With the NFL 2025 draft just one month away, most people in the League and their surroundings have the field marshal of the University of Miami, Cam Ward as the best player in his position. Some, however, go in another direction, with Shedeur Sanders of Colorado in the first place.
The former corner winner of the Super Bowl and the NFL analyst of the CBS Sports, Bryant McFadden, is one of the last groups. He argues with force that Sanders should not fall into the draft due to any reported concern about what could or may not have happened during the interviews in the NFL exploration combination.
“I personally have Sheders as my QB1 about Cam Ward,” McFadden said in CBS Sports HQ. “If Tennessee selects Cam Ward, I agree with that, but Shedeur should not fall at all. These false narratives that we have seen associated with the name of Shedeur Sanders make no sense. How can a player lose the leverage draft when the season ends? I thought we saw tape.
McFadden also addressed some of the specific concerns about the Sanders game.
“Everything about Shedeur Sanders, when you turn on his film, says a field marshal of the franchise,” he said. “‘Well, he doesn’t have the strongest arms in terms of pushing the ball through the football field.’ The last time I checked, he does a good job by throwing deep passes.
In fact, Sanders was very successful by launching deeply. In launches of more than 15 aerial yards, through TRU, he completed 51 of 104 launches for 1,529 yards, 17 touchdowns and four interceptions. When he was asked to stretch his arm to 25 air yards or more, and Sanders was 23 of 50 for 833 yards, eight scores and zero selections. Obviously, things are quite different in the NFL than in Big 12, but the production of those releases was there, as McFadden pointed out.
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McFadden also talked about the fact that Sanders played with a cast of sub -partner support.
“Name another field marshal in university football who has felt comfortable to be uncomfortable,” said McFadden. “Shedeur Sanders had no stability in terms of offensive line production. However, and yet, he raised offensive linens. He came out. He had no significant signs of a consistent career game. And still, all the other quarterback of those we are talking about in terms of first round degrees, second round degrees, had a better structure out of what surrounded them.”
Time will tell if the NFL teams agree with McFadden, and if the positive aspects in their game exceed the concerns, but has at least one former NFL player in their corner.
