An ESPN phase between Rece Davis and Mel Kiper turned tense Saturday when the community stars had a heated argument about former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders after he was drafted by the Browns on Saturday.
Sanders, who tumbled from being a prime prospect to the fifth spherical and No. 144 general of the NFL draft, confronted criticism in draft previews citing nameless sources over how he dealt with the pre-draft course of and offered himself in interview. Davis — internet hosting the protection — stated that no matter how warranted that was, “this was the result.”
“When you’re in circumstances in life, whether you like them, whether you don’t like them, whether they’re fair or whether they’re unfair, you might have to deal with it,” Davis stated. “And now Shedeur Sanders has to deal with it. … Now he has an opportunity to answer it. I think yelling at the NFL about it is not productive.”
Kiper then referenced Boomer Esiason (second spherical) and Tom Brady (sixth spherical) as quarterbacks who fell within the draft and turned out simply fantastic, and he continued to rant about how the league usually has been horrible at evaluating quarterbacks for many years.
Throughout the back-and-forth alternate, each Davis and Kiper turned animated past what a typical phase would resemble.
“The NFL has been clueless for 50 years when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks,” Kiper stated of the NFL. “Clueless. They have no idea what they’re doing … There’s proof of that.”
It wasn’t the primary time Kiper had a tense second concerning Sanders through the draft weekend, as he defended him Friday after the third spherical concluded and known as his slide “disgusting.”
Sanders was drafted after Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe and Dillon Gabriel, with Gabriel additionally getting chosen by the Browns and establishing a state of affairs the place Sanders might want to compete for taking part in time with the previous Oregon signal-caller, Kenny Pickett and 40-year-old Joe Flacco.
Members of the Browns’ draft room didn’t appear thrilled about drafting Sanders both, with head coach Kevin Stefanski and normal supervisor Andrew Berry each showing impassive whereas clapping. Berry advised reporters that “we’re probably just tired from the weekend.”
“Those clips, it’s not timed up to exactly the right time so I wouldn’t — don’t read too much into that,” Stefanski advised reporters in regards to the alternate.
