Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders Compares Himself to Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ex-QB Tom Brady

Former Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has set a high bar for performance, but it’s one Colorado Buffaloes prospect Shedeur Sanders feels he can reach.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers benefited from an abbreviated ‘Tom Brady Era’ with one Super Bowl win and three playoff appearances in three seasons with the legendary quarterback under center.

Ever since he burst onto the NFL scene with the New England Patriots nearly 20 years before he’d land with the Buccaneers he’s become a measuring stick for every new batch of quarterbacks entering or near the beginning of their own professional careers.

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Unfortunately for the next crop of quarterbacks entering the league, they won’t ever get to go head-to-head against the Bucs legend, but they’ll still be able to compare themselves - and be compared - to Brady for years to come.

Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders is no different, but before anyone else can compare him to Brady or other notable quarterbacks like Michael Vick, he’s getting a head start by connecting the dots himself.

“I’ll say it’s a mixture because I’m able to stay in the pocket and deliver the ball,” Sanders commented about his game being a combination of Brady and Vick’s. “I can play like Brady, but I’m also able to extend plays and if it’s not there, take it like Vick. So it just depends, it’s funny whenever situations in the game occur, they’re like ‘hey, you gotta be Vick tonight. You gotta be Mike Vick tonight.’”

Jan 16, 2023; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) reacts before the wild card game against the Dallas Cowboys at Raymond James Stadium / Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

In a follow up during his interview with Complex Sports’ Zion Olojede, Sanders was asked if he has a ‘Brady Mode’ and a ‘Vick Mode’.

“Both,” Sanders responded. “And a legendary mode.”

As the offspring of legendary NFL playmaker and highly successful college coach Deion Sanders, Shedeur comes by his bravado honestly, but it isn’t altogether undeserved either. 

Sanders and his Buffaloes teammates set the college football world on fire early this season with a combination of solid play, highlights, and a flair for making the country’s most-watched sport somehow more entertaining.

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Or more annoying if you don’t like your coaches in sunglasses.

Whether you like it, love it, or hate it, Sanders’ personality is part of what makes his game what it is, so we wouldn’t expect either to disappear anytime soon. 

But his vocal self-comparisons to guys like Brady and Vick will seem like little more than entertaining quotes until Sanders does what his father did and puts even louder actions on the NFL field.

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