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Deion Sanders thrilled by Ravens signing Derrick Henry, says NBA would've "blocked the move"

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Deion Sanders believes his former team got an absolute steal in the NFL free agency period. The Colorado Buffaloes coach took to X (Formerly Twitter) and expressed his feelings about Derrick Henry signing with the Baltimore Ravens. He also feels bad for the rest of the league and took a swipe at the NBA in the process.

Perhaps the best line from Sanders was about the devalued state of the running back position. Henry has hit 1,000 yards from scrimmage in each of the past six seasons. His 619 yards after contact was the most in the NFL last season. Yet, as good as King Henry has been, a two-year, $16 million deal is a steal for the Ravens who were arguably a few plays away from a Super Bowl appearance this year.

If the NFL season started tomorrow, Henry would be the ninth highest-paid running back and wouldn't come close to cracking the top 100 overall. Christian McCaffery is at the top of the scale for rushers with a $11.8 million base salary and comes in at No. 92 overall.

Sanders was also right about his NBA assessment. Adam Silver's league has been known for derailing some of the biggest deals in sports history. It's the reason why Chris Paul never joined the Los Angeles Lakers. From rigging the draft lottery to teams moving to cities for obscenely strange reasons, and refs betting on their own games, the NBA has had no shortage of past mishaps.

Coach Prime and the Buffs start spring practices next week. It will be a short period before the Black and Gold Spring Game on April 27.

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JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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