Ed Werder Comments On His Postgame Exchange With Deion Sanders | 09/05/23

ESPN's Ed Werder joins The Dan Patrick Show and discusses his postgame exchange with Colorado head coach Deion Sanders following Colorado's upset win over TCU

[@terrencenewman5580]

Ed Werner knows that calling him a celebrity coach is basically taking shots at his qualifications for being a head coach. You’re saying he got the job because of his fame and not because of his actual coaching abilities. Of course Deion took offense to that! Behind all the theatrics, Deion is a old school football coach that knows the game inside and out and knows how to motivate and manage a team.

[@kevinthomes1046]

100%

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

And the wyte guy didn't press him. Do u see how these people work?? That's why Shannon Sharpe and Shannon and taking over. People are tired of these guys

[@brandong5676]

On the money!!! That’s exactly how they look at him. He’s a celebrity coach in their eyes

[@sevenclickent.5745]

Your 100% right

[@Tmiscia]

Exactly he took a low blow at prime character and qualifications that writer is despicable

[@weathermanx2005]

So let me get this right....He (Werder) says it wasn't "professional" to answer his question to commit to giving Deion credit, but it's "professional" and ok to call him a "celebrity coach" which is demeaning? Ok, I get where Deion is coming from.

[@james-jo5ju]

This is exactly it. How this grown man can look in the mirror and not see the bitch in his eyes is beyond me 😂

[@mahlonthomas1775]

Me2

[@rkb903]

This is exactly the reason former athletes are taking over sports media, Ed clearly knows where he was wrong but is ducking the consequences

[@gilt8121]

Is sports media in that much better of a position? No. Its the same with republicans and democrats. Respect is just not there, on either side. that just means too many betas swimming in this world.

[@southeastdaygo6193]

Definitely trying to play the victim while reading his own bs😂 live

[@alvinjohnson2402]

Everyone in Dallas knows Ed Werder is a sleazeball. He was the one who instigated the Terrel Owens, Jason Witten , Tony Romo drama, kept needling the players in interviews every week, refuse to reveal his sources, then played dunb like he had nothing to do with it. Here's an exchange between Werder and Newman during that Cowboys fallout between its three biggest stars. Werder: Do you regret anything you said (Friday) morning on ESPN? Newman: (Pause) Any Giants questions? Werder: Do you think the drama of everything that has happened the last couple of days will affect you guys mentally..."(Newman stands up to end the interview, throws on his backpack and then looks directly at Werder) Newman: Yup (in exasperation), I wonder how many time I was asked that question. Werder: (With a smirk) What question?

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

@@southeastdaygo6193 that's what these wytes do. I'm surprised he didn't start crying 🤣🤣 That's their go to when confronted

[@PA-zt6xu]

Exactly Ed a clown and always been a sports version of Geraldo Rivera....straight up clown.

[@Chatter156]

😂😂 He been hating on Deion since his Cowboy days now he tryna play victim 😂😂😂 this is why your bosses are hiring more former players

[@davidcristabel-sala5781]

Exactly I’m tired of these people playing the victim when they know they been facilitating hate towards from him for years

[@deesee2051]

Exactly now he’s gonna go on a media tour playing victim

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

People are tired of these old wyte people. We are done with this same narrative

[@PA-zt6xu]

Yep him and Randy Galloway. Never forget Ed Warder was hating on TO as well. Screw Ed clown behind.

[@mahlonthomas1775]

The truth

[@saleemwrightpst]

Ed played himself and now he’s using journalistic integrity to cop out from the fact that he got confronted!

[@terrnado]

Exactly. He's playing innocent.

[@lildirtybmm]

Facts

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

He is an old wyte man so we know his thoughts on a black coach who isn't a high pitch talking yes sir massa type black. All these guys are being exposed

[@richardhincemon]

@RUTHLESSambition5 Coach Sanders is a great coach don't bring up racist innuendo to discredit the Buffaloes victory.

