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Originally Posted by Buehler445
I’ll be honest I’m pretty shocked he didn’t go in the first. He’s not without warts, but he showed as much as anyone else IMO.
Total speculation but I think it’s fairly obvious nobody wanted to sign him up for a guaranteed spot.
Normally dudes sign on for the shit because they think they’ll fix the kid. Hell a couple years ago a dude that caused a fatality in an illegal racing crash and fled the scene got drafted in the first round. But not with this one.
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That's a football culture thing. It's been that way forever too. Oh Jalen Carter is involved is vehicular homicide..but since he's not going to jail and his teammates like him we cool. For years and years Terrell Owens was thought of as a cancer..had no off field issues...but guys who did heinous shit were "team guys"
That and some teams flat don't care, the Ravens have a kicker accused of like 16 sexual assaults and draft a kicker... yet then draft Mike Green like what?
As far as Sanders goes, he isn't some generational prospect. He actually reminds me a lot of Kirk Cousins. Average arm, fast processor, can maneuver a pocket but isn't fast. Good touch, good anticipation and his best trait, toughness. Sanders took so many hits and just gets back up every time.
He's system limited and the media that comes with him turns some teams off. His upside is QB 8-13. In round 5 great pick but that probably doesn't win any SBs unless you build the legion of boom.