"The Steelers were comfortable with Shedeur Sanders as a distributing point guard type, which makes it a mild surprise they didn't take him with their fourth-round pick. To borrow another basketball analogy, those inside the Steelers' building did not reach a consensus on Sanders as a slam-dunk pick," Fowler explained.

The Shedeur Sanders slide was the story of the 2025 NFL Draft, as one of the top quarterback prospects in this class fell all the way to the fifth round. While the fall was shocking, it doesn't matter whether you're the No.

A devoted Shedeur Sanders fan filed a $100 million lawsuit against the NFL following the quarterback’s low draft selection. After Shedeur, 23, was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the NFL draft’s fifth round on April 26,