Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA (AP) – Where will Shedeur Sanders go?
That is the question that everyone asks before Thursday began the first round of the NFL draft.
Not only are they debating it on television and sports radio programs. Even casual fans who are in the city for other matters wonder which team is going to choose the son of the former player known as “Prime Time.”
In a draft loaded with talented players, Sanders has been the focus of the conversation in the previous days. The colorful quartback and son of Deion Sanders, the member excornerback of the Hall of Fame, has been indicated as number two until it is out of the first round.
The Tennessee Titans will be the first to choose from and it is highly likely that the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announce the name of Cam Ward, Quarterback from Miami as the first selection.
“I am excited to luck, listen to my name first and go to a good organization like that,” Ward said on Wednesday.
Ward confirmed that he already met with majority owner Amy Adams Strunk.
It seems that Cleveland Browns is inclined to Travis Hunter with the second choice.
Then the intrigue begins.
New York Giants possess the third selection and were looking for a franchise quartback before signing veteran Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston. That does not mean that Sanders cannot go to the big Apple – his father prefers the Giants – but the team has several other needs. They could opt for the defensive End Abdul Carter, choose to their liking among the offensive lines or exchange to obtain more assets.
Carter told the AP on Wednesday that he felt that New York had a strong interest in him.
The Las Vegas Raiders (number 6), New York Jets (number 7), Saints of New Orleans (number 9) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (number 21) are other possibilities for Sanders, who probably will not be immediately started.
-The Raiders obtained Geno Smith in a exchange. The Jets signed Justin Fields. The Saints have Derek Carr, although they deal with a shoulder injury. The Steelers have met with Aaron Rodgers.
In a draft that lacks first level quartbacks, Sanders is widely considered a first round talent that should be chosen after Ward.
“I think the things that stood out were evident in his video,” said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin about Sanders. “There is a hardness there that is not mentioned enough. There is a competitive spirit there that is not mentioned enough.”
Tomlin’s compliments contradict what some anonymous assistant and cazaters who have criticized their personality and attitude in formal interviews have said.
“I’m going to be simply myself, so or you like it or not,” Sanders said in Combine.
Sanders will not attend the draft because he said he prefers to be surrounded by his family, friends and followers.
“The number where you go,” Sanders said. “I referred to Tom Brady, because he was the best of the best in all categories. It was not the first. So the chosen number does not matter. I was not the best qualified quartback when leaving high school because there are many exterior things that people like and do not like them.
Jaxson Dart and Jalen Milroe are the other Quarterbacks that could be chosen in the first round.
It would be a big surprise if any of them is chosen before Sanders.
The first round could be loaded with defensive linemen. The Simulated Draft of the AP has 11 that would be taken in the first round.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
