Thou shalt have no other gods before me: Sanders Humbled, No Team After First 3 Rounds

Shadour Sanders: Arrogance Isn’t Leadership

Shadour Sanders recently held a press conference where he made it clear he didn't care what people thought about him. He said the Sanders name has "always brought about hate," and brushed off any criticism with an air of arrogance disguised as confidence.

Now, combine that attitude with reports from NFL insiders — multiple general managers have gone on record saying Shadour was one of the worst interviewees they’ve ever dealt with. They described him as entitled and arrogant.

And it makes you wonder: Why would any general manager or team owner — people running billion-dollar franchises — ever hand the keys of their business to someone like that? Why would they entrust their team, their brand, and their future to a player who carries himself like the world owes him something?

It reminds me of the classic "princess" syndrome. You know the story — a little girl grows up being called a princess every day by her parents. Over time, she believes it. She lives it. She expects the world to bow to her because, well, she’s "special."

That’s what I see happening here with Shadour Sanders. He’s been treated like royalty his entire life because of his father, and now he expects the NFL — the most cutthroat, unforgiving league in sports — to treat him the same way. He’s banking on the Sanders name. But the NFL isn’t buying into fairy tales.

NFL executives don’t care about your jewelry, your cameras, or your self-created buzzwords like "legendary." At the quarterback position they care about leadership. They care about work ethic. They care about whether they can trust you to lead grown men in a locker room — men fighting for their livelihoods every day. Quarterbacks can be confident, but they can't be self absorbed.

And when you walk into a job interview — which is exactly what those team meetings were — acting like you’re too good to be there, acting as if your brand is bigger than the franchises, then the answer’s real simple: No thanks.

What bothers me even more is the way the Sanders family constantly invokes God’s name, as if that alone gives them credibility. Meanwhile, Shadour's walking around flaunting massive gold chains, cameras in tow, pushing a lifestyle that’s the exact opposite of what Christ taught: Humility, Service, Gratitude. I don't understand why you would talk God and the Bible but literally live outwardly so separate from it. It just doesn't make sense.

It’s frustrating because it's emblematic of our society today — people say one thing and live another. They preach faith but practice arrogance. They claim humility but scream "look at me!" louder than anyone else. Shadour isn’t alone in that, but he’s a high-profile example and if he truly believes in God, he needs to humble himself after the Lord. He needs show his faith not just talk about it. Or, he could stop talking about it and live the way he wants, at least that way he wouldn't be disrespecting the Lord with each dangle of his five-pound gold chain.

At the end of the day, Shadour Sanders is going to be fine. He’ll get drafted eventually. He’ll make more millions. But what matters for him professionally isn’t where he gets picked. What matters is what he does once he puts on a helmet again. Right now, though, based on the reports, he’s not showing the qualities that lead a team — he’s showing the qualities that would divide one.

As for his faith, that should matter even more. If he really reads his Bible, then he knows what has to be done. It all starts by him being humble and living for God on the inside. If he does this, it will show on the outside and I doubt you would see an entitled, unappreciative, arrogant man anymore. You would see someone who is wise and humble, and to the teens and children that are inspired by him, he would be... legendary.

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