{"id":1493,"date":"2025-04-29T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:37:15","slug":"michael-wilbon-rips-nfl-over-shedeur-sanders-draft-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/michael-wilbon-rips-nfl-over-shedeur-sanders-draft-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wilbon Rips NFL Over Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Draft Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_451220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-451220\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-451220 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 01: Shedeur Sanders #QB13 of Colorado looks on during the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 01, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.gospelmusiconline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2202719826-1024x683-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-451220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 NFL Draft has officially concluded in Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Teams around the league now have a clearer picture of what their roster could look like in Week 1, adding some solid prospects that can help turn their team around.<\/p>\n<p>While many teams have made their picks and moved on, it\u2019s clear that people aren\u2019t ready to stop talking about Shedeur Sanders and his shocking slide to the fifth round.<\/p>\n<p>Mel Kiper Jr., one of the most respected draft analysts in the industry, has been very vocal about Sanders not being taken sooner, and he\u2019s not the only analyst to have this opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wilbon has also been adamant about this slide, defending Kiper on ESPN\u2019s \u201cPardon the Interruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShedeur Sanders being on that board in the fifth round was a joke,\u201d Wilbon said, adding, \u201cMel Kiper got this right when he said this is personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde7\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddda: ESPN&#8217;s Michael Wilbon defends Mel Kiper for saying that the NFL team owners made it &#8220;personal&#8221; not drafting Shedeur Sanders:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shedeur Sanders being on that board in the fifth round was a joke. It&#8217;s a travesty\u2026 Don&#8217;t tell me that everybody in the draft is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tve123tUS2\">pic.twitter.com\/tve123tUS2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1917020462372295080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a vendetta about Sanders himself, or his father and his potential influence on the Browns moving forward, Wilbon is convinced that there was something else going on during the draft.<\/p>\n<p>To him, if it were just about the talent, it would have been a no-brainer to take Sanders in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>With more and more reports about Sanders tanking certain interviews with teams that he didn\u2019t want to go to, however, other analysts believe this slide has more to it than what meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Sanders moves forward after all this controversy, and what kind of quarterback he\u2019ll turn into over the next several months and years.<\/p>\n<p>With any luck, he\u2019ll be exactly what the Browns were looking for, turning around this narrative and making a name for himself.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/michael-wilbon-rips-nfl-over-shedeur-sanders-draft-position\/\">Michael Wilbon Rips NFL Over Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Draft Position<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images) \u00a0 The 2025 NFL Draft has officially concluded in Green Bay. 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