Was Deion Sanders Wrong for His Comments on Colorado's Offensive Line?

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Deion Sanders recognizes Colorado has a problem with the offensive line.

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00:00 Coach Prime can still make headlines,

00:01 even with Colorado losing.

00:03 Robin Lundberg, Claudette Montana, and Claudette.

00:05 After the game, Deion was asked how

00:08 he's going to protect Shador Sanders more.

00:11 And he said, we've got to get a new offensive line

00:13 or new players.

00:14 Are you OK with those comments?

00:17 Why are people surprised by this?

00:18 This is the same guy that when he came into Colorado,

00:21 he basically told everyone to transfer

00:23 and then proceeded to bring in an entirely new roster.

00:26 The reality is Deion Sanders wants to win football games.

00:29 Colorado has allowed 31 sacks on the season, the fourth most

00:33 in college football.

00:34 Shador Sanders was sacked seven times against UCLA.

00:37 If it's not working, he's going to want to change it up.

00:40 So is it the most politically correct thing

00:42 to say as a head coach?

00:43 No, but Deion Sanders does things his own way.

00:46 Well, he's wrong in this instance.

00:48 I've loved almost everything Coach Prime has done

00:50 at Colorado.

00:52 I think we all were in agreement about this.

00:54 They've got the skill position, guys.

00:55 They need to build up the lines.

00:57 Shador Sanders is the real deal.

00:58 Hunter, et cetera.

01:00 But they weren't good enough inside.

01:02 That is easy to see.

01:04 And we all believe that would be addressed in the offseason

01:08 the same way Deion addressed the team needs before,

01:11 as you already mentioned.

01:12 But you got guys that are playing right now,

01:15 young men that are playing right now.

01:17 And that's just not the message you want to send to them

01:19 as a coach.

01:20 In fact, if this doesn't light a fire under them--

01:23 and I could see it not.

01:24 I could see it going the other way--

01:26 Shador is going to be in even more trouble.

01:28 Because they weren't good enough blocking

01:31 when they were doing their best.

01:33 If they're a little dejected, how are they going to do?

01:35 So I'm not with Deion on these comments.

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