Super Bowl champ slams Deion Sanders for his coaching style at Colorado

Christian Fauria, a erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes prima choky extremity and two-time Super Bowl champion, criticized Deion Sanders arsenic the caput manager gears up for his 4th twelvemonth astatine the helm.

Fauria appeared connected "The Zach Gelb Show" and tore into Sanders, who joined Colorado aft a fewer years astatine Jackson State. Sanders was the caput manager erstwhile Travis Hunter won the 2024 Heisman Trophy award.

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New England Patriots choky extremity Christian Fauria is tackled by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior during AFC Championship crippled astatine Heinz Field connected Jan. 23, 2005. (Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports)

"I’m conscionable not a instrumentality of the coach. I’m not. I’ll ne'er beryllium a instrumentality of the coach," Fauria said. "I emotion the school. And this isn’t maine picking connected Deion Sanders due to the fact that I prime connected Joe Gibbs. The worst manager I’ve ever had was Joe Gibbs. So, my picking connected Deion Sanders is nothing. I conscionable don’t similar the mode helium coaches football. 

"I don’t deliberation he’s precise bright. I don’t deliberation helium tin negociate a game. I deliberation there’s a batch of flash, but I deliberation there’s nary substance, you know? And he’s got a batch of people, like, brainwashed. And, you know, we’ll see. We’ll spot what helium tin do. But I’m conscionable — I’m not a instrumentality of him, not a instrumentality of his coaching style, not a instrumentality of his messaging.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders earlier the crippled against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Folsom Field connected Nov. 22, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

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"There’s a batch of things you cognize internally that I cognize astir that I’m not a instrumentality of, and it’s conscionable not worthy my vigor to beryllium determination and travel it and, you know, and past spell backmost and distant with the ‘The emperor has nary clothes’ assemblage that enactment him, careless of however anserine helium is sometimes. So yeah, that’s the mode I consciousness astir it. And it bugs maine that a batch of alumni conscionable don’t talk up astir it. They don’t accidental anything. But I will."

Colorado is 16-21 successful 3 afloat seasons nether Sanders. Colorado was 9-4 successful 2024 but lone picked up 3 wins during the 2025 campaign.

Fauria said helium would alternatively spot the squad get much disquieted astir picking up wins than being applicable connected societal media.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders during the Utah Utes crippled astatine Rice-Eccles Stadium connected Oct. 25, 2025. (Rob Gray/Imagn Images)

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