Colorado football S Shilo Sanders is seeing his reputation take hit after hit this offseason. His legal troubles are at the forefront of any news on him, and there are mixed messages on when he'll even be able to suit up for the Buffs in 2024 due to a shoulder injury. He claims the shoulder is fine, but that could involve plenty of wishful thinking given the severity of the issue.
Now, Buffs analysts are openly dissing him on podcasts; the latest being DNVR's Jake Schwanitz suggesting he will never live out his NFL dream but will instead extend his eligibility as much as possible in college.
“Shilo could play into his 40s potentially," Schwanitz said when the DNVR crew got to the topic of potential forever-college players.
Throw in a public showering of support for Shedeur that resulted in chants from a frenzied crowd of "Shilo s***s," and one could conclude public opinion of Shilo seems to be on a losing streak.
Successful Colorado football return the only way for Shilo Sanders to silence doubters
Shilo can win at the end of the day. However, there's only one way: in 2024, help the Buffs win games.
No. 21 looked athletic and quick throwing pulled punches at Ryan Garcia -- in hindsight, not the ideal image many want to associate with him given his assault charges on a high school security guard at Trinity Christian -- during the boxer's Boulder visit over the Black and Gold weekend, or in 2024, "Prime Weekend." He's 24 and in his athletic prime. No pun intended. A return to the field is possible, and by the time he does, Colorado could either need a hand or need a push to reach their goal of six wins and a bowl game for Peggy Coppom or, by that point, something greater.
Return to the field and make timely plays and the NFL will have more interest. There's no doubt Shilo's PR team needs to start picking up victories in the narrative department this offseason, though.