“Two black guys just started the f**cking Super Bowl”: Colorado alum rips into Ryan Clark for his hot take on Shedeur Sanders

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Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders has gotten a lot of media attention lately. He is viewed as one of the top two QBs in the 2025 NFL draft alongside Miami's Cam Ward. However, his draft stock has taken a hit after the NFL Combine.

Sanders reportedly came across as "brash" and "arrogant" in interviews. On Wednesday, ESPN's Ryan Clark spoke on "First Take" about how he does not think a white QB would be treated the same way for acting as Sanders has throughout the draft process. This has caused a bit of controversy in the football community.

Later in the day, a new episode of "Zero 2 Sixty with Matt McChesney" was released. On the show, former NFL player and Colorado alumni McChesney shared his disagreement with Clark's take.

"I have no doubt that there are people in the front offices in the NFL who are probably intimidated," McChesney said (starts at 2:25). "I have no doubt that there are some ******** a** ******** in the NFL that are probably pretty intimated by it. But to say that he's not being given proper opportunities because he's black. How long can we actually act like this is happening?

"Two black guys just started the f**cking Super Bowl. Well, Patrick Mahomes is half white but he's also half black. The top two QBs in the draft are black guys. The league is full of black players that are obviously black players. They didn't get there because of DEI. They got there because they're the best. I think the majority of the country is smart enough to look through this sh*t."

Reports from the NFL Combine have impacted Shedeur Sanders' draft stock

Since it came out that Shedeur Sanders reportedly acted "brash" and "arrogant" at the NFL Combine, his draft stock has taken a significant hit, with him nearly falling out of the first round.

The Athletic had him falling to the 21st pick in their mock draft conducted on March 4th. USA Today released a mock draft on Wednesday where Sanders fell to the 26th pick.

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Alexander O'Reilly is a journalist at Sportskeeda from Kingston, Ontario with over seven years in the field at companies including SenShot, RVBlogger, Monarch Media, WordAgents, GSeC LLC, and IGC.

His favorite college team is Duke, and his favorite sporting memory was Duke winning March Madness in 2010. JJ Redick was Alex's favorite college player when he was young but more recently, Caleb Williams gets the nod. As the Chicago Bears are Alex's favorite NFL team, this was a perfect match.

Alex's proudest moment came when he was interviewed by a radio station in Ottawa on his opinion on recent moves by the Ottawa Senators, which gave him a confidence boost and the knowledge that he could succeed as a writer.

Aside from sports, Alex likes to spend his time playing games. He is also very passionate about running and strives to improve at the half and full marathon distances.

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