Former ‘squad’ member suggests NFL draft is racist – who wants to tell him?

Former Democrat congressman Jamaal Bowman served up a typically idiotic take by suggesting that the NFL is racist because star college quarterback Shedeur Sanders wasn’t picked in the first round of this year’s draft as expected.

The former University of Colorado standout may have put up eye-popping numbers during his collegiate career but they weren’t enough to overcome the trepidation of teams who seem to be wary of taking on a player who by virtue of being the “entitled” son of NFL legend Deion Sanders could be a locker room headache whose talent doesn’t outweigh the distractions.

In a Friday video posted to social media after the first round, the former “Squad” member alleged that the league doesn’t like Sanders because he dresses and talks like a rapper and that America “continues to fear strong black men who come from means and have a strong sense of themselves without submitting to the “dominant” culture.”

The NFL doesn’t like Shaduer Sanders because he wears gold chains and talks like a rapper. They don’t care that he’s a leader, intelligent, tough and completed 77% of his passes with no o line and no running game.

He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled when he refused to… pic.twitter.com/EzIbDmyZRJ

— Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) April 25, 2025

“The NFL doesn’t like Shaduer Sanders because he wears gold chains and talks like a rapper. They don’t care that he’s a leader, intelligent, tough and completed 77% of his passes with no o line and no running game,” the famed fire-alarm puller claimed.

“He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled when he refused to be drafted by San Diego? He’s not athletic, but that didn’t stop Joe Montana, Drew Brees or Tom Brady,” Bowman added, naming a handful of white Hall of Fame quarterbacks as examples to support his ridiculous argument. “America continues to fear strong black men who come from means and have a strong sense of themselves without submitting to the ‘dominant’ culture.”

“It’s the way Shedeur dresses. It’s the way he talks, and it’s his culture, in my opinion. You see him at the draft last night. He’s wearing all black. He got the L chain on, and he talks like a rapper,” he also said.

But Bowman’s playing of the race card comes right out of an alternate reality because the top pick in the draft, former University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward, is black.

No. 1 is QB1

Cam Ward is heading to the Titans ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/7k7SgEuDEB

— ESPN (@espn) April 25, 2025

Following Ward’s selection, 26 of the rest of round one’s 32 picks were also African-American, as were the number one picks in the last three drafts.

X users were quick to sack the disgraced ex-lawmaker over the asinine take.

Well 26 of the first 32 picks were black so your logic is as good as knowing if you should or shouldn’t pull a fire alarm.

— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) April 25, 2025

Meanwhile 80% of the people drafted in the first round “wore gold chains and talks like a rapper.”

Not EVERYTHING is about race.

— Werek Wade Willer (@OleBeeM) April 25, 2025

NFL teams can’t draft people anymore without some political hack trying to make
it racial. You act like this hasn’t happened to QB’s, both black and white, every year. You are pathetic, Bowman.

— Shane Evens (@BamaTorch1992) April 25, 2025

Good point Jamaal. Everyone drafted last night was white. Really makes you think.

— Clemson Superfan (Winter Hater) (@Theholy_MACeral) April 25, 2025

Thank you for sounding the fire alarm on this important issue

— Three Year Letterman (@3YearLetterman) April 25, 2025

The NFL is racist.

6 white players picked in the first round out of 32.

— Unknown Mike (@MichaelHar21269) April 25, 2025

You are literally the dumbest motherf*cker on the internet. The NFL is full chain-wearing, rapper-sounding black athletes.

— Ex-Journalist (@exlibjourno) April 25, 2025

You are literally the dumbest motherf*cker on the internet. The NFL is full chain-wearing, rapper-sounding black athletes.

— Ex-Journalist (@exlibjourno) April 25, 2025

Perhaps one needs to look no further to understand why Sanders wasn’t picked to get the idea that could be all on him, according to one unnamed “longtime” coach who told the NFL network that the youngster gave “the worst formal interview I’ve ever been in in my life.”

“He’s so entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has horrible body language. He blames teammates,” the coach added. “But the biggest thing is, he’s not that good.”

Even President Trump chimed in on Sanders not being a first-round pick, urging “STUPID” NFL owners to draft Sanders in a Friday Truth Social post.

But after the second and third rounds, the flamboyant youngster still didn’t find any takers and was passed over multiple times by teams that desperately need a quarterback, including two with black head coaches.

Another race-baiter of note, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith – a potential 2028 Democrat presidential candidate – likened Sanders to former NFL quarterback and leader of the kneelers, Colin Kaepernick.

This is a damn disgrace. How in the hell is @Shedeur not off the board, not drafted yet. Y’all still think this doesn’t have anything to do with teams hatin on @DeionSanders. This kid is a first rounder. In a different way, this is Kaepernick all over again…..being kept out. A…

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) April 26, 2025

There’s a reason why Sanders has fallen into the draft’s third day – and perhaps soon the Canadian Football League – and it’s not because of the color of his skin.

Staff Writer

Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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