Colin Cowherd Sounds Off on Shedeur Sanders Following 101 MPH Speeding Incident

The two speeding tickets will be discussed a lot by the media for a while whether Shedeur wants it or not.

Colin Cowherd Sounds Off on Shedeur Sanders Following 101 MPH Speeding Incident

Shedeur Sanders and Colin Cowherd (Image via IMAGO)

One speeding ticket might be permissible, but two crossed a line, judging by Colin Cowherd’s latest statement on Shedeur Sanders. Cowherd came to the conclusion that Sanders lacks the maturity of an NFL quarterback.

Early training ground reports egged Cowherd to root for Sanders. At one point, he declared Sanders the best quarterback in the locker room. However, the new information forced him to recalibrate his decision.

I do not cling to opinions. New information, new opinion. I don’t think about him the same. When you fall to [draft pick] 144 in the draft, and then you try to match that number behind the wheel of a car, I don’t think the same.

Colin Cowherd said in the latest segment of The Herd

According to police records, Shedeur Sanders was driving his truck at 101 mph in a 60 mph zone on June 17. But that’s not all. Police records revealed this wasn’t the first occasion the police stopped the Colorado graduate.

Browns insider Brad Stainbrook tweeted that Sanders was “pulled over by Ohio State Patrol in Medina County on June 6.” He later missed the court hearing on June 16, one day before his second speeding incident.

Cowherd stayed quiet after the first news surfaced. However, he could not turn a blind eye after Sanders’ second run-in with the police within two weeks.

Mike Tomlin [Steelers head coach] often says two is a trend. Can’t score up three or four times, two is a trend. I’m not sure if I need two times when you’re a young quarterback. One bad judgment turns me off.

Colin Cowherd said

Cowherd wants the Browns to rethink their policy on Shedeur Sanders

On the same show a few weeks ago, Cowherd batted hard for Sanders as the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns over Super Bowl winners Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett. He had seen enough of the 23-year-old handling Kevin Stefanski’s playbook to conclude that he looked better than the competition.

Colin Cowherd Sounds Off on Shedeur Sanders Following 101 MPH Speeding Incident
Shedeur Sanders (Image via IMAGO)

You can keep selling me on Pickett, you can keep selling me on Dillon Gabriel. Now Flacco, I buy… I think he’s going to win the starting job initially, but I’m calling it for Shedeur.

However, two speeding tickets completely swayed Cowherd’s judgment.

You ignored signs about [Johnny] Manziel and Baker [Mayfield], and, apparently, based on the traffic violation, Shedeur was avoiding some signs, too—that say stop. I’m not sure he’s mature enough. Now I’m going to have to like Kenny Pickett.

Cowherd concluded

Sanders quickly addressed the growing negativity surrounding his speeding violations. While attending teammate David Njoku’s celebrity softball game on Thursday, June 19, he said:

I’m just a little boy… I know I have made some wrong choices, but basically I gotta own upto them. I learn okay, I learn.

There’s no doubt he has all the talent required to be a successful NFL quarterback. However, being an NFL quarterback isn’t only about throwing touchdown passes. They must maintain a squeaky-clean persona, similar to that of Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, or Lamar Jackson.

Regardless, if he has learned from it, then that’s welcome news for the Browns and their fans.

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