It wasn a total shock to see him fall out of the first round on Thursday, but it was absolutely stunning to see him go undrafted on Day 2.
There were a total of 70 picks made on Friday, and although three of them were quarterbacks, Sanders name didn get called. It seems like the Texans only goal in this draft was to make life easier for Stroud. Not only did he get two new weapons, but he also got a new left tackle in the form of Aireontae Ersery, who was selected with the 48th overall pick. After getting sacked 52 times last year, which was the second most in the NFL, Stroud was probably thrilled to see his team add an offensive lineman instead of getting rid of one like they did with Laremy Tunsil earlier this offseason.
Ben Johnson. The Bears new coach is slowly creating an offensive juggernaut in Chicago. Johnson is a creative mind and he probably going to have fun calling plays in Chicago with these two new weapons. It seems like Johnson is trying to re-create what he had in Detroit, and right now, he doing a pretty good job of making that happen.
Tight ends. The Browns also took a tight end on Day 2 Harold Fannin Jr. at 67th overall to add to the tight end run.
Ravens. After producing four first-round picks on Thursday, Ohio State also came up big on Day 2 by producing three of the first 13 picks in the second round. First, Quinshon Judkins went to the Browns at 36th overall and that was followed by TreVeyon Henderson going to the Patriots at 38th overall. The Buckeyes produced seven of the top 50 picks, making them just the second school in NFL Draft history — along with Alabama in 2021 — to pull off that feat.
2025 NFL mock draft for Round 4: Shedeur Sanders is finally picked, Bears get their explosive RB
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Shedeur Sanders. Things have gone from bad to worse for Sanders. The brutal part for Sanders is that every QB needy team passed on him MULTIPLE times. The Browns made four picks before they finally decided to take a quarterback at 94th overall Dillon Gabriel. The Saints ended up taking a quarterback in the second round, but they decided to roll with Tyler Shough over Sanders. The Steelers had one pick on Friday at 83rd overall and they decided NOT to use it on Sanders.
Basically, all the teams that should have been interested in Sanders weren interested in him, which makes it almost impossible to predict where he might end up.
Steelers QB room. It seems like the Steelers are content with putting all of their eggs in the Aaron Rodgers basket even though that not necessarily the best basket to have all your eggs in.
Steelers owner Art Rooney did mention Friday that he thinks Rodgers will end up in Pittsburgh.
We
e still kind of getting the same signals weve been getting recently that he does want to come here, Rooney said on Steelers Nation Radio, via Steelers Depot.
If the Steelers had taken Shedeur Sanders OR ANY OTHER quarterback, that player could have sat behind Rodgers for a year. The Browns did draft a quarterback, but they probably don feel much better about their QB room than they did before the draft. If the Browns Week 1 starting QB is currently on their roster, that means it will be Flacco, Pickett or Gabriel. If that the case, it could be a long season in Cleveland.
Quinshon Judkins. If there one thing every player remembers from draft day, it the phone call they get when they
e finally selected. Unfortunately for Judkins, he didn get to take a draft day phone call because he WASNT in the room when the Browns called to draft him. Instead, Judkins mom had to take the call, and it seems that she had a nice conversation with Browns general manager Andrew Berry before handing the phone over to her son.
Judkins might go on to be a great player, but he broke the first rule of draft day: You never leave the main room at your draft party, but if you have to, you always take your phone with you.
Broncos draft board. They had two big reaches on Day 2 with the first one coming when they selected RJ Harvey with the 60th overall pick. Then there NFL Media, where he was projected as a sixth-round pick.
The Broncos could have almost certainly waited until Saturday before taking him.
That being said, if you
e wondering why the Broncos made the pick, it pretty simple: Sean Payton seems to love him.
The Bryant and Harvey picks could both certainly end up working out for the Broncos, but if they don , this draft could end up being a black eye for the front office.,
