While Deion Sanders played just five seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, he undoubtedly left his mark on the franchise, helping America's Team to its most recent Super Bowl victory in his first year with the team in 1995 and earning an All-Pro selection in each of the four campaigns that followed.
As such, when Deion's two sons, quarterback Shadeur Sanders and safety Shilo Sanders, each of whom played for their famous father at both Jackson State and Colorado, there was naturally plenty of speculation that Jerry Jones could do "Prime Time" a favor by selecting at least one of them in the 2025 NFL Draft. Actually, there was talk that Deion could become the new Cowboys' head coach when Mike McCarthy was shown the door, but there's no need to focus on that here.
That, of course, didn't happen, as Shadeur fell to the fifth round before finally being selected by the Cleveland Browns. Shilo wasn't picked at all but signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent. But that partnership is now at an end, as Shilo was waived on August 24, one day after throwing a punch at Buffalo Bills tight end Zach Davidson in the Bucs' preseason finale.
Cowboys would be delusional to sign Shilo Sanders
Now, there's no guarantee that Sanders was going to make the Tampa Bay roster anyway, but that punch clearly knocked him out of contention (pun fully intended there, by the way). Naturally, following his release, many floated the idea of the Cowboys bringing him in. But in no way, shape, or form does that need to be a thing.
For starters, Dallas is set at safety, as they've got Malik Hooker, Donovan Wilson, Juanyeh Thomas, and Markquese Bell on the main roster, and also signed undrafted rookie Alijah Clark to the practice squad.
And to put it plainly, Sanders simply isn't as good as any of those five. He's talented, for sure, but that punch is going to hurt his chances to find a roster spot. Shilo recently opened up about his release, saying that he's not giving up on his dream to play in the NFL and is just "waiting for the next opportunity."
But again, that opportunity doesn't need to be in Dallas.
Even beyond the reasons mentioned above, there's no getting around the fact that Deion's status brings extra attention to any team that signs one of his sons. That's obviously not very fair to them, but that's the way it is.
And given what Jerry Jones just did to this franchise by trading away Micah Parsons, another circus isn't what America's Team needs right now.
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