[@JM-ze7jn]

As a white man myself I gotta say, keep doing your thing Deion and co, most these reporters are bums who never played the game and try and use their forced relationships to lend credibility to their “reporting” Deion been that guy since the 90s it’s just a new chapter. I’m glad he’s calling out these old scrubs

[@boong2872]

Bro called him a celebrity coach and then goes on to call former athletes in media not real media members 😂😂. Like bro doesn’t learn.

[@terrnado]

Because reporters were propped up by media ownership but those days are over since they can be immediately called out for trying to use their pens as weapons.

[@rodneyporter715]

You called him a celebrity coach. Call Nick Saban a celebrity coach and see how he responds to you Ed.

[@Kingtone1209]

I like how he tried to make it seem like he wasn’t trying to be offensive, knowing damn well he was lol

[@docbradleydc]

Nick Saban had national championship level success at LSU before becoming the GOAT at Alabama. Colorado was selling out everything before Deion coached an FBS game. If you insert any other coach from Jackson State's division into the Colorado job (including ones with championship resumes), they still don't sell out in the off season. Of course he was a celebrity coach, and he wisely used that celebrity status to his advantage on the recruiting trail and in the media. Now he's gaining more respect for his coaching abilities by winning at this level.

[@stifler5062]

@docbradleydc when was this. Selling games and who new bout CU then?

[@blacksling9]

@@docbradleydc you totally miss the point. Nick is in the spotlight same as dion, why hasn’t anyone call him a celebrity coach. And you are wrong Colorado hasn’t been selling out before him. In the game against Nebraska last season the stadium was covered in red!

[@docbradleydc]

@@blacksling9 Saban is in the spotlight because he's proven himself to be a national championship coach. They weren't selling out at Michigan State after he was hired. Nebraska didn't play at Colorado last year.

[@yeahitsme1401]

nobody has ever called Er Werder a face of ESPN.

[@V12_smoke]

lol Ikr 😆

[@ocampbell1954]

Facts. Only time i remember hearing from him is when he was hating on T.O.

[@stevemilam2254]

I see why Coach Prime responded the way he did.

[@imrandhalla8336]

Ed Warder was the Cowboys main beat writer at Valley Ranch during the dynasty run in the 90’s - there’s clearly a personal beef between Sanders and Warder that has lingered for decades now. Warder was looking for a fight and he got one way sooner than expected. Warder didn’t bargain for Colorado to beat TCU and the ass whooping continued on at the press conference lol

[@arnelljames7777]

This is an underrated comment. Like he said, he knew Deion...

[@taefields9810]

Exactly!! He knew who he was talking to asoon as he seen him!! Ed was there to smother it in if they loss but they won so jokes on you buddy!!

[@edwinjones1000]

Facts.

[@Maxscout24]

That was good…and probably spot on

[@Take13FilmReview]

He didn’t like that you called him a “celebrity” coach… he is just a coach…

[@dxwallace55]

I think since reporters seem to rip into athletes and coaches to get clicks and notoriety, it's time they are held accountable. It can't be just one way. He knows what the "celebrity" think is about, you're saying he's all flash and no substance. Bout time one of you got called out......

[@PA-zt6xu]

Bingo!!!!

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

@@PA-zt6xu Bingo what? I am glad he had his kids ready for the big stage. As a black man and former coach I couldn't have been more proud. However let your work be your voice. No need to go crazy calling out anyone. Show that you are bigger than all of the showoff tactics. This major college football not some rah rah experience. Every game won't end like the last one. Now what? Enough with all of the celebration in the lockeroom. I ALWAYS told my players act like you expect to win! KARMA can be a hard pill to digest!

[@vizionaryentertainment8464]

At the same time I think coaches gotta be careful when they attack the media cause every team is one injury away from going on a losing streak and those same reporters you attacked are gonna be right there ready to shoot back at yo ass lol

[@PA-zt6xu]

@@Leroy-wm4ib shut up 🤡

[@johnnycooper1100]

Coach is own man . How are you or anyone else … going tell him how to act or what to say? He hasn’t gotten to this point in life…. Caring about what others think of him. Having a Hold Jacket & winning wherever he goes… speaks for itself.

[@mike-xp3lq]

He's not a Celebrity Coach Ed that's a dumb take. U don't call any other Coach a Celebrity.

