By Michael Marot
Indianapolis – Sheder Sanders and Cam Ward stood at a podium apart on February 28, each asserting their cause to be the first quarter -Arrière selected in the draft of the NFL of this year at the same time.
They could not have adopted more different approaches.
Sanders arrived in a sparkling necklace and spoke with the same impetuous confidence that defined the career of his longtime coach and father of the fame of fame, Deion Sanders. Ward delivered a blue collar message, describing his six-year trip, the neglected Texas preparation player to the finalist of the Heisman trophy and now, perhaps, at the first choice in April.
And yet, these two college stars managed to put aside the playful public verbal beards to show mutual respect on one of the most crucial stages of football.
“We will both end up being one of the best quarters of the league,” said Ward. “We play, we are kidding with that (which will be the first), but it really means nothing. At the end of the day, you must show that you can improve every Sunday. You can’t just do it for a year. You have to do it every time you walk in the field.
The League scouts will have to wait for the professional days of players to have a real overview of the two best quarters of this year because Ward and Sanders reiterated that they would not train on March 1 with quarters, runners and receivers in Indianapolis.
Instead, these two added their names to a long list of best prospects choosing to wait to show their business on familiar lawn while launching university teammates. The list includes Caleb Williams, Bryce Young and Joe Burrow, all the quarters that were chosen n ° 1 in total.
It is not yet known if Ward or Sanders will be the next, but everyone has a lot of adhesive tape for the scouts at cross -past, because the two started 50 or more games while playing in several colleges.
Sanders and his father used their flashy style to help restart the Jackson State programs at Mississippi before repeating the feat in Colorado. Ward launched a record of the NCAA 158 TD passes while he climbed the star of the FCS to embodied Word in Texas to become the starter of Washington’s state before leading almost miami to the CFP qualifiers.
This week, however, Sanders and Ward seem practically inseparable as they walk in the corridors of the Indianapolis congress center, part of the same quarter group which they reflect on their future and how to sell themselves to coaches and directors general.
“If you don’t try to change the franchise, don’t get me,” said Sanders. “You should know that history is repeated again and again, and I did it again and again, so there should not be a question why an NFL franchise should choose me.”
Although there are few debates on their productivity or their penchant for victory, there are many questions to answer.
At 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds, Sanders has a good size, a solid arm, mobility in the pocket and the kind of strong personality required by a cloakroom. However, he must show the throws he made in tight windows in college will not become interceptions in the NFL and he must eliminate his propensity to take bags. Others wonder if his father’s influence could become a problem.
Sanders raised the shoulders of these doubts.
“Do you think I’m worried about what the criticisms say or what people have been able to say?” Do you know who my father is? They also hated him, “said Sheder Sanders. “It is therefore almost normal. Without the people who hate, it is not normal for us. We love adversity. We love everything that comes with the name. This is why we are who we are.
Ward is slightly larger at 6-2, 223 pounds, has a stronger arm, a faster release and launches with more speed. But it can fight with accuracy and its ability to read the covers.
And although he is more reserved as a speaker than Sanders, those who played with Ward insist that he has a different personality in the locker room.
“Everyone sees what he does on the field, his confidence and everything, but the greatest thing I would say is the type of leader he is,” said the former Miami means, Elijah Arroyo, on February 27. “He is not afraid to hold responsible people. He wants to win, and he holds the team to a certain standard and he does not care about the way he will get his point of view.”
But without any clear or leaving cut off the combination week, the debate on which is better will only be rage when they hold training sessions on the campus and fly across the country for team interviews.
They just believe one thing: the two will succeed, wherever they land.
“I just think that the work that I and him are ready to put, the relationship we must constantly compete every day to improve our profession and ourselves,” said Ward, “I just think that it will end up reimbursing us in the long term.”
