This 12 months’s NFL draft class isn’t fairly as chock-full of potential-laden quarterbacks as final 12 months’s class was.
There isn’t somebody who possesses as a lot pure expertise as Caleb Williams, and there isn’t somebody who’s projected to make as large an instantaneous affect as Jayden Daniels.
However there may be Shedeur Sanders from the College of Colorado, who, within the minds of many, may both change into a star or fizzle out fairly shortly.
Tim Hasselbeck stated Sanders lacks elite bodily expertise and stated his finest participant comparability is Andy Dalton, which isn’t an insult.
“My comp on Shedeur Sanders has form of been in that Andy Dalton vary,” Hasselbeck stated on ESPN’s “NFL Stay.”
“My comp on Shedeur Sanders has form of been in that Andy Dalton vary.”@tthasselbeck shares how he believes the Colorado QB will translate to the NFL. pic.twitter.com/FcbHXR1u4D
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Dalton has lengthy been a dependable, if not a prolific, quarterback within the NFL.
He was named to the Professional Bowl 3 times in his first six seasons and surpassed 4,200 passing yards twice throughout that span, and for his profession, he has accrued 39.500 passing yards and 253 passing touchdowns in 175 video games over 14 seasons.
He hasn’t been a full-time starter in a few years, however he stuffed in properly final season as a starter when the Carolina Panthers benched Bryce Younger and threw for 989 yards, seven touchdowns and 6 interceptions whereas finishing 66.3 p.c of his cross makes an attempt in six video games.
Sanders had 4,134 passing yards and 37 passing touchdowns final season whereas with Colorado, and whereas he isn’t giant or explosively quick, he’s very environment friendly and exact.
He accomplished 74.0 p.c of his cross makes an attempt in 2024, and he ended his school profession with a 70.1 p.c cross completion fee.
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