Shedeur Sanders has responded to the critics of his passing style following rife debate over his habit of patting the football.
The former Colorado quarterback is headed to the pros and is expected to be an early first-round selection later this month. However, his penchant for stroking the ball placed him under additional scrutiny after folks observed him doing so during his throwing sessions at CU Pro Day last week.
Clips of his passing workout generated a lot of buzz on social media, with NFL players even joining the conversation.
New York Jets safety Andre Cisco had a warning for Sanders. “Boy better stop patting that ball, we breakin onnat earlyyyy,” he wrote in a tweet.
Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons and New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton actually got into a tense argument over it online.
Shedeur Sanders Probably Isn’t Going To Stop Patting
Sanders had plenty of people in his corner, but many others felt like the habit could prove a hindrance in the pros.
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Well, the QB addressed the matter himself on Kay Adams’ podcast ‘Up & Adams’ a few days ago, suggesting he will not be changing that aspect of his game as it has brought him success so far.
“Me patting made me have success this far,” he said. “Me patting the ball got me to the position I am now. I don’t see what’s wrong.” “For me, things can be a problem.”
Sanders added that the goalposts always get shifted when it comes to him, but he isn’t letting the criticism bother him.
“For other people, it’s not a problem. They always move the goal posts for me so that’s why mentally, you’ve got to be tough with everything that there is because you can never seek validation or happiness through the outside people. You’ve got to find that within yourself and you’ve got to just not really care about what nobody else is saying.”
Shedeur Sanders on the "patting the ball" debate.@heykayadams | @ShedeurSanders pic.twitter.com/qhL72cQ51x
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) April 10, 2025
Of course, we’ll have to wait and see how Shedeur Sanders’ patting will fare out of the college game. But it doesn’t appear that he’s worried.
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