Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason said this week that he spoke with three different personnel people in the NFL that removed Sanders off their draft boards completely because the team owners made it clear they did not want him. "Shedeur Sanders just torpedoed himself," Esiason said.

Trump questioned whether NFL owners were "stupid" for not selecting the former University of Colorado quarterback in the first round.

It all played out in public for Shedeur Sanders, every last bit of disappointment and disrespect. An NFL draft of expected celebration became a weekend of waiting, if not worrying. From a mean-spirited prank spinning across the internet to a seemingly interminable delay in getting drafted -- not just a few picks after the mocks had predicted,