ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. got downright weird ― or weirder, in his mostly likable way ― as Sanders slid past the Steelers at No. 21, then the Giants at No. 25 (after they traded back into the first round for Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart), and all the way to Friday’s Day 2 of the draft.

There are plenty of 2026 NFL mock drafts out. They don't think the Browns will be very good. They also think the Browns go with a quarterback again.

The Cleveland Browns drafted quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft. That move was a clear sign about how little they valued Shedeur Sanders.