Teams are often coined winners and losers after the 2025 NFL Draft, but what about the media personalities who covered the event?
Well, there seems to have been a clear-cut winner and loser from Thursday night’s draft coverage.
Many have raved about Peter Schrager, the former NFL Network star who was just hired by ESPN in the last month, for his analysis and coverage on Pat McAfee’s 2025 Draft Spectacular.
Meanwhile, on ESPN’s main stage, Mel Kiper Jr. ticked off just about every viewer aside from Shedeur Sanders and his friends and family.
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“[Sanders is] my number one quarterback,” Kiper said before the draft.
Just before the Titans selected quarterback Cam Ward with the first pick, Kiper added, “Everything you want an NFL quarterback to be, [Sanders] has.”
He then went on to relentlessly compare Sanders to numerous legendary quarterbacks who had other quarterbacks, who turned out far less legendary, drafted ahead of them.
Sanders is set to be the next Tom Brady, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Lamar Jackson, Johnny Unitas, Kurt Warner, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre or Matt Ryan — if Kiper’s prediction holds true that the Colorado star is the next iconic quarterback who got wrongfully passed over.
The culmination of Kiper’s campaigning for Sanders came when tasked with analyzing quarterback Jaxson Dart after he was selected by the Giants with the 25th overall pick instead of Sanders.
Kiper’s first note on Dart heading to New York: “Well, I’m surprised he went ahead of Shedeur.”
He then added, “I like Jaxson Dart, I love Shedeur,” before continuing his parade of great quarterbacks who were passed in favor of others who turned out worse — insinuating this would wind up being the case with Dart and Sanders.
Source: https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/sports/nfl-media-had-its-own-winner-and-loser-on-day-1-of-the-draft/