Nobody is aware of the place Shedeur Sanders will land within the 2025 NFL Draft, however draft analyst Todd McShay initiatives the Colorado quarterback gained’t be the second signal-caller chosen after Miami’s Cam Ward.
In his newest mock draft for The Ringer, McShay pegged Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart because the second quarterback taken within the first spherical by the Saints, who personal the No. 9 decide, as lined by USA At this time.
Dart, whose draft inventory has risen in latest months, has “qualities” much like the quarterbacks that new Saints coach Kellen Moore has labored with beforehand and thrived, such because the Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, the Chargers’ Justin Herbert and newly minted Tremendous Bowl champion Jalen Hurts of the Eagles.
“He is used to the bigger, mobile, stronger-armed quarterback, and those are three qualities that Jaxson Dart has,” McShay stated of the 6-foot-2 prospect Thursday on his self-titled podcast.
“It doesn’t necessarily make Jaxson Dart better than Shedeur, in some places, Shedeur fits better.”
Within the lead-up to this month’s NFL draft, Ward has been projected to land with the Titans with the No. 1 total decide in numerous mock drafts whereas Sanders, 23, has been linked to the groups with high picks — the Browns at No. 2 and the Giants at No. 3 — and has additionally been speculated to slip.
Though Sanders, the son of NFL legend Deion Sanders, isn’t the second quarterback taken on his board, McShay believes the prospect does go within the first spherical by way of a Browns commerce with the Falcons at decide No. 15.
“[Browns coach] Kevin Stefanski, I think, would have an awesome time with Shedeur Sanders cause Kevin’s won with those guys,” McShay stated. “Kevin’s used to fast processors, precision, play on time, I’ll get you on time, I know you can do that, and I don’t need that huge arm, I don’t need mobility, I like guys who are going to [whiff, whiff, whiff] carve people up.”
McShay’s mock was posted the identical day Sanders visited the Steelers, who maintain decide No. 21 and stay within the Aaron Rodgers sweepstakes.
“I enjoyed my time here in Pittsburgh. I think I connected well with all the coaches and it was real fun,” stated Sanders, who ranked the go to as a “10.”
The Steelers might very a lot emerge as a touchdown spot for Sanders following Friday’s growth out of Cleveland, with the Browns signing veteran Joe Flacco to a one-year deal.
With that transfer, the Browns — who even have quarterbacks Kenny Pickett and the injured Deshaun Watson on their roster — might pivot from the QB place with the No. 2 decide to two-way star Travis Hunter, the Heisman Trophy-winning receiver and cornerback out of Colorado, or Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter.
If the Browns have sufficient conviction for Sanders, although, a commerce again into the primary spherical could possibly be on the desk if he’s nonetheless accessible.
The 2025 NFL Draft begins on Thursday, April 24, in Inexperienced Bay.
