- Deion Sanders was the target of criticism from a rival coach this week
- But Aaron Rodgers thinks there’s a good reason for the trash talk
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Deion Sanders has earned a lot of new fans from his coaching at Colorado – and one of them is none other than Aaron Rodgers.
Sanders, who previously impressed at Jackson State, has surprised the college football world with a 2-0 start at Colorado – and the Buffaloes already have a target on their back.
Amid Coach Prime’s hilarious response to Colorado State coach Jay Norvell’s criticism, Rodgers said the following:
“I’m a Colorado fan. I’m a fan of what Deion does,” Rodgers said Friday on the “Pat McAfee Show,” which was taped from Boulder.
‘If there are a lot of crows pecking and a lot of people talking, you must be doing something right. He shut up the team that was in the national championship (TCU) in week one, and then someone said something in week two and he (Nebraska) shut up, and someone said something in week three, and they stand up the point of silencing them also rises.’
Aaron Rodgers Heaped Praise on Deion Sanders and Colorado on ‘Pat McAfee Show’
Deion Sanders has earned a lot of praise for his coaching at Colorado thus far
The injured Jets quarterback referenced Norvell’s comments on Wednesday criticizing Sanders’ signature look.
“I spoke to ESPN today. I don’t care if they hear it in Boulder. I told them I took off my hat and took off my glasses,” Norvell said on his radio program, the “Coach’s Show.”
‘I said that when I talk to adults, I take off my hat and my glasses. My mother taught me that.’
Sanders responded enthusiastically to the comments as he handed out sunglasses to Shannon Sharpe, Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim during a Friday appearance on “First Take.”
In a video released Friday on Sanders’ Instagram, he also gave his team a pair of glasses from his Blenders line and reiterated that the CU-CSU matchup is “personal” but that CSU “doesn’t realize they’re giving me only helped with things.’
On Thursday, Sanders was first made aware of Norvell’s comments and used them as “ammunition” for his players.
“I’m just minding my own business, watching film trying to prepare, trying to come out here and be the best coach I can be,” he said. “And I look up and I read some shit they said about us,” he told his players on video.
‘Why talk about us when we don’t talk about anyone? All we do is come out here, do our best and do our job on Saturday. But if they give us ammunition…
Deion Sanders added some spice to CU’s rivalry game and gave First Take its sunglasses
Sanders gave his Buffaloes team a few of his Blenders frames in a video released Friday
Rodgers suffered his injury when he was sacked by Leonard Floyd minutes into the game
“It was just going to be a good game, but they messed it up a bit and made it personal,” he said, as his players finished his sentence and said the last word.
As for Rodgers, his season came to a shocking end Monday night when he tore his Achilles tendon against the Bills.
He acknowledged on ‘McAfee’ that he faces a tough road to recovery, but it certainly sounded like he was committed to coming back next season.
‘What I would like to say is: give me the doubts. Give me the doubts, give me the timetables. Give me all the things you think can, should or will happen, because all I need is that one extra percent of inspiration, that’s all I need,” he said.
“Give me your doubts, give me your predictions and then see what I do.”