[@KeoniProductions]

Deon has coached kids at many levels. But hes a celebrity Coach.

[@Kingtone1209]

@@KeoniProductionsno he is a football coach that happens to be well known lol

[@mike-xp3lq]

@KeoniProductions ppl trying to diminish his accolades by saying he is celebrity coach. Dude is a coach his celebrity status doesn't has ish to do with his coaching abilities

[@KeoniProductions]

@mike-xp3lq I know right they hate when the establishment os changed.

[@outlawtakeover]

Deion said that he attacked his kids instead of himself. Keep the players out of it. that's the whole point.

[@bgbgbgbg7353]

Trying to play victim 😢😢😢😢😢😢Boo Woo😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@kobes8270]

Ed looked like a fool and his internet sucks

[@allpraisestoyah5033]

I m shocked u didn’t call it racist 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terrnado]

​@@allpraisestoyah5033Ok white boy

[@stanfordhiga2135]

Ed doesn’t believe but Ed will believe. Let’s go coach Prime!!

[@waldolydecker8118]

Fugg whether not nobody Ed believes. Ed said it right....nobody gives a shit whether he believes or not - he is a nobody. Prime merely called Ed out at the news conference because Ed is a an azz wipe. That's what you do to an azz wipe - you call them out after you prove them wrong.

[@blackking...2951]

Absolutely! Let's Go deion ✊🏿

[@Sir.Alexander]

Deion a football coach not a celebrity coach

[@darvincarter2396]

Yes. Been a football coach since little league. Celebrity did not get him that job. Knowing how to coach and lead young men did.

[@PorkChopXpress4385]

Just seems like this guy wants to say anything he wants about anyone, and doesn't like being made a fool of. PRIME TIME just being PRIME TIME.

[@McShibby10]

Old and still obnoxious. Deon still thinks he’s 20 years old with his little kid attitude

[@Dh-is5ro]

These old good Ol Boys really don’t understand Prime at all lol

[@stilldre247]

They understand and want him to fail

[@SuperKJ777]

Ed, all you had to do is answer the man's question. You didn't. You could have straighten this all out by answering the question.

[@jimford7453]

His job is not to answer questions. His job is to ask questions.

[@battles423]

Reporters never want to be accountable for what garbage they write.

[@Overlookedtooverbooked]

*we need people like Ed so we can look and point the finger and say that’s the bad guy*

[@stilldre247]

We need people like Ed to go on record with their hate and jealousy instead of whispering in the corner or to his buddies. Correct.

[@travelingteachercrush2487]

Deion asking “do you believe now” mattered to him just like ALLLLL the times you brought him up mattered to the reporter. Of course he can say such things but he was on mute during the conference

[@skipg73]

Its funny that theres no problem with him saying how he dont believe but its unprofessional to say that he now believes.😂😂

[@antoinerogers4369]

😂😂😂 OMG of course ED you haven't really believed or referred to Coach Prime as a legitimate Head Coach in college Football because you think of him as a Celebrity first. 😮NO respect..carry on 😂😂😂😂😂

[@edward15harris]

The way you delivered it you wouldn't have said Celebrity Coach Nick Saban...Cmon bro...

[@bgbgbgbg7353]

You mad You mad 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@brendaturner5015]

They fail to realize Coach Prime is confident and many people don't like it or him. I love his confidence 💙💙💙💙

[@Mr.Maurice1980]

Duh, you called him a celebrity Coach. It was directed towards you

[@deesee2051]

He’s said a lot of stuff about him when he played for the Cowboys

[@antwanpk]

That was super disrespectful

[@nastee10]

If you don't understand why it "matters," then you don't understand sports. You have covered sports for all these decades, and you don't understand what motivates athletes and coaches to do what they do?

[@mitchodell4993]

Werder asking why it matters is exactly the point. The reason he can’t connect those dots is hilarious.

[@jtpatterson9203]

When it's all said and done "Prime" will be remembered and Ed will be forgotten. Ride on Prime ride on!

[@kingofgames4054]

You sure ?

