Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was within the dialog to be the primary general decide within the 2025 NFL Draft for months, at the least till the pre-draft course of obtained absolutely underway and groups began dissecting his recreation and scheduling in-person interviews with him.
His fall all the way in which to the Cleveland Browns within the fifth spherical of the draft over the weekend was unprecedented, and former No. 2 general decide Robert Griffin III shared on X which crew he believes ought to have been the one to take him.
RGIII shared a clip from his podcast on X and mentioned he believes the New Orleans Saints have been mistaken for drafting Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough within the second spherical over Shedeur Sanders.
“Jax Ulbrich was utterly mistaken for serving to prank name Shedeur Sanders when the New Orleans Saints have been on the clock. Wasn’t humorous. At All. It shouldn’t have been a prank as a result of the Saints shouldn’t have drafted Tyler Shough over Shedeur Sanders.”
Jax Ulbrich was utterly mistaken for serving to prank name Shedeur Sanders when the New Orleans Saints have been on the clock. Wasn’t humorous. At All.
It shouldn’t have been a prank as a result of the Saints shouldn’t have drafted Tyler Shough over Shedeur Sanders.https://t.co/GopLmU2Yst pic.twitter.com/4TCzTr7a0v
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 27, 2025
Saying the Saints ought to have drafted Sanders over Shough is a powerful take contemplating Sanders went three rounds later, but it surely’s a troublesome time for the media as everyone seems to be coming to phrases with the truth that their pre-draft projections for Sanders couldn’t have been extra inaccurate and unaligned when in comparison with the assessments of each crew within the NFL.
New Orleans was rumored to be one of many groups within the combine to take Sanders with the No. 9 general decide, however after Sanders fell to spherical two, the Saints went with the 25-year-old Shough as an alternative.
Shough has had a ton of accidents all through his school profession, however he has a powerful arm and tasks nicely on the subsequent stage from an athletic perspective so long as he can keep wholesome.
It’s robust to name out any crew for passing on Sanders at this level since each crew handed on him a number of occasions.
It’s now as much as Sanders to show everyone mistaken.
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