NFL team ‘may as well’ look at hiring Coach Prime and drafting Colorado star

Given the franchise’s struggles, the Las Vegas Raiders may be hunting for a massive PR win with its next head coaching hire. ESPN’s Matt Miller’s suggestion that the Raiders hire Coach Prime and draft his star Colorado football son, Shedeur Sanders, would certainly qualify as such — and because of that, AthlonSports’ Kevin Borba believes that Las Vegas “may as well” look at the possibility; as far-fetched as the idea may be.

“While it does seem highly unlikely because Deion has been adamant he doesn’t have NFL coaching aspirations, and the father and coach of Sheduer has already told the quarterback he will be back at Colorado next year, it is still a fun thought,” Borba prefaced before saying, “The Raiders may as well give it a look considering they would automatically be the most popular team in the league.”

Miller’s suggestion was one that he put a disclaimer of “rooting for chaos” on.

“Just because I root for chaos: Raiders hire Deion Sanders,” Miller prefaced before saying, “Shedeur enters the draft and refuses to play for anyone but his dad, and becomes the team’s franchise QB. How fun would that be?”

Coach Prime laying down roots with Colorado football

Coach Prime isn’t going back to coach in his home state to lead his alma mater, which still holds animosity toward him by the way, or one of his alma mater’s rivals. And he’s made it clear that the NFL isn’t on his radar.

With another year of future NFLers, and Coach Prime’s closest recruits, Travis Hunter and Shedeur in Boulder, and Antwann Hill Jr. arriving in 2025, there is a strong chance that “Prime Time” is going to be as synonymous with CU as Nick Saban has been at Alabama.

The only question then, is whether or not he can be even a fraction as successful as Saban was at winning championships.