Ward's thunder was ruined initially on Thursday night by the Cleveland Browns as a whole. They were trading down the No. 2 pick to the Jaguars, and that news broke on ESPN within seconds of Ward being announced by commissioner Roger Goodell. And then from that point on, Kiper kept bringing up Sanders.

Even before the Colorado QB dropped out of the first round and then the next two on Thursday and Friday of the 2025 NFL Draft, Kiper had Sanders higher on his big board than No. 1 pick Cam Ward. In his mock drafts, Sanders was a first-rounder.

Amid growing speculation about his potential drop in the 2025 Draft, Shedeur Sanders gets a surprising boost in ESPN’s final big board. Are we underestimating the Colorado QB?