[@tevausa1820]

Deion got these white men SHOOK and they mad 😅 They all talked ish about about the quality of play with HBCU players. Coach Prime just simply showed them they were wrong. Now they're butt hurt 😂

[@mrclowe3]

Never herd of this dude and he has been in his field 100 years. He should thank Coach Prime. Notice how he does not consider former athletes professional reporters?

[@JT-jf3hr]

If you can say something negative, you can say something positive... as a journalist 😂

[@Rose-A-Day]

HE DESERVED IT!!!!!!🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡 I love seeing Deion call y’all out!

[@Calisfinest52]

Both these dude’s are real clowns. They’re so used to being able to say whatever about whoever and not be called out. Well it’s a brand new day. The days of being able to throw a rock and hide your hands is over…

[@iwjiv]

Do you refer to Nick Saban as a celebrity Coach? Just a thought.

[@saleemwrightpst]

All you did was talk about his celebrity, brand and marketing not his ability to coach! Ed wasn’t a prop! Deion definitely knows the crap that these reporters do to players. Also Dan stop capping Deion doesn’t perform, like an actor. He’s being himself.

[@THEMASTER26]

Umm...Deion said himself while with the cowboys "it was a persona, I was performing" he has an act and he himself knows it.

[@plutotech]

That was 30 years ago.

[@coachsteve9514]

The ultimate cover up, way to stick together guys.

[@the3rdbean]

haters going to hate.

[@allpraisestoyah5033]

Nigga stop playing victim girl 😂😂😂😂

[@advice4u409]

Two old men with athlete envy. Coach sees through your microaggressions masked as professional reporting.

[@SouthernEmperor]

Ed Werder, you are a scrub sir. That is all. Back to our regular schedule program.

[@outlawtakeover]

Performing wow thats another shot . These folks need to retire already. Let the youth take over the airwaves, you're wasting air.

[@THEMASTER26]

Dude...Deion himself said "it's a persona, I was performing " during his NFL career with the chains n all...look it up. He knows it's an exaggerated version of himself

[@Riles3152]

Werder is right. Too many pro athletes or former pro athletes aren’t willing to deal with any form of criticism or scrutiny or fair objection to what they say or do. They just want the adulation and praise. Deion didn’t have do Werder like that.

[@ktilford]

Ed Werder, like many other media personnel since Deion was hired at Colorado, "took the bait, got hooked and doesn't want to admit the obvious." Let's admit that obvious, this hire rubbed a lot of people wrong, including people of color for leaving an HBCU for a PWI and it scares the living crap out of a lot others for reasons I don't have time to get into. This "celebrity coach" statement - would never have been used to identify Saban, Sweeny or Smart - is yet another microaggression that is all too familiar to people of color to minimize efforts, outcomes, and effect. Werder attempts to be ignorant of such and Patrick is providing him the "playground pity platform" to cry foul. As a football fan, I personally have enjoyed Werder's reporting over all those years he covered the Cowboys and other sports stories. He very well knows why Deion called him out and it's juvenile he now wants to state it would be 'journalistic bias' to answer Deion's question. Since he admittingly "lives so close to Boulder" you have to wonder why Werder didn't ride over to Boulder and see what was going on before making such a sly comment. What was all the hype about? Maybe he would have seen for himself. So, this is nothing more than Werder stealing a cookie out of the damn cookie jar and saying he didn't do it with cookie crumbles all in his grill! Sometimes humility is a better side to display than ignorance.

[@nappylion5107]

I think Deon is using all this to put a chip on his team's shoulder. They are loved by most so make media the bad guy. He's doing it for a reason. I don't think it would have mattered who had the ESPN mic.

[@matthewgandy9774]

NO I DON'T FEEL THAT COACH PRIME IS MAKING HIS TEAM FEEL AS THOUGH THE MEDIA IS THE BAD GUY HE TOLD HIS TEAM MONTHS AGO THE LIGHT WILL SHINE ON YOU SO THEY HAVE BETTER BE READY FOR THE GOOD LIGHT AND BE READY WHEN THAT LIGHT SHOWS THE UGLY . PEOPLE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEY COULD WIN 21 POINT UNDERDOGS ITS NOT THE MEDIA AS A WHOLE BUT YOU DID HAVE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE LIKE THIS CLOWN ED WARNER WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT CU COULD WIN AND GOT CALLED ON IT LIKE HE SAID WENT TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE BECAUSE HE LIVED NEAR BY SO HE SAT HIS BEHIND RIGHT NEAR COACH PRIME AND COACH PRIME SAID HE HAD RECEIPTS ON ALL THE NAYSAYERS BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO ED

[@docbradleydc]

He's smart to do it to rile up his players and for self motivation but, you're correct.

