Brian Callahan makes Shedeur Sanders-Joe Burrow comparability

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It looks like Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan has some excessive expectations for Shedeur Sanders.

Sanders met with a number of members of the Titans workers final week, together with Callahan and newly employed common supervisor Mike Borgonzi.

The Titans, who maintain the primary general choose within the draft, are searching for a quarterback that would develop into the long run face of the franchise.

Shedeur Sanders warms up earlier than Colorado’s loss to BYU final season. Troy Taormina-Imagn Pictures

“[Callahan]’s very sensible and detailed,” Borgonzi informed ESPN. “He’s been round, some fairly good ones — Peyton Manning, Joe Burrow and Matthew Stafford. I feel that helps being round gamers like that —understanding what to search for by way of simply footwork, dropping the eyes downfield, etcetera.”

Each Callahan and Borgonzi have had success to find franchise quarterbacks at their earlier positions.

As common supervisor of the Bengals, Callahan drafted Joe Burrow in 2020, with Borgonzi enjoying a task in buying and selling up within the draft for Patrick Mahomes as director of participant personnel for the Chiefs.

Callahan defined his sure qualities he appears for in quarterbacks that he discovered from veteran quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp, when each have been part of the Broncos’ teaching workers from 2013 to 2015.

“[Knapp] at all times stated these three issues: decision-making, timing, and accuracy,” Callahan informed ESPN. “These three issues are at all times going to be the primary belongings you search for. In case you search for these issues, you’re going to see lots of what good quarterbacking appears like.”

Titans head coach Brian Callahan AP

Callahan additionally talked about how he sees a few of Burrow’s traits in Sanders.

“Folks had questions on Burrow’s arm energy typically popping out,” Callahan informed ESPN. “One of many issues that makes Joe so distinctive, and I feel you may most likely put Shedeur in the identical dialog. … They anticipate once they throw it, they’ve the timing and accuracy on prime of it. That makes up for the arm energy.

Joe Burrow Sam Greene/The Enquirer

Sanders completed his senior season at Colorado because the convention chief in passing yards and touchdowns, incomes himself Huge-12 Offensive Participant of the Yr honors.

Sanders has persistently discovered himself simply exterior of the top-10 draft rankings because the No. 2 quarterback prospect behind Miami’s Cam Ward, who received Participant of the Yr honors within the ACC.

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