Mel Kiper Jr. doesn't know how to quit Shedeur Sanders
The ESPN analyst wouldn't let it rest.
Mel Kiper Jr. doesn't know how to quit Shedeur Sanders originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
Mel Kiper Jr. must not have actually watched Shedeur Sanders play quarterback as a rookie for the Cleveland Browns . Because during the 2026 NFL Draft, the ESPN analyst was as ardent a supporter of Sanders as he was a year prior.
Kiper had ranked Sanders as his QB1 in 2025, and Sanders comically sat atop the ESPN best players available list long into day three before the long Sanders slide ended at pick 144 with the Cleveland Browns choosing him in the fifth round. Sure, Kiper still had the chance to be right. But then when Sanders got a chance to start in the second half of the 2025 season, his QB analytics were just about the worst in football.
That didn't stop Kiper. There he was on Saturday, referencing Shedeur multiple times for no reason. Does Mel Kiper actually think Shedeur won the job outright and has nothing to worry about when it comes to starting this year Absolute bananas Another example of someone getting paid a lot of money to watch a sport that he clearly pays no attention to @MelKiperESPN https://t.