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Former NFL -Quarterback Boomer Esiason Losed on Skyeseur Sanders Monday after his dramatic slide in the 2025 NFL draft and claimed that several teams took the former Colorado quarterback from their draft board because owners did not want a “justified person” on their list.
Sanders were drafted by Cleveland Browns In the fifth round of the draft of the 144th total election. The amazing fall followed a dramatic weekend that began with many predicting that he would probably be elected in the first round with teammate Travis Hunter, who was drafted by Jacksonville Jaguars with the second overall election.
Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shhedeur Sanders, #2, talking to ESPN after the University of Colorado NFL Showcase at CU indoor practice facility on April 4, 2025. (Michael Ciaglo-Misted Pictures)
Not only was Sanders transferred until the fifth round, he was also Cleveland’s second election at Quarterback. Browns had already drafted Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel in the third round.
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Esiason said on Monday that he was not surprised by the fall of Sanders and claimed that several NFL staff confirmed to him that their respective owners demanded that Sanders be removed from their plans completely.
“Shedeur Sanders just torpedoed. His attitude from the field – all the bad meetings he had on the combine.
“I mean, he is very tall on himself and I think he was very disgusting to many coaches and general leaders in the league. And I tell you right now and I know this after talking to three different staff people in the NFL this weekend, they didn’t even have him on their board. person. ‘
Boomer Esiason, formerly Cincinnati Bengals -quarterback, deducted before they were announced at the break as Bengals Ring of Champions -Inductor at the break of the NFL game between Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Monday 25 September 2023. (IMagn)
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Sanders was facing considerable criticism for up to last week’s draft. A longtime NFL assistant coach recently told NFL network That Sanders was “the worst formal interview I’ve ever been II my life.”
“He is so justified. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has terrible body language. He accuses teammates,” the coach continued. “But the biggest thing is that he is not so good.”
Sanders was a projected choice in the first round. Among the projected landing places were New York Giants, There had the third overall election, and New Orleans Saints, who had the election No. 9. When both teams moved in different directions, Pittsburgh Steelers served on No. 21 as the next viable opportunity, but Sanders’ name remained again in the board.
A screen shows the Colorado Quarterback Shedeur Sanders after being selected by Cleveland Browns with the 144th gathered election during the third day of the NFL football draft on Saturday, April 26, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Esiason apparently agreed with his sources.
“I don’t blame them. When you listen to the way he talked about himself, some of the actions you’ve seen on the field in terms of his interaction with other players, a referee in the back, build his own draft room, legendary, to have all this crap hanging-I think this is basically a waking call that I think a lot of these athletes.”
