Former San Diego Chargers star Shawn Merriman believes Deion Sanders is playing his cards right in trying to get Shedeur Sanders to a preferred destination while threatening to "be an Eli" if he doesn't get his way.
"I think Deion is smart by putting it out there that teams need to tread lightly, as far as what they plan on doing… I think Prime is smart enough to at least put the word out there that we're not just going with anybody, right?" Merriman said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "But again, when you get drafted, I think things change, and anywhere in that top-five pick man is really a blessing for anybody."
Merriman's production company, Lights Out Sports TV, will be broadcasting the Shrine Bowl -- which will feature several NFL-bound Colorado talents like Shedeur, Shilo, Travis Hunter, LaJohntay Wester, Will Sheppard and Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig.
Merriman shared excitement about the opportunity to live out his broadcasting dream.
"To get the opportunity now to have the live-streaming rights exclusively for us for the East-West Shrine Bowl practices, it's like, I wanted to play football as a kid. I dreamed about it. I wanted to play NFL, and to now be in this space that now, it's my ideas, it's my production, I'm putting together everything, and to have the ability to get in this space and get someone like the East-West shrine bowl, the 100th annual, it's a massive, massive deal for us. and we want go out and make this the most interactive practice week that anybody's ever seen," Merriman said.
Shedeur is projected to go in the top three of the 2025 draft but many believe Coach Prime could have issues with him going to the Tennessee Titans or Cleveland Browns.
We'll see if that holds.