The Colorado Buffaloes have been under scrutiny since head coach Deion Sanders’ arrival, yet it has never been as high as it is now. Even NFL executives are reportedly chiming in on the state of Coach Prime’s Buffs.
“There’s a lot more that goes into it than connecting with players and telling the truth to the media about the state of college athletics,” an anonymous NFL executive told The Athletic’s Mike Sando. “A lot more goes into winning, like blocking and tackling and protecting the passer and having the quarterback not scramble so frequently that everything is off timing.”
The harsh quote came in Sando’s NFL Week 1 roundup (subscription required), which included a brief section about what anonymous professional executives think of the Sanders family and Colorado football.
Early last September, the Buffs were riding the hype train, and those same execs were raving about them, per Sando’s article. CU was 2-0, fresh off its only blowout win of 2023 (against the rival it just lost to). Star quarterback Shedeur Sanders and freak wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter had just entered the then-Power Five scene with a major splash.
While Hunter appears to be as good as advertised and then some, the attitude regarding Coach Prime, Shedeur and the program has shifted following Colorado’s 28-10 loss to rival Nebraska.
“Now, (Prime) looks like a guy who lacks detail, his hard-edged style is running people out of (Colorado) and he is just promoting his son,” another exec told The Athletic.
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