Jason Whitlock slams NFL after Shedeur Sanders salutes ex-prisoner Max B at Browns-Jets game

Jason Whitlock criticized the NFL when Shedeur Sanders saluted rapper and former inmate Max B on the sideline during Sunday's Browns.jets game

The veteran sports commentator reposted the video of Sanders saluting X and expressed his disdain for the league for the Max B platform.

“Hours after being released from prison after serving a long sentence for murder/manslaughter, Max B gets a warm greeting from Shedeur Sanders on the sidelines of the Browns game. The NFL 'platforms' Bad Bunny and Max B. What a world,” Whitlock tweeted.

Max B served a lengthy prison term on charges related to involuntary manslaughter and robbery before his release in 2024.

Whitlock previously criticized the NFL and Bad Bunny over the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. He accused the league of promoting values ​​he called “anti-Christian”

“The league was using the halftime stage as 'a tool to promote demonic worship, demonic energy, homosexuality, transgenderism, anything that desecrates Jesus Christ,'” Whitlock said Sept. 30 via “Fearless with Jason Whitlock.”

He also questioned NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's plans for the league.

“You have to ask Roger Goodell, how far will this go? Will Satan personally receive an invitation to perform in the middle of next year?” Whitlock said.

Shedeur Sanders reunites with family, sends defiant message amid tough season

Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders he returned to Colorado during the team's bye week. He was reunited with his father, Buffaloes coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, and his brother, Deion Sanders Jr.

It's been a tough year for the Sanders family. Shedeur fell to the fifth round of April's draft, Shilo went undrafted and Colorado missed a bowl game for the second straight season.

In Saturday's Buffaloes-West Virginia Mountaineers game, Shedeur and Deion Jr. they wore T-shirts with the message: “The rejected will be respected.” He noted his response to public criticism and professional setbacks. Deion Jr., who runs the family's media companies, posted the moment online with the caption “Rejected.”

Shedeur's trip also came after he was named the Browns' backup quarterback for Week 10 against the New York Jets.

Coach Prime talked about their meeting.

“To be able to get on a plane to come here and see Octopus, it made me cry,” coach Prime told reporters Saturday. “We didn't show that part, but it caught me, it touched me.”

Despite lingering back issues, Shedeur continues to prepare for his NFL debut amid Cleveland's (2-6) disappointing start and Dillon Gabriel's inconsistent play.