[@bgbgbgbg7353]

Look at that hater😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@benjaminearmstrong8796]

The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that he called him Deion instead of coach.

[@Chiparoo-014]

Deion knows the difference between you and ESPN he was talking an call u out Ed Werder Stop all the Cap U know what u did just own up to it !!

[@Edgar.Mendoza]

Boomers like Ed Warner is the perfect example of why we are all ducked.

[@Blacklist324]

Relax with the Boomer quips.

[@southeastdaygo6193]

Naw come on ED this beef is not new do not play dumb sir😂😂😂😂 This has gone back to the Cowboys days, still taking jabs, to this day!

[@doctorkhumalo7730]

He knows exactly what that was about.

[@alonzox5420]

Calling him a celebrity coach was disrespectful

[@imperial1stlady9266]

That Bull Junk.😂😂😂😂

[@dariusiamkingervin4107]

Hey Ed, was it unprofessional when you typed that tweet disrespecting Deion and his team?

[@eballa349]

Shame on you. Not answering makes you look silly. Govbackbinto retirement

[@hoodaffairstv]

He's a Hall A Farmer first, being called a celebrity coach from someone who covered the NFL is disrespectful

[@michaelholbrook9645]

This just reminds me that it's often difficult for some to get out of the way of their own self-righteousness and see/hear the petty/immature things coming out of their own hearts and minds.

[@KDUB1970]

See, Ed Werder doesn't get it. The problem with him calling Deion a "celebrity coach" is a demeaning of what he is: a helluva coach who has proven to be a winning coach. Its a mitigation of his accomplishments and abilities. Add that to the dismissive nature in which CU was placed as a 21 point underdog to a team that got trounced by Georgia in the Natty and lost to Kansas St in the Big 12 championship game, then of course Coach Prime is going to call out every member of the media that didn't believe he was a good coach or CU was a good team.

[@battles423]

Ed keeps looking down on the answers he wrote down before this interview

[@dred2040]

CLEAN IT UP....CANT EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTION...HE WROTE DEON JUST A CELEBRITY COACH

[@michaelg3573]

they have history lol

[@lawtonnicholas3489]

Really dude. You wrote Colorado Celebrity Coach. Do you refer to Nick Saban Alabama Celebrity coach? Stop acting lost like you don't no what you wrote

[@johnclark6577]

Deion has always been somewhat ‘flashy’, but back when he was an analyst he spoke on how seriously he took the game when he played, how diligently he studied film and how much respect he has for the coaches who had the most influence on him throughout his career. Yes, he’s a celebrity, but who can question his knowledge and passion for football? Certainly not this guy.

[@marcspecial]

You called this man a celebrity…and in doing so alluded to him not being a really talented recruiter and coach of a really talented football team. Did His celebrity beat TCU or did his talents? All you had to do was say so was wrong like so many other analysts were forced to

[@reasedogable]

Deion just marketing and used him as a prop,no way was that tweet a big deal compared to some of the things I’ve read

[@texastexas3759]

Exactly no big deal at all.

[@jamesphillips7937]

This was very revealing for both Ed and Dan, and not for the good. 🤦‍♂️

[@comebackid77]

Hater always hate.moving on

[@justinking4816]

Y’all notice all these old ass media people hating have something in common ? ⚪️

[@UppurMGMT]

His pride would allow him to say he was wrong that’s all. Most men are like this so it’s not shocking lol.

[@rickbrunatti5705]

Ed you just don't get it !

[@deesee2051]

Now he’s playing victim stop it

[@MrsDayAllDay]

He CRACKED YOUR HATING FACE!!! 😂🤣😅 NEXT

[@croberts30]

"Celebrity football coach" is a major DIG at Deion obviously

[@reallife0728]

ED WERDER IS CLASSIC CASE OF THROWING THE ROCK & HIDING YOUR HAND!!!!

