BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Warren Sapp strictly enforces Colorado players being in straight lines while stretching at practice. Marshall Faulk harps over and over on proper footwork.
These two Hall of Fame players turned coaches are sticklers for the little things. That’s on orders from the third member of their gold-coat club: Deion Sanders.
Sapp and Faulk are part of a Buffaloes coaching staff that boasts 160 years of total NFL experience (playing, coaching or covering). The crew runs a no-nonsense, tight-knit operation, which came in handy when Sanders was away and fighting bladder cancer. The coaching staff keeps reaffirming what Sanders always stresses — paying attention to the details.
“It’s the little things that will make us great,” explained Sapp, who is the defensive pass-rush specialist for the Buffaloes this season. “It’s the tedious repetition of the little things, over and over and over again. That’s what we do.
“He (Sanders) has so much other things on his plate. I figured I’d handle the little things. … We really don’t ask much of them, except, let’s go to work and that’s what we’re going to do.”
In addition to Sapp and Faulk, the list of coaches that Sanders has assembled with NFL experience includes offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, receivers coach Jason Phillips, defensive passing game coordinator/cornerbacks coach Kevin Mathis, defensive line coach Domata Peko, and offensive line coaches George Hegamin and Andre Gurode.
Combined — and, of course, counting Sanders — that’s 27 Pro Bowls, five Super Bowl titles, an NFL MVP (Faulk), three Pro Football Hall of Famers (Sanders, Faulk, Sapp), two NFL defensive player of the year honors (Sapp, Sanders) and an NFL offensive player…
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Publish date : 2025-08-06 00:28:00
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