Shadeur Sanders might go the NFL. He might not. He might blow his knee out and never play football again at CU. Maybe he winds up like Malik Henry in some second rate Arena League. Whatever happens, he has the safety net of wealth and parents who can look after him. Just like Jimmy Clausen did.
Lamar Jackson, Teddy Bridgewater, Joe Burrow, Tony Romo and many others didn't have this. They didn't have private coaches flying across the country to tutor them for thousands of dollars a pop, they didn't have famous and or wealthy parents or a built in pedigree to play quarterback. The position has changed over the years because of the spread and analytics, yes, but what it will require today that it did before are intangibles. That hasn't changed.
QB and all the other positions, just get me talent that wants to work. Iron sharpens iron. The three star who wants to start. The four star who wants to be an All American. The five star striving for the Hall of Fame. That's it. The rest of it is cake and watermelon.
All that being said, as a middle aged white guy, there are certain topics that I feel I don't have business to speak on so I don't do it. Some of these topics are ones that Deion Sanders is probably more suited to address as far as I'm concerned, and that's fine, so I'll let him do it while I leave it the fuck alone. If Deion Sanders decided to start talking about Italians who grew up in Chicago, however, I'd be inclined to take issue and weigh in.