It looks as if Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan has some excessive expectations for Shedeur Sanders.
Sanders met with a number of members of the Titans workers final week, together with Callahan and newly employed basic supervisor Mike Borgonzi.
The Titans, who maintain the primary total decide within the draft, are on the lookout for a quarterback that would turn into the long run face of the franchise.
“[Callahan]’s very sensible and detailed,” Borgonzi instructed ESPN. “He’s been round, some fairly good ones — Peyton Manning, Joe Burrow and Matthew Stafford. I feel that helps being round gamers like that —figuring out what to search for by way of simply footwork, dropping the eyes downfield, etcetera.”
Each Callahan and Borgonzi have had success find franchise quarterbacks at their earlier positions.
As basic supervisor of the Bengals, Callahan drafted Joe Burrow in 2020, with Borgonzi enjoying a task in buying and selling up within the draft for Patrick Mahomes as director of participant personnel for the Chiefs.
Callahan defined his sure qualities he appears for in quarterbacks that he discovered from veteran quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp, when each have been part of the Broncos’ teaching workers from 2013 to 2015.
“[Knapp] at all times mentioned these three issues: decision-making, timing, and accuracy,” Callahan instructed ESPN. “These three issues are at all times going to be the primary stuff you search for. When you search for these issues, you’re going to see quite a lot of what good quarterbacking appears like.”
Callahan additionally talked about how he sees a few of Burrow’s traits in Sanders.
“Folks had questions on Burrow’s arm power typically popping out,” Callahan instructed ESPN. “One of many issues that makes Joe so distinctive, and I feel you may most likely put Shedeur in the identical dialog. … They anticipate after they throw it, they’ve the timing and accuracy on prime of it. That makes up for the arm power.
Sanders completed his senior season at Colorado because the convention chief in passing yards and touchdowns, incomes himself Huge-12 Offensive Participant of the 12 months honors.
Sanders has persistently discovered himself simply exterior of the top-10 draft rankings because the No. 2 quarterback prospect behind Miami’s Cam Ward, who gained Participant of the 12 months honors within the ACC.