{"id":460875,"date":"2026-02-08T02:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460875\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:18:08","slug":"deion-sanders-amplifies-birthday-letter-to-shedeur-criticizing-nfl-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460875\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders amplifies birthday letter to Shedeur criticizing NFL treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL legend Deion Sanders is ready to talk about what happened to his son this past season, but he is stopping himself from getting too real.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado head coach has been doing the media circuit at Super Bowl 60, which is set for kickoff Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u2019 youngest son, Shedeur, is a quarterback for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. Once touted as a first-round pick, he slipped into the fifth-round and has been fighting an uphill battle ever since.<\/p>\n<p>His rookie season may have been best summed up by a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hovah76\/status\/2020162095510110458?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">social media post<\/a> that emerged Saturday. A fan wrote a \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d letter to Shedeur, which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeionSanders\/status\/2020202873179775336?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deion shared<\/a>. The post lists several pitfalls for the 24-year-old since he left college, but the writer reiterates that it is all part of God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/news\/jim-schwartz-browns-contract-loophole-2026\/44e7d6473941093d52e15cfd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The loophole keeping Jim Schwartz \u2018at war\u2019 with Browns: Why Florio says this standoff isn\u2019t over&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The user writes, Shedeur was \u201chumiliated on national television in front of millions by falling out of the first round on draft day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod picked you to be sabotaged, set up for failure, neglected, and abandoned by your Head Coach through OTA\u2019s, training camp, and the first 10 weeks of the season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter then takes a turn to point to times when Shedeur showed strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung fella, you didn\u2019t bow. You did not break. You never threw your coach under the bus. You never attacked the media for their lies,&#8221; the post reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are now QB1. God will restore all that was lost. You will lead the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs NEXT YEAR, and God will receive the GLORY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/news\/browns-garrett-schwesinger-nfl-history\/5234d3a14bfec458ef8b0509\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Not seen in 22 years: Browns Myles Garrett and Carson Schwesinger just made NFL history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter has been viewed 1.4 million times since Deion shared it.<\/p>\n<p>Deion has been making appearances<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FirstTake\/status\/2019818789144027360?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">, including on ESPN Friday,<\/a> where he said he would never coach in the NFL after \u201cwhat transpired with my son last year.\u201d He then added that he needed to stop himself from saying too much as he represents Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimetime\u201d loves a camera, though, and has been dropping little nuggets all week. \u201cYou think I forgot!\u201d He<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shannonsharpeee\/status\/2019888729314455637?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0told Bleacher Report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll have more to say in the future. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More Browns news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL legend Deion Sanders is ready to talk about what happened to his son this past season, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-460875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460875","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=460875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}