It is hard to dispute the fact that the Browns got a steal drafting him with the 144th pick in the fifth round. And in a recent article by PFF outlining the biggest steals from every round of the draft, Sanders' name unsurprisingly comes up.

"I did not ever get any intel that the Cleveland Browns had him ranked high on their board," Russini said at the 14:45 mark of Tuesday's Scoop City podcast. "I think they saw that he was available in the fifth round, they met, they discussed it, and they went for it. They took a chance that maybe he can turn into something and be a player."

The story of the 2025 NFL Draft had to do with a player selected in the fifth round, as Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fell all the way to the Cleveland Browns with the No. 144 overall pick after being projected as a first-round selection.