Deion Sanders is a Hall of Fame player. He has a case for being the best cornerback to ever lace them up in the NFL. Nobody will ever dispute that fact. However, when it comes to making statements about the game as a whole, let’s say Primetime isn’t exactly making consistent contact. His latest statements might be some of his worst, and the fact it involves the idea of Caleb Williams going to the Chicago Bears in the upcoming draft is even more baffling. It wasn’t even a normal take, too.
One can understand if Sanders had reservations about Williams as a player or the Bears’ ability to develop. Both have valid foundations for skepticism. However, his primary concern had nothing to do with that. He told SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio that Williams shouldn’t go to Chicago because it gets cold there.
“Let me tell you something that I have a problem with. And this kid can flat out play, I think he’s the best one on the board this year for sure. A kid that’s coming from California for the last couple years, right? And went to Oklahoma. That’s not terribly cold. Chicago’s cold, man. You gotta think about that kind of stuff when you’re taking a young man. Like see, when you take a guy from Ohio State and you bring him to Chicago, OK, I could understand that. But from California to Chicago? Not only that, they added what? One or two more games in the NFL. Seventeen games. Come on, man. You gotta factor in that stuff. That stuff matters.”
Not sure where Sanders gets his information, but he might want to look into NFL history for a reminder that what he just said is beyond stupid. Need examples? There are plenty.
The bottom line is great quarterbacks find a way to thrive in any environment. Warm weather. Cold weather. Dome. It doesn’t matter. Peyton Manning was great in a dome for years in Indianapolis. Then he went to Denver and was great there, too. Temperature changes won’t impact their drive to be great. If Williams is destined to be one of the NFL’s best, he will find a way to make it work in Chicago during the handful of cold games he’ll play each year. Besides, Sanders didn’t even bother to remember the quarterbacks he’s trying to “save” grew up in Washington D.C.
Even worse, this is the same guy who willingly brought his son Shadeur with him to Colorado. It doesn’t exactly get warm there during the months of November and December. Everything about his assessment of Caleb Williams is nonsensical. There is no telling where Sanders gets his information from, but he should really think carefully about what he says next time. If Williams succeeds or fails in Chicago, the weather will have nothing to do with it.
