"Tom Brady told Raiders NOT to draft Shedeur Sanders" - Skip Bayless drops bombshell on Colorado QB's shocking draft slide

Shedeur Sanders fell heavily once again on the second day of the 2025 NFL draft. The Colorado quarterback was considered one of the best prospects in the position, but saw multiple other signal-callers selected before him.

The Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders were considered options for Sanders, but those two teams chose other options. He was not picked by any franchise in the second round, leaving fans and analysts shocked.

Sports analyst Skip Bayless thinks Raiders part-owner Tom Brady told the team not to draft Sanders, contributing to his slide in the draft order.

"It is now pretty clear Tom Brady - who mentored Shedeur - told the Raiders NOT to take Shedeur. Duly noted," Bayless tweeted.

The Raiders traded with the Seattle Seahawks for quarterback Geno Smith and signed the veteran passer to a two-year extension. However, at 34 years of age, a long-term solution is still missing in Las Vegas.

During Round 3, Las Vegas was able to add three more players to the roster due to compensatory picks. But the quarterback was not selected in any of them; even worse, he continues to fall in the draft, with no team selecting him on the second day.

Shedeur Sanders revealed shock after not being selected on Day 1 of the NFL draft

Hosting a draft party on Thursday, the quarterback was disappointed to see that he would have to wait another day to have his own draft moment. He addressed the crowd, composed of family and friends, trying to lighten the mood in what was an unexpected setback:

We all didn’t expect this, of course. I don’t feel like this happened for no reason. All this is, of course, fuel to the fire. We all know this shouldn’t have happened. But we understand, we’re on to bigger and better things.

However, he had a bigger setback on Friday, as his name was not called through the first 100 picks of the draft. While imagining a scenario where a quarterback of his quality goes undrafted, the past two days have shown NFL fans and analysts that anything can happen in the draft.