Heading into the 2025 NFL offseason, Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders looked like locks to be drafted in the top-3 of the forthcoming NFL draft by either the Tennessee Titans, the Cleveland Browns, or the New York Giants.
On paper, it makes sense, right? Quarterback is the most important position in the NFL, and identifying the right signal caller could be the difference between a trip to the playoffs or another draft pick in the top 10. Considering the 2025 class is light on true top-end talent, earning a shot at a top-2 arm would seemingly take priority over any other position, right?
Conventional wisdom would say yes, but in the opinion of ESPN’s Field Yates, that might not be the case, as he has the top two team in the draft bypassing the position in the first round, with the Titans instead going for a two-way unicorn in Colorado’s Travis Hunter.
“The Titans have made it clear they won’t force the quarterback issue at No. 1 if they don’t deem one of the passers worthy of the pick,” Yates noted. “Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders will be in the mix here, given Will Levis’ struggles, but Tennessee could go another direction. And that opens the door for a spirited debate in picking between Hunter and Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter.”
