Deion Sanders being linked to the NFL is like death and taxes: inevitable. For a second straight offseason, Coach Prime's exit from Boulder is being discussed at length as a possibility. This time, it makes more sense with his kids and Travis Hunter becoming pros.
CBS Sports' Jordan Dajani predicted Sanders discussing the Las Vegas Raiders head coaching job with new minority owner Tom Brady and the franchise's key decision-makers and coaching Shedeur at the next level.
"'Prime Time' has done an excellent job turning around the Colorado Buffaloes. He's excited the city of Boulder, and is trailblazing a path other former NFL players such as Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson are attempting to tread. I don't doubt that Sanders wants to remain at Colorado and continue to build something special, but the call of the NFL is impossible to ignore," Dajani wrote.
"New Raiders minority owner Tom Brady and his crew pitch Sanders about taking the Raiders job after Vegas surprisingly fires Antonio Pierce. They sell Sanders on 'Sin City,' how the Raiders are a sleeping giant and explain how ownership will build a support system they claim will guarantee success. Sanders decides to take the leap to the NFL given this huge opportunity."
The possibility seems more realistic when you consider a recent scuttlebutt from The Blaze's Jason Whitlock suggesting CU has run out of rope when it comes to funding Coach Prime's ambitions.
"According to someone who should know the ingredients, the situation is ripe, and it is right for Deion Sanders to exit Colorado after its 36-14 Alamo Bowl loss to BYU," Whitlock said. "This isn't a prediction. It's not someone saying it's going to happen. It's someone who is in the know that's followed the program real closely and says, 'Hey, I think the tea leaves are pointing towards Deion leaving Colorado.'
"And this person told me this, because, going into the Alamo Bowl, Colorado was out of NIL money. Just doesnt have the budget for what Deion was doing."
It cannot be state enough. Colorado's Alamo Bowl dud against BYU, and the circumstances leading up to it, may have been the end of the line for "Prime Time" in the Centennial State.