Deion Sanders on son Shedeur possibly going to New Orleans Saints: 'I like the possibilities'

Deion Sanders likes the possibility of his son Shedeur Sanders going to the New Orleans Saints in the NFL Draft. Currently, the Saints hold the No. 9 overall pick later this month, so it’s certainly within the cards.

Sanders is widely ranked as the No. 2 quarterback in the draft, although Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart’s stock is quickly rising. Still, Sanders seems like a good bet to go top 10, it’s just a matter of what other QB needy team steps up.

But Deion Sanders didn’t lie, he likes the sound of the Saints. Perhaps Shedeur Sanders fits right in New Orleans.

“I like the colors, I like the city, I like the food, I like the people,” Sanders said of Shedeur potentially going to the Saints. “I like the possibilities.”

Right now, there’s a debate on how far Shedeur Sanders could fall in the NFL Draft. That’s if the New York Giants pass on taking a quarterback. It could be a long night for Sanders if he falls out of the top three, ESPN‘s Dan Graziano said.

“We look at the Saints at No. 9 as a team that has a long-term question at the position. Further down, the Steelers at No. 21,” Graziano said. “Then, you start to think about if the Browns and Giants like him and just don’t like him at No. 2 or 3, they trade up from the early part of the second round back into the first to try to get him.”

It remains possible one of the Cleveland Browns or Giants ends up taking Sanders. But as things stand, ESPN‘s Adam Schefter sees it as “unlikely.”

“Right now, Greeny – just under a month away from the NFL Draft – it sounds increasingly unlikely that Shedeur Sanders would wind up going 2 or 3,” Schefter said this week on ESPN’s NFL Draft Countdown. “That is where it would get interesting. The story of the draft then would become, where is Shedeur Sanders going to go?

“Now, I still think the Cleveland Browns are still talking about whether or not they would take Shedeur Sanders. The New York Giants are still talking about whether or not they would take Shedeur Sanders. And it’s always possible that one of these organizations can have a change in philosophy and a shift in their thinking and come around to Shedeur. But the way that I’m reading it right now is that he doesn’t figure to be either team’s pick right now through the tea leaves.”

Nick Geddes contributed to this story