2025 NFL Draft: Insider provides valuable insight on why Shedeur Sanders stock could fall

Shedeur Sanders has been a fixture atop 2025 NFL Mock Drafts throughout the last couple of months. However, ESPN’s Peter Schrager believes we shouldn’t write his name in stone for the top three, or even the top ten at the moment.

The former Colorado star seems like a natural fit for teams like the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and New Orleans Saints, but Schrager doesn’t see it. The ESPN analyst predicted a slide for Sanders on April 24, believing that while he could be selected with the second or third pick, he could also have to wait awhile to hear his name in Green Bay.

“I spent the weekend on the couch texting everyone in the NFL while watching The Masters and Peppa Pig with my two year old. I will tell you that this is a situation where I think the media might look at Shedeur Sanders in one way, and the teams might be evaluating him a little bit of a different way,” Schrager stated, via Get Up. “With 10 days left until the draft, I think it’s fair to just level set expectations here. I don’t have a team that is saying, ‘Oh my gosh, Shedeur Sanders. We love Shedeur Sanders.’ A nice prospect. This is by no means a blue-chip quarterback prospect. This is not Caleb Williams from a year ago. This is not Jayden Daniels from a year ago. Not Drake Maye from a year ago.

“So I personally don’t have this top-three hype. There’s a chance that this could happen. He could go to the Browns at No. 2. He could go to the Giants at No. 3. They need a quarterback. But just trying to level set expectations here, I don’t know if Shedeur Sanders is looked at the same way as some of these mock drafts are looking at him and how we’re talking. … 10 days out, I would be very surprised if either those teams (Browns and Giants) took him second or third. Nine (Saints) feels more likely, but that would be a surprise for me as well. I’m not putting him there yet.

“… He’s gonna meet with the Raiders this week too, and they’re in No. 6 spot. They just signed Geno [Smith], and I don’t think their plan with Geno Smith is a one-year deal with Geno Smith. So, you’re looking at a player who everyone says very positive things. … This guy is a great operator of the football, he’s a great leader — all that stuff, he just doesn’t have those wow intangibles where everyone’s like, I need this person running my franchise.”

All told, one team will be elated to land Shedeur Sanders, whether it’s in the top three, ten or simply within the first 32 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft. Time will tell who it is, but Peter Schrager isn’t so sure at the moment. We’ll find out soon enough.