Broncos coach Sean Payton issues warning about Shedeur Sanders after NFL Draft fall: 'Beware'

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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton never needed a quarterback entering the 2025 NFL Draft, which is always a good place to be in. 

Bo Nix, the team’s first-round draft choice in 2024, showed tremendous promise as a rookie, helping lead Denver into the playoffs out of a tough AFC West division. 

But that didn’t mean Payton wasn’t evaluating the quarterbacks available in this year’s draft class, especially Shedeur Sanders, who played down the road in Boulder for the Colorado Buffaloes the past two seasons. 

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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton walks off the field following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sanders took over the NFL Draft storylines, as he slipped into the fifth round before the Cleveland Browns eventually took him with the No. 144 pick. Due to the unexpected fall down the draft board, Payton issued a warning to NFL teams about the prospect he had gotten to know really well. 

"I saw [Shedeur] when he was in junior high, and then I saw him in high school, and then I saw him when he was a sophomore in high school when they were on their way to Florida," Payton said, via ESPN. "He's going to, like there'll be this chip on his shoulder, and beware because this guy is going to play in this league."

Payton was among the many coaches who attended Colorado’s pro day, or, as Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders called it, "We Ain’t Hard to Find Showcase."

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Payton came away very impressed with what Sanders had put out on the