Sanders Continues Dramatic Slide In Nfl Draft

Shedeur Sanders continued to descent successful nan NFL Draft connected Friday - pinch nan erstwhile Colorado backmost not selected successful either nan 2nd aliases 3rd round.

Sanders was projected to beryllium a top-five pick, truthful nan truth he was overlooked successful nan first information was nan biggest astonishment of time 1 of nan draft.

The 23-year-old was past expected to beryllium picked up early connected time 2 of nan three-day arena successful Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Sanders was antecedently favourite to beryllium nan first prime of this year's draught but aft 102 picks overall, he remains available.

It is now arguably nan astir melodramatic draught descent successful NFL history, pinch each 32 teams having now passed connected Sanders aggregate times.

Five quarterbacks person now been selected earlier Sanders, pinch Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe and Dillon Gabriel taken connected Friday.

Cam Ward, who replaced Sanders arsenic favourite to beryllium this year's first prime successful January, was so chosen first by nan Tennessee Titans earlier nan New York Giants took Jaxson Dart 25th overall.

Coming into nan draft, nan Titans and Giants were 2 of 5 teams who needed a quarterback, on pinch nan Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Cleveland had 2 picks early successful nan 2nd round, but again overlooked Sanders, earlier New Orleans took erstwhile Louisville backmost Shough pinch nan 40th pick.

Then erstwhile Pittsburgh had their 2nd prime wide astatine number 83, they opted for moving backmost Kaleb Johnson.

The Seattle Seahawks sprang a astonishment by trading up for nan 92nd prime to return a punt connected Milroe (Alabama) arsenic a improvement project.

Then 2 picks later nan Browns pulled disconnected different daze by claiming Gabriel (Oregon), leaving nan Steelers arsenic nan only squad that needs a backmost and is yet to draught one.

Sanders' snub connected Thursday was reminiscent of Aaron Rodgers' descent during nan 2005 draft, erstwhile nan early four-time MVP faced a humbling hold earlier being selected pinch nan 24th pick.

Sanders' draught banal had fallen sharply successful nan past fewer days earlier nan draft, pinch immoderate analysts fearing he could descent not conscionable retired of nan top-five picks but into nan 2nd round.

But this is now measurement beyond nan astir pessimistic projections for Sanders, and what Rodgers endured successful 2005.

During nan pre-draft process, Pittsburgh did meet pinch Sanders, who had nan champion walk completion complaint successful assemblage shot past play (74.0%), pinch only Cam Ward throwing much touchdown passes.

But nan Steelers person besides met pinch seasoned Rodgers pursuing his merchandise by nan New York Jets and nan 41-year-old is yet to denote a determination connected his future.

Speaking connected Friday, nan Steelers' squad proprietor Art Rooney II said: "He does want to travel here, truthful I do deliberation we whitethorn get connection soon."

He added: "If we draught a backmost - and we still mightiness - astir apt not personification who's going to commencement for america this year."

The aforesaid goes for each different squad astatine this shape of nan draft.

Pittsburgh's adjacent prime is nan 123rd overall, truthful unless they waste and acquisition up, location are plentifulness of opportunities for different teams to return Sanders.

But whoever yet gives him a call, they are apt to position him arsenic a back-up aliases a improvement task during his rookie season.