Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders New York Giants Combine Story Snubbing

... in the 1989 NFL Draft. Sanders was selected No. 5 overall by the Atlanta Falcons - the Giants never had a chance. It would be interesting to see what they would have done if he lasted until pick No. 10, given the fact that Sanders refused the interview. The Giants are dedicated to fixing their offense this offseason and the plan is already in action now, don't miss any updates , take a second to sign up for our FREE Giants newsletter. The Giants place an added emphasis on Combine interviews and a prospect's character. General manager Jerry Reese discussed that earlier this offseason and Giants VP of Player Evaluation Marc Ross confirmed this as wel l in a recent interview with __link__. The Giants met with up to 60 players for private meetings at the Combine. We have all of the information and analysis on every confirmed meeting. You can find that here. Sanders immediately helped his own cause during the Combine weekend when he blazed a 4.27 40-yard dash. At the time, it was the second-fastest 40-yard dash ever recorded. Each NFL team's biggest free-agent bust signing Start Slide Show. Sanders went on to enjoy a 14-year NFL career where he played for the San ...

Lupe Fiasco, Deion Sanders' Jersey

... their annual Super Bowl party. | Bill Zwecker/Sun-Times. @billzwecker | email. Sign-Up for our Entertainment Newsletter  Sign-Up. SEEN ON THE SCENE: It was wall-to-wall Chicagoans on Sunday at the Rancho Mirage, California winter home of veteran sports agent Steve Zucker and his wife Shelly — as the Winnetka couple hosted their annual Super Bowl party. Steve proudly modeled the game-worn rookie season Atlanta Falcons jersey that had belonged to former Zucker client Deion Sanders — and “Yes, that IS blood stains on it,” laughed Steve, pointing to the remnants of some long-ago NFL skirmishes. Among Chicago folks spied watching Super Bowl LI at the Zuckers were Sally and Miles Berger, Nina and Bob Mariano, Lili Ann Zisook, Susan Goodman and Rod Lubeznik, Vicki and Bill Hood, Charlene Lieber, Roz Supera, Stanley Paul, Trudy and Ed Schwartz, Suzi and Sheldon Good, Terri Lind, the Zuckers’ son and Chicago window-washing czar Neal Zucker — just off the plane from a Southeast Asian ...

People Will Believe *anything* About Deion’s Nfl Combine

... about it was he finishes the 40, continues to run, waves to everybody, goes right through the tunnel and we don’t see him again. We all got up and gave him a standing ovation because so many of those guys wouldn’t run.”. These days, it usually gets embellished by most re-tellers to include Deion not just running off the field, but running into a waiting limo that took him straight to the airport. 3. If you want to believe Sanders ran it even faster than that while wearing atypical shoes (more on this in a second), that’s not a problem for Deion. From CBS. Sanders long encouraged an urban legend that he rode up to the 1989 combine in a limo, jumped out and ran the 40 in 4.2-something seconds — in street shoes. He insisted it was faster than Johnson. That myth was exploded Thursday on live television when Sanders and former NFL team executive Charley Casserly revisited that moment in 1989. They are now teammates on NFL Network, but back then Casserly was with Washington and obviously kept precise records. He showed on TV the actual combine printout that showed Sanders’ two best times that ...

Odell Beckham Jr. Nfl Combine Workout Was Amazing

... workout. Look back at New York Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. tear up the NFL Combine. Slot to New York Giants Newsletter Newsletter. Odell Beckham Jr. tore up the NFL Combine back in 2014. The New York Giants star jumped up draft boards and went from a borderline first-round prospect to a sure-fire top pick after tearing it up in Indianapolis at the Combine. The Giants had a high grade on Beckham from the start, based on his game tape, but his performance in the explosion and agility drills only solidified their evaluation. Take a look for yourself, via Giants Twitter. #Flashback Friday to @OBJ_3 on 🔥 at the #NFLCombine. Tune into @nflnetwork March 3-6 to meet the next wave of prospects! __link__/UE 5 h Qc Q 2 MY. — New York Giants (@Giants) March 3, 2017. It didn't take long for Beckham to translate his athletic traits to the next level. In 12 games during his rookie season, Beckham racked up 91 receptions for 1,305 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. In just 43 career regular season games, Beckham has totaled 4,122 receiving yards and 35 ...

Peppers Returns For An Encore

... 10 years. “If you need a corner or you need a safety, this is the year to get healthy,” Mayock said. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said he had 10 cornerbacks rated in his top-50 players. “I can’t recall ever seeing anything like that, it is absolutely loaded,” added Jeremiah, who said the safety group was the best he’d scouted since 2003. The 60 defensive backs at the Combine represented the largest position group. “I was told this is the strength of this draft,” the NFL Network’s Kim Jones reported. “One longtime NFL observer told me, “This is the best cornerback and safety class I’ve seen in more than a decade.”. Mayock noted 21 of the 36 cornerbacks in attendance were 6-foot or taller. “And when they’re running mid-4.4 s, it really catches your eye,” he said. SECONDARY SIGNIFICANCE: Sanders addressed speculation that New England quarterback Jimmy ...