[@mrsbarbarav]

Your post PROBLEM 1 “celebrity football coach”???!!! and all the rest was SHADY YOU KNOW IT - why do y’all always try to act oblivious 😮❌❌❌❌

[@lildirtybmm]

Wow this sounds like they’re hating on Deion and his success being a journalist or even an analyst shouldn’t be talking down this what Deion is talking about. It feels intentional not in retrospect. Salute Deion I wish you success for you and your team.

[@theIGchop]

You "media guys" are starting to get a dose of your own medicine. Accept that accountability lol

[@docvencil2222]

It's been said that Prime was not speaking of Ed because Ed wrote nothing. He was referring to another writer.

[@JustEntertainment225]

Come on bro…no he wasn’t prime would have said ESPN if he was calling them out he don’t bite his lip or hold his tongue…you know if he would have lost you was have came even harder at him then he did at you… Dan why don’t you bring COACH PRIME on to the show and ask him what he was think instead of asking another man to tell you wants on another man mind

[@dash1645]

bravo Dion👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@lexibrowning7447]

"Celebrity Coach..."

[@Vonda618]

"Celebrity Football Coach"??? 😂 You knew what you were saying when you wrote that. 😒

[@wetalkhawkstv]

Imma need Ed to be a man. Admit you was wrong. You tried to play Prime by calling him a celebrity coach. I dont know why grown men cant say 3 words. I WAS Wrong. Dan Patrick you outta pocket too. Prime was acting? smh.

[@MrDrewski94]

Ed knows what he was doing. If you can't take the heat...

[@coryjeffers9468]

Crazy 🤪 you can say you don't believe lol 😂 but can't say you believe.

[@ronmurray2381]

SO....AINT NOBODY GUNNA POINT OUT HOW SALTY DAN PATRICK SOUND!?!!?

[@moresedeloatch3570]

It’s funny on how people of journalists make their comments on certain subjects and say that it’s not personal, but when the subjects questioned them about journalists comments, they get personally offended. Ed can address it anyway he wanted, he had to answer. If they had lost, I’m sure Ed wouldn’t be shy about writing it

[@claudebeaden3242]

The Good Ole Boy Network, period. But calling him a celebrity coach though, I guess that wasn't wrong. Dan Patrick is like the wind, he just goes with the flow, he said Deion was performing but I bet he would love to have Prime on his show.

[@letsbereal7897]

Deion: What makes you think that I care what people thinks of me?!?! Also Deion: ⬆️ I keep receipts

[@rs4932]

Reporters are getting weeded out by former athletes that know the game inside out… It’s the sign of the times…

[@hadoken99]

Why did you cut the end? I wanted to hear Ed dig himself a hole

[@EJBanks]

why didn't Colorado's Celebrity Coach receive him warmly?

[@chancemack]

Bro is a world class hater. Been hating for years.

[@rodneyporter715]

You better watch what you say to coach primetime Deion sanders Ed. Colorado buffaloes national champions.🎉 He will never answer another question from you remember that.

[@daddymack-qm6nk]

Celebrity coach? No he's the head coach. Are Nick Saban and Andy Reid celebrity coaches? By calling him that you're insinuating that he's not a real coach. You know exactly what you're doing.

[@docbradleydc]

Wasn't he referring to the buzz around the CU program from a coach that hadn't coached a game in the FBS? If you insert any other coach from Jackson State's division, season ticket sellouts don't happen. Part of that is his celebrity buzz. Saban and Reid are championship coaches, their buzz came from their production. Obviously Deion can still get there.

[@talk_yo_shiii8537]

How you gone talk trash to me at my front door about my family, then ask if you can come inside to take a Dump 😂😂

[@OfficiallyTonyGianni]

No he was calling him out espn he was calling out HIM in particular. Reporters need accountability. They love to fly off at the mouth with random opinions.. switching positions as the wind blows hoping people forget they were in total opposition before. The typed responses get nowhere with the public at large. And players who actually played the game deserve a seat at the table they built.