{"id":147458,"date":"2025-09-16T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147458\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:18:08","slug":"forgotten-colorado-buffaloes-qb-predicted-to-start-again-end-nfl-indifference-after-benching-by-deion-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/147458\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Colorado Buffaloes QB predicted to start again, end NFL indifference after benching by Deion Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgotten Colorado Buffaloes QB predicted to start again, end NFL indifference after benching by Deion Sanders<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

We may not have seen the last of Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Kaidon Salter starting under center during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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Sports Illustrated\u2019s Harrison Simeon<\/a> deemed Salter one of the four Buffs under the most pressure from head coach Deion Sanders. After Ryan Staub squandered the QB1 role during a 36-20 loss to the Houston Cougars<\/a> on Friday, at least according to Simeon, Salter\u2019s chance is to get back in Coach Prime\u2019s good graces but also get NFL scouts fixated on his draft stock.<\/p>\n

Simeon predicts Salter regaining Colorado\u2019s QB1 role before the Buffaloes\u2019 BYU Cougars matchup on September 27 from Folsom Field because of what he does against the Wyoming Cowboys in Week 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current Colorado plan at quarterback is unclear, but after a disastrous day for Ryan Staub, Salter may get the mulligan he desired. He didn’t play poorly in his game-and-a-half under center, but left much on the table,\u201d Simeon wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Salter expects to end the indifference that surrounds his current NFL status, he must be ready to meet any moments that will come his way. His mental fortitude throughout the Buffaloes’ quarterback carousel must endure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wouldn’t be a shock if Sanders trusts him once Big 12 play ramps up against the BYU Cougars on Sept. 27, so a strong tune-up game against the Wyoming Cowboys this Saturday would be vital.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salter\u2019s dual-threat ability makes him an intriguing late-round NFL draft flier, much like his fellow Liberty Flames signal-calling alum Malik Willis, the Green Bay Packers\u2019 primary backup for Jordan Love<\/a>, was.<\/p>\n

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Salter just needs to bulk up if he wants to ever have a serious NFL chance. And before those conversations, he needs to prove at CU over the next few weeks that linking him to the pros isn\u2019t a fool\u2019s errand after a pair of mediocre outings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forgotten Colorado Buffaloes QB predicted to start again, end NFL indifference after benching by Deion Sanders originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1988,49,48,528,529,1730,78639,6020,25579,78636,78640,78641,514,78637,82,78638],"class_list":{"0":"post-147458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-byu-cougars","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-colorado-buffaloes","12":"tag-deion-sanders","13":"tag-green-bay-packers","14":"tag-harrison-simeon","15":"tag-houston-cougars","16":"tag-jordan-love","17":"tag-kaidon-salter","18":"tag-liberty-flames","19":"tag-malik-willis","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-ryan-staub","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-wyoming-cowboys"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}