I Had Better Stats Than Deion Sanders

... account on Feb. 11, including sad and pathetic claims of superiority that revealed that the poor (rich) guy has way too much time on his hands. Revis, Inc., might have crafted a pristine image of the man for the past decade, but the mercurial, entitled player has proven to be nothing more than a former great unable to come to grips with his new reality. This guy takes criticism about as well as the guy taking up (part-time) residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Darrelle Revis embarrasses himself further when he engages with fans on social media about his place among the all-time greats. (Al Bello/Getty Images). A year after Revis claimed that he was hacked in the wake of a profane Instagram flurry on @revisislandtwo 4, his official account, directed at Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Patriots fans, the cornerback shared his all-time cornerback totem pole with some critical posters. “(Rod and/or Charles) Woodson, ty (Law), or champ (bailey) has done what I’ve done period,” Revis posted on his verified account. “I had better stats ...

Deion Sanders Remains Silent In Aftermath Of Firestorm He Started

... to the pats was for breaking that rule for that game. For whatever reason, the NFL and the other teams never made any attempt to set the record straight that there has NEVER been any rule against “stealing” signals and ALL teams do it AND that ALL teams videotape, they just have not been allowed to do it in a certain area since 2007. A suspicious mind might wonder if the reason for that was some teams wanting to encourage the belief that “spygate” wasn’t about one incident of a violation of a new rule, but a pattern of systematic “cheating”. It’s much easier for you if your a coach or an owner if your team is always losing to another team or isn’t as successful, if yourencourage fan’s believe that is happening because the other team is “cheating”. It’s actually not that complicated and if dungy wasn’t part of the “spy gate campaign”, he certainly benefited from it. It’s also no mystery why dungy never bothered to provide this excellent explanation before. triptomlin says. Feb 9, 2017 10:07 PM. The Colts are changing the subject. Sanders never said it was ...

Labriola On Lake And Prime Time In 1989

... then Nunn believes he can be coached to play the position the way his team wants it done. * “What I thought I would do in my preparation for the Combine was I didn’t worry about the bench press, because I knew I’d be strong enough for cornerback or safety,” said Lake. “I wanted to make sure I was ready for the 40 and the vertical jump and the other drills I would have to do. So once the Senior Bowl ended, I didn’t go into the weight room hardly at all. I just went onto the field and ran 40 s and did defensive back drills.”. * Lake played on a UCLA defense that included Daryl Henley, a cornerback who ended up drafted in the second round by the Rams that same year, and for Lake there was no stint at a performance camp or paying a private trainer. He simply asked Henley to show him some defensive back drills he could practice on his own. * “When I got to the Combine, they didn’t tell me what group I was going to be in,” said Lake. “Initially, they threw me in with the linebackers, and I knocked that out. I wasn’t worried about doing the 40, or the vertical, or the cone drills with the linebackers. I figured I’m probably going to be faster ...

Deion Sanders Accuses The Colts Of Stealing Signals At Some Point In Time

... Sanders thought it would be the perfect time to accuse the Indianapolis Colts of cheating. “Those same critics, did they say anything about the wins that the Indianapolis Colts had? You want to talk about that too? Because they were getting everybody’s signals,” Sanders said. “Come on, you don’t walk up to the line and look over here and the man on the sideline giving you the defense that they’ve stolen the plays of. We all knew. L. T. knew. Everybody in the NFL knew. We just didn’t let the fans know. That was real and that was happening in Indy.”. Sanders presented zero evidence of this and didn’t even say which Colts teams were stealing signals, but he’s had harsh words for Peyton Manning in the past because of his big-game failures. Appearing Wednesday morning on “Pro Football Talk Live” with Mike Florio, former Colts coach Tony Dungy said that if Sanders was ...

Candidates To Break 40-yard Dash Mark, And Prime Time Myth Debunked

... (CB), Michigan State - 2015. 4.32 - *Orlando Scandrick, (CB), Boise State - 2008. 4.32 - *Johnathan Joseph, (CB), South Carolina - 2006. 4.32 - *Will Fuller, (WR), Notre Dame - 2016. 4.32 - Jerome Mathis, (WR), Hampton - 2005. 4.33 - *Darren Mc Fadden, (RB), Arkansas Razorbacks - 2008. 4.33 - *Josh Robinson, (CB), Central Florida - 2012. 4.33 - Jonathan Jones , (CB), Auburn - 2016. 4.33 - Mike Wallace , (WR), Mississippi - 2009. 4.33 - Jerious Norwood, (RB), Mississippi State - 2006. 4.33 - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie , (CB), Tennessee State - 2008. 4.33 - *Fabian Washington, (CB), Nebraska - 2005. 4.33 - Anthony Brown , (CB), Purdue Boilermakers - 2016. 4.33 - *Brandin Cooks, (WR), Oregon State - 2014. 4.33 - Phillip Dorsett , (WR), Miami (FL) - 2015. 4.34 - *T. J. Green, (FS), Clemson - 2016. 4.34 - Samie Parker, (WR), Oregon - 2004. 4.34 - Johnny Knox , (WR), Abilene Christian - 2009. 4.34 - Trindon Holliday , (WR), LSU - 2010. 4.34 - Tim Jennings , (CB), Georgia - 2006. 4.34 - Ryan Swope , (WR), Texas AM ...