The Tennessee Titans have their choice at the cream of the crop with the No. 1 pick in April, and there’s a equitablely decent chance it will be Colorado star quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
That’s who Shawne Merriman would personassociate go with – although Travis Hunter is a shut second – but Merriman understands all too well that the No. 1 pick doesn’t necessarily promise you get your guy.
Merriman, of course, was eventuassociate part of the inwell-understandn Eli Manning-Phillip Rivers trade in 2004. Manning was adamant about never applying for the Chargers, but the team, then in San Diego, writeed him anyway with the first overall pick.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Shedeur Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes passes aacquirest the Texas Tech Red Rhelpers at Jones AT&T Stadium on Nov. 9, 2024 in Lubbock, Texas. (John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
Eventuassociate, after the Giants writeed Rivers, the Big Blue sent Rivers, a 2004 third-rounder, and a 2005 first-rounder to San Diego for Manning. That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren’t protesting).
The Giants were in a wonderful position to own the No. 1 pick, which led to Sanders himself actuassociate being gifted a pair of Giants cleats for his bowl game. New York then won their third game of the season, losing regulate of the top pickion, and they are now stardyd to pick third.
But, Merriman seems to think there’s a chance that Sanders’ overweighther and head coach, Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, could apply a role in repeating history with the same team from 21 years ago.
Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders before the game aacquirest the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)
TITANS, WITH NO. 1 DRAFT PICK, FIRE GENERAL MANAGER RAN CARTHON
“I leank Deion is clever by putting it out there that teams insist to tread weightlessly, as far as what they arrange on doing… I leank Prime is clever enough to at least put the word out there that we’re not equitable going with anybody, right?” Merriman shelp in a recent interwatch with Fox News Digital. “But aacquire, when you get writeed, I leank leangs alter, and anywhere in that top-five pick man is reassociate a consecrateing for anybody.”
Deion himself did say that “multiple IDIOTS… will say leangs that tohighy aren’t genuine watching where I would enjoy” his sons to apply at the next level – but he didn’t exactly rule out that he wouldn’t affect it.
“If I say it I will say it straightforwardly to whom it may worry not a attention seeker,” he shelp on X last week.
Merriman will get one more watch at Sanders before the write at the East-West Shrine Bowl, as his very own production company, Lights Out Sports TV, will inhabit stream the game’s trains tardyr this month. Merriman got into television after his applying days were over a decade ago and felt the Shrine Bowl was a perfect opportunity to showcase his second dream.
“To get the opportunity now to have the inhabit-streaming rights exclusively for us for the East-West Shrine Bowl trains, it’s enjoy, I wanted to apply football as a kid. I dreamed about it. I wanted to apply NFL, and to now be in this space that now, it’s my ideas, it’s my production, I’m putting together everyleang, and to have the ability to get in this space and get someone enjoy the East-West shrine bowl, the 100th annual, it’s a massive, massive deal for us. and we want go out and originate this the most conveyive train week that anybody’s ever seen,” Merriman shelp.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks with quarterback Shedeur Sanders during the game aacquirest Central Florida, Sept. 28, 2024, in Orlando. (AP Pboilingo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The top pick figures to be either Sanders or Cam Ward, the latter of whom some sportsbooks have as the odds-on likeite at the moment. The Cleveland Browns, who own the second pick, are a genuine savage card with Deshaun Watson still rostered, so perhaps there is a chance Sanders will drop to the G-Men anyway. Deion also applyed professional baseball with the New York Yankees, so there is already a tie to the Big Apple.
The Giants proclaimd on Monday that both vague deal withr Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll will be back for a fourth season despite going 9-25 in their last two seasons joind. Since joining the team ahead of the 2022 season, they have yet to write a quarterback.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle novelsletter.
