Oklahoma State, Sanders time to throw was 3.16 seconds (PFF). When Colorado faced Baylor, according to CBS Sports Baylor was ranked No. 68 x.com/firstroundmock… Against Baylor, Sanders time to throw was 3.50 seconds (PFF). In what game did Sanders have his slowest time to throw this season? Ready for this? Against the best team he played in 2024 —No. 17 BYU 3.57 seconds (PFF). Now he’s going into the NFL and instead of facing BYU he’ll be lining up against teams like the Eagles, Steelers, Vikings, Lions and Chiefs. What’s taking Sanders so long to get the ball out of his hand? Keep in mind Sanders was the most sacked quarterback in the FBS the past two seasons taking 94 sacks. Finally, let’s look at how Sanders’ time to throw stacks up against other quarterback prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft Class (256 picks in rounds 1-7). These are the consensus quarterbacks listed in that range (1-256) according to nflmockdraftdatabase.com/big-boards/202… *Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is undecided about declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft at this point. Kyle McCord: 2.41 Carson Beck: 2.52 Kurtis Rourke 2.55 *Quinn Ewers 2.58 Will Howard 2.64 Jaxson Dart: 2.77 Dillon Gabriel 2.78 Riley Leonard 2.81 Jalen Milroe: 2.87 Cam Ward: 2.93 Shedeur Sanders 3.00 —he has the slowest time to throw in his draft class. It’s worth noting NFL quarterbacks are ranging between 2.42-3.14 seconds (NEXT GEN STATS)