Shedeur Sanders's Unexpected NFL Draft Slide Explained

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00:00We didn't think that Shador Sanders was going to be an all-night thing.

00:04Should likely come off of the board round two.

00:07In fact, he actually started today, April 25th, this Friday,

00:11as the favorite to be the first pick in round number two.

00:15That didn't happen, but by the time the market closed, we knew that.

00:19Vegas was the team mostly linked to Shador Sanders.

00:23The Raiders kept trading back, trading back, and we said,

00:26okay, I guess it is going to be round number three.

00:30Up come the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Steelers passing on Shador Sanders

00:35was maybe the single most surprising thing that has happened in this draft

00:39at round number three.

00:42And then Jalen Milrow went off the board.

00:45Okay, again, we could see it.

00:47Dylan Gabriel to Cleveland is a stunner, stunner.

00:50And as we were talking about this, Cap mentioned,

00:56and Cap, I'll certainly throw it back your way,

00:59that the NFL is just telling us Shador Sanders is not that good.

01:03I disagree.

01:05I think, sure, the NFL is telling us Shador Sanders isn't a top five player,

01:09around one player in this class.

01:11But the NFL still, I think, has a ways to go with certain things,

01:16as a lot of leagues do, but certainly the NFL.

01:20And Shador Sanders is richer than some of the coaches that were interviewing him.

01:27And this is still a league that I think probably doesn't like that.

01:30And it's why anonymous scouts and executives are telling us just how terrible he is.

01:37You can doubt whether or not the personal stuff is causing this Sanders slide.

01:43Again, the film dropping him out of round one, two, got it.

01:48The film is not worse than Dylan Gabriel's.

01:50That is an outrageous suggestion that nobody would agree with.

01:57I now think this level of slide, and I'll throw it to you, Ben,

02:02is associated with character stuff that I flatly disagree with,

02:07and I actually think is indefensible from the National Football League.

02:10Kev, this is absolutely stunning.

02:12It is a slide we have rarely, if ever, seen in the history of the NFL draft.

02:18And, Kev, you said it.

02:19Shador Sanders not being drafted so far in the first three rounds here in 2025

02:24is the National Football League telling us something.

02:28We talked about the talent he possesses.

02:30We talked about the numbers that he put up, both with Jackson State and Colorado.

02:36I think Kevin summed it up perfectly.

02:37The tape can make him not a top five, top ten, or even first-round pick.

02:43But this late on night number two?

02:46So, Kev, tell us, what is the NFL telling us about Shador Sanders?

02:51You don't see him as a starter.

02:52So, I was talking to Greg Cosell from NFL Films, who's phenomenal.

02:55Right?

02:55You matchup showing it.

02:57You can't worry.

02:58Analyst.

02:59Greg said, and he told me this back, I'm going to say,

03:02late January, early February, he's done all his quarterback study.

03:05He said, I've got to tell you, Tyler Shuck's tape is better.

03:09Shador Sanders, he goes, I don't know who you've talked to,

03:11but let me know who you've talked to and see how they see it.

03:13Well, guess what?

03:15The league has spoken.

03:17Shuck was my number four quarterback.

03:18Okay?

03:19Shador, my number two.

03:21Look who went higher.

03:23And it's Shador still on the board.

03:24The league is telling you, but they don't think he's a starting quarterback.

03:26So, I think it's a good point, Cap, right?

03:28You mentioned that Tyler Shuck and Jackson Dark go ahead of Shador Sanders,

03:32but a guy that wasn't even listed here in Dylan Gabriel drafted before Sanders as well.

03:37So, to the notion that the persona, the bravado,

03:40who his father is and all of the notoriety and attention that comes with that

03:45is keeping Shador Sanders from being picked, is there credence to it?

03:48I don't believe it.

03:49Honestly, see, I'm going to disagree with my friend Kevin here.

03:52I'll tell you what.

03:53Ape is 75% of a grade, right?

03:57Craig Mish and I were talking about this on Newsweek.

03:59This is a quarterback-starved league.

04:01You can't tell me that this young man can't go into the third round?

04:05Really?

04:07Is his tape that bad?

04:08Apparently, it is.

04:09Tape is always the number one criteria.

04:12Character is important, absolutely, because he's got to be the leader of your football team.

04:16But the tape is very ordinary.

04:18That's it.

04:19And look, and the numbers, by the way, the numbers, his numbers, you read them?

04:24Phenomenal.

04:25Son of a Hall of Fame player and a really good college coach.

04:27You're going to say the bravado, what's dropped him out of the third round?

04:30I don't buy that.

04:31Yeah, but it's got to be something, because all of this isn't good enough, man.

04:36Come over, Kevin.

04:41The tape, again, the tape dropping him outside of the top five quarterbacks off of the board,

04:48outside of the top two rounds, I absolutely get it.

04:51We know that off-field things drop guys all the time.

04:53Mike Green had top-ten tape.

04:55You told us as much.

04:56Off-field stuff drops him.

04:58James Pierce had top-ten tape.

04:59Off-field stuff drops him.

05:01That happens all the time.

05:03I think what is happening, though, is it is unimaginable that Shador Sanders' off-field stuff

05:09is what's causing this drop.

05:11But that is the only explanation for this level of drop,

05:14because, Cap, you entered this draft process telling us

05:16he was the second-best quarterback on the board.

05:19He was the second-best quarterback on the board.

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