NFL Execs View Shedeur Sanders As ‘Mid-To-Late First-Spherical’ Choose – Might He Fall To Steelers At 21?

Because the Pittsburgh Steelers proceed to collect info on the 2025 NFL Draft class, it’s seeming increasingly more doubtless that they may choose one subsequent month. How excessive would they be prepared to go? Which will rely on when and if Aaron Rodgers indicators with the workforce and who is accessible by the point they make their first decide at No. 21 total. There’s been a whole lot of buzz in regards to the Steelers and Shedeur Sanders in latest days across the media.

He appears to be the consensus No. 2 QB within the draft class, however that doesn’t robotically make him a top-ten choice in an total weak class on the place. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler gave the newest on Sanders through SportsCenter with the draft just below 4 weeks away.

“From what I’m listening to, the Browns at two, the Giants at three have Shedeur Sanders no less than in consideration within the combine although the Browns appear to be leaning go rusher Abdul Carter at this level. However the tough half with Sanders is the place he falls,” Fowler mentioned.

If the Browns are leaning in the direction of Carter, I believe it’s honest to wonder if the Giants would pull the set off on Sanders at No. 3. They signed Jameis Winston and Russell Wilson. They’re after all going to be in search of a long-term resolution, however they aren’t in full desperation mode to be pressured to achieve in the event that they don’t love the prospect.

From the sound of it, not everyone loves Sanders as a prospect.

“I’ve texted with a half dozen high-level personnel people who I belief asking is Shedeur Sander a first-round expertise? Do you might have a first-round grade on him? 4 of these individuals mentioned no. Two of these individuals mentioned that he’s extra of a mid-to-late first-round decide of their eyes,” Fowler mentioned. “So we all know quarterbacks get pushed up, get overdrafted, however to go within the prime three at this level within the minds of many across the league could be fairly wealthy.”

Who would cease the autumn if not the Browns or the Giants? The Las Vegas Raiders at No. 6 might make sense in the event that they view Geno Smith as a short-term resolution and wish to develop Sanders behind him. The New Orleans Saints at No. 9 have been doing their homework on quarterbacks and may be within the combine. The Colts at No. 14 appear much less doubtless with Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones on the roster, but when they actually love Sanders and he falls then I don’t see why they wouldn’t.

If he slides previous some or all of these choices, there may be additionally the opportunity of a workforce buying and selling as much as get him. It solely takes one workforce to see one thing particular in him to take Sanders off the board. Ultimately, groups are going to disagree on their evaluations of gamers.

“Definitely he’s anticipated to go within the first spherical someplace fairly excessive, however not a slam dunk within the prime three primarily based on the way in which that groups see him across the league.”

I don’t love the concept of the Steelers buying and selling as much as get Sanders like some media analysts have floated recently, but when they will keep put at No. 21 and let him fall into their lap? I might no less than give it some thought at that time.