No one questions the Baltimore Ravens' quarterback situation. It helps to have a 2-time NFL MVP under center, though.
Meanwhile, as we pan across the AFC North, there are a couple of teams with less-than-ideal quarterback rooms -- to put it kindly.
There is something to be said about how much joy it brings to watch a division rival not only suffer, but double-down and continue to make poor choices. For a team like the Cleveland Browns, that is precisely the type of behavior they have consistently engaged in.
At first, it was the Deshaun Watson trade which took the cake as the biggest blunder. But then, the Browns came into the 2025 NFL Draft and enacted upon some wild intentions.
Shedeur Sanders will provide Ravens fans with plenty of laughs until he doesn't
The selection of Shedeur Sanders on Day 3 of the draft will forever be an enormous storyline from this year's action. But, let's not forget the Browns took a quarterback before Sanders came off the board.
That has to be part of the Shedeur conversation. It has to be.
ESPN national NFL reporter Kalyn Kahler agrees, too.
"Several scouts and executives I spoke to really started scratching their heads with the Gabriel pick, but the Browns also taking Sanders made even less sense," Kahler wrote. "Neither quarterback has prototypical size for the position, and I'm not seeing the plan on how these two will split reps with Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett in camp."
After the Browns selected Oregon's Dillon Gabriel, fan reactions came in left and right; most of them being of the negative tone.
It made no sense for Cleveland to select Gabriel so high (Round 3, inside of the top 100).
To then double-down and select Sanders in the fifth round, though, added to the confusion. There is a reason Sanders fell so far, and it's only a matter of time before we see it manifested on the field.
It isn't just his attitude or the media circus he brings. As Kahler noted, his lack of prototypical size is a concern. Sanders also had a habit of escaping the pocket before pressure actually got there. He'd almost create these phantom pressure situations and give himself a reason to panic before there was legitimate reason to.
Some like to call him "pro ready," and that's fine. Everyone has their opinion. But, the general consensus among experts and league executives was stated emphatically on draft weekend.
Sanders just isn't that good, and the fact that experts continue to point that out is music to Ravens fans' ears.
Thank the Lord for Lamar Jackson. That's all. End of story.