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Colorado Buffaloes football head coach Deion Sanders shot down any discussions that he has any plans to coach in the NFL. Last offseason, Sanders reportedly talked to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones about coaching the team before Dallas promoted offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to head coach.

A year later, his tone has changed.

"Not whatsoever," Sanders said on ESPN's First Take. "What transpired with my son last year? Ain't no way in the world."

Sanders was referring to his youngest son, Shedeur Sanders, now a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Shedeur fell to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft after playing for his father at both Colorado and Jackson State. Shilo Sanders, who also played for his father at Colorado, also went undrafted and was cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the NFL preseason.

Shedeur was the second quarterback the Browns selected in 2025 and started the regular season behind former Browns quarterback Joe Flacco and fellow rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel.

After Flacco was traded to the Bengals and Gabriel went down in Week 12 with a concussion, Shedeur finished the rest of the season as the starter. Shedeur finished his rookie season with a 3-4 record as the starter and threw for 1,400 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. Sanders was also selected to the Pro Bowl as a replacement, becoming the first Browns QB to make the Pro Bowl since Derek Anderson in 2008.

Next season, Shedeur is expected to compete for the starting job with Gabriel and Deshaun Watson under new Browns head coach Todd Monken, who reportedly expressed interest in drafting him out of Colorado when he was the offensive coordinator of the Ravens.

Deion Sanders also struggled in his first year at Colorado without his son at quarterback. The Buffaloes were 3-9 and played Kaidon Salter, Ryan Staub and Julian Lewis at quarterback last season. 

Lewis is expected to come into next year as the starting quarterback. He finished the year with 589 yards, 4 touchdowns and no interceptions before he redshirted. Sanders is now 16-21 since taking over as the Colorado head coach in 2023.

The Washington Commanders added some veteran pieces last offseason. There figure to be plenty more roster changes in the coming months, as the Commanders try to rebound from a 5-12 campaign and continue building around franchise quarterback Jayden Daniels.

So who would Daniels add, if his bosses were listening?

“There's a couple individuals that are out there. Maybe somebody from Arizona State in my past,” Daniels told Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice on on radio row in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX this week.

“Lives on the west coast?” Tice followed up.

“Yeah, most definitely,” said Daniels, who was appearing on behalf of Xfinity.

It’s pretty easy to connect those dots to Brandon Aiyuk, the disgruntled San Francisco wide receiver who, by general manager John Lynch’s own admission in January, “has played his last snap with the 49ers.”

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Aiyuk, who spent a season as Daniels’ teammate at Arizona State in 2019 and has been friends with him for years, was placed on the 49ers’ reserve/left squad list in December and didn’t play a snap for the 49ers in 2025. He signed a reported four-year, $120 million contract extension just before kickoff of the 2024 season, but hasn’t played for San Francisco since tearing his ACL and MCL in Week 7 of that year.

The 49ers placed Aiyuk on the active but physically unable to perform (PUP) list ahead of training camp last summer. Questions hovered over when he’d be ready to play again, but and reports began to surface the 49ers were getting frustrated with Aiyuk’s behavior behind the scenes.

It certainly feels like Aiyuk will be playing elsewhere next season despite being under contract with the 49ers.

Daniels seems to want it to be Washington.

“There’s people like that out there. I don't wanna give too much,” Daniels said. “But when that time comes, hopefully we can sign those types of players.”