The Shedeur Sanders slide: Why the Colorado QB fell to the fifth round of the NFL draft

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders was expected to be an early pick in the NFL draft. Instead he went in the fifth round. What led to his fall?

When the first round of the NFL draft began Thursday, perhaps the biggest question of the night was where Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders would be selected.

Could Sanders go third overall to the New York Giants? Would the quarterback-needy Pittsburgh Steelers scoop him up at No. 21? Even if Sanders didn’t go in the first round, the general belief among draft experts seemed to be that Sanders was the second-best QB in the class.

Instead, he wasn’t even the first quarterback his team drafted.

The Cleveland Browns on Saturday ultimately rolled the dice on Sanders with the 144th pick in the draft — 50 selections after already taking Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel. Overall, Sanders was the sixth signal caller taken.

How did Sanders fall so far?