If there’s anyone out there who has somewhat of an idea of what Shedeur Sanders was going through during the NFL Draft, it’s Tom Brady. The seven-time Super Bowl winner had an ugly draft day in 2000 when he wasn’t selected until the sixth round.
As bad as things were for Brady, it was worse for Sanders, because Brady wasn’t projected to be a first-round pick. At one point during draft season, Sanders was viewed as a surefire top-three pick, but in a surprising turn of events, he ended up tumbling all the way down to the fifth round when the Cleveland Browns finally selected him.
Brady was actually watching the draft on Saturday, and we know that because he was watching it with Michael Strahan, who shared a few details of what Brady had to say after watching Sanders fall in the draft.
“I spent time with Tom Brady this past weekend and we watched the draft, and as Tom said, ‘He’s an example, it doesn’t matter when you’re picked,'” Strahan said this week on “Good Morning America.”
What Brady is implying here is that it doesn’t matter where you get taken in the draft, because you’ll have a chance to make the team no matter what. In Sanders’ situation specifically, if he had been taken fifth overall by the Browns, he would be in the same spot he is now: He’d be in Cleveland competing for the starting quarterback job against Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel.
Sanders is going to make a lot less money as a fifth-round pick, but there’s also less pressure on him.
One thing Strahan didn’t mention is how Brady the “owner” felt about Sanders the prospect. Brady holds a partial stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, and they were one of several teams that went into the draft with eyes on taking a quarterback. The Raiders had SEVEN different chances to draft Sanders before he was taken at 144th overall, but they passed on him each time.
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