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ESPN’s Mel Kiper was not happy during draft weekend. On Thursday night, Kiper spent a lot of broadcast time complaining about Shedeur Sanders slipping out of the first round.
Mel Kiper was angry last night
instead of celebrating 32 kids seeing their dreams fulfilled… he tried to turn the whole production into a show about Shedeur Sanders not getting selected
here’s 9 minutes of Mel’s agenda taking over the night (and this wasn’t even everything) pic.twitter.com/CxCkvlHeH7
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 25, 2025
On Saturday, Sanders was finally picked up by the Browns with the 144th pick in the fifth round of the NFL draft. After the pick was made, Kiper went on a rant about how NFL talent evaluators have no idea how to evaluate quarterbacks.
“Boomer Esiason was not happy when he was a second-round pick,” Kiper said. “Tom Brady was not happy. They dropped. How’d they turn out? My point is, Rece, the NFL has been clueless for 50 years when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks. Clueless. They have no idea what they’re doing in terms of evaluating quarterbacks. That’s proof. There’s proof of that. They can say, ‘We know exactly what we’re talking about with quarterbacks.’ They don’t.”
Shedeur Sanders gets drafted.
Mel Kiper still furious.
What the hell is happening this year’s #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/Rx34cQVg6U
— Chris Marler (@VernDumbquist) April 26, 2025