It's an easy but apt pun.
Yes, Shedeur Sanders should "pump the brakes.''
And so should the Cleveland Browns, when it comes to the notion of handing over the franchise keys (yes, another easy pun) to a self-admitted "little boy'' who is presently a fifth-round rookie trying to work his way up from being a fourth-string quarterback.
The legendary Deion Sanders has long has it backwards when it comes to his family's audience. "Coach Prime'' - the iconic Dallas Cowboys star who is in the Hall of Famer as the greatest cover cornerback ever - often suggests that he and his sons are persecuted and picked on because of their fame ...
When in fact the opposite is true. Mountains have been moved to keep the Sanders family happy and defense mechanisms from Dad have been constructed to protect the offspring and the brand.
Recently, Deion said Shedeur is "a young man that has never been in trouble.''
And of course, all things are relative.
Shedeur's ticket for driving 101 mph in a 60 mph zone this week was recently noted ... and it's now been uncovered that the high-profile rookie quarterback was pulled over for the same offense on June 5 for driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Additionally, according to public records, Shedeur last recently failed to appear in court for arraignment on the first speeding ticket ... right before he got the second one.
None of this makes Shedeur a criminal.
But in a business in which the starting QB of an NFL team is best-served by having some characteristics of a mature CEO? When Shedeur recently sort of laughed off the speeding issue by saying, "I know I be vibin', bruh ... I'm just a little boy. I made some wrong choices, personally, and I gotta own up to 'em. I made some, you know, not great choices. I learn from 'em. I learn. I learn''?
That doesn't make Shedeur qualified to lead.
Not yet.
Biggest picture? People who drive nearly twice the posted speed limit sometimes die - and take other lives with them. There's nothing cute about that.
So when Browns watchers like Terry Pluto suggest the Browns "pump the brakes'' on going overboard with Shedeur? And when we chastise Deion (who we've known on a personal level for 33 years? The Sanders family isn't being persecuted; it's being warned that "I'm just a little boy'' does not in the long term work in football ... or in life.