Seasoned NFL reporter Ed Werder and Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders have an intriguing past that involves a recent public spat, raising questions about the nature of their longstanding relationship.
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Deion Sanders and Ed Werder: A Beef That Stays Fresh
### Deion Sanders and Ed Werder: An Awkward Standoff
An awkward standoff occurred last year between Colorado Buffaloes head football coach Deion Sanders and seasoned football reporter Ed Werder, and there seems to be some beef between the two.
Deion Sanders and Ed Werder: A Beef That Stays Fresh
Making an appearance on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich," Dakich asked Werder what he did to "piss him off way back in the day," in reference to Sanders. Werder said he has no clue, but he also does not think it takes much to tick off "Coach Prime."
"Do you have to do something to him? Do you have to do something?" Werder questioned. "I don't know. He and I had an interesting relationship when I covered the NFL. Sometimes good, sometimes bad."
Deion Sanders and Ed Werder: A Beef That Stays Fresh
The awkward moment came after the Buffaloes defeated then-ranked TCU in its opening game – Coach Prime's first with Colorado. The hype train immediately started, but Sanders did say he "kept receipts" on those who did not believe in the program he was building.
Reporters noticed Sanders recognized Werder in the scrum after the game, and he asked him, "Do you believe?" Werder responded, "Believe in what?," to which Sanders just said, "He doesn't believe. Next question."
Werder would respond later on Twitter to fellow NFL writer Mike Freeman, who said "it's not the job of writers to be cheerleaders for the team," to which Werder said, "You are so correct."
"The thing that happened last year after the TCU game when I tried to ask him question in his press conference, and he said ‘whoa whoa whoa, do you believe?’ and I just kept to trying to ask him the question, and he said ‘I’ve read all that bulljunk you’ve written’ or whatever, and I wasn’t even a writer," Werder told Dakich.
"I didn’t write, I didn’t cover college football, so I thought he invented all of this in his own mind and was now using it trying to show me up in a professional situation where if Deion knew me at all he would know I would never take an oath or an allegiance to anybody in a situation like that. Even if I was a Colorado man, I’m not going to say, ‘Oh yeah Deion, I believe.’
"In fact, ultimately, what I’ve told people my reaction was: believe in what? Which I thought was very fair and professional and down the line which is the way I like to be. In retrospect and in sort of a humorous way, I wish I had said when he said do you believe, ‘No, and neither should you.’ But I tried to maintain some level of professionalism in the room."
Now, Sanders' program in Boulder has not done well since that win over TCU, collecting only four wins, which includes the opener this year against North Dakota State. The Buffaloes ended their season on a six-game losing streak, finishing the year 4-8 overall.
