2025 NFL Draft hot takes

[thall_]

Let's hear them.

hot take: Jaxson Dart will be the best QB of this class. I don't have facts to back this up, just a feeling.

lukewarm take: Abdul Carter will be the best player from this draft when we look back in 3 years.

freezing cold take: Ty Robinson will be a steal for whoever picks him up, and will have a career similar to that of Derek Wolfe.

 

[HuskerDrew]

Shedeur will be a bust.. and a douchebag

 

[c3o]

Cam Ward will be a great QB. He's really done exceptional everywhere he went.

The Bills will whiff on the first round pick. It's what they do minus Josh Allen.

 

[V-Doub]

Shedeur will be a bust.. and a douchebag

Well, he’s already a douchebag so I can’t really give ya credit for that…

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Dallas will draft a QB with their first pick

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Now that free agency started I am guessing Ward will go to the Titans unless they can get a proven starter in a trade for the top pick.

 

[Big bo fan]

Dallas will draft a QB with their first pick

What QB?

 

[Landomatic]

What QB?

Pretty sure your sarcasm gauge is broken. At least I think he was joking 😬

 

[Dean Pope]

Hot take- Shadier Sanders will fall to the bottom third of the draft before Cleveland trades up to draft him. Shadier will be reunited with Browns 1st round choice, WR Travis Hunter. They will be able to resume their routine of yelling at each other on the field. A great fit for the Browns.

Hot take- Colorado, Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State will have two players drafted before the first Nebraska pick comes off the board. North Dakota State, Iowa and Minnesota will have one.

 

[Landomatic]

Hot take- Shadier Sanders will fall to the bottom third of the draft before Cleveland trades up to draft him. Shadier will be reunited with Browns 1st round choice, WR Travis Hunter. They will be able to resume their routine of yelling at each other on the field. A great fit for the Browns.

Hot take- Colorado, Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State will have two players drafted before the first Nebraska pick comes off the board. North Dakota State, Iowa and Minnesota will have one.

OP said "hot takes" not "dumb takes" 😂

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Scalding Hot Take:
The Raiders will screw up the #6 pick.

 

[king_kong_]

Scalding Hot Take:
The Raiders will screw up the #6 pick.

In this same vein, Bears taking Jeanty at 10 would be hilariously on brand

 

[Dean Pope]

OP said "hot takes" not "dumb takes" 😂

Which is a dumb take? You must not know much about the NFL draft.

 

[baseball31ne]

The Steelers will end up taking a “solid but unspectacular” pick in the first round. Someone will call the player picked a grinder.

 

[Landomatic]

Which is a dumb take? You must not know much about the NFL draft.

If you think Shedeur is falling to the bottom third of the draft, that’s 172nd or lower, that’s 5th round or lower, then you must not know much about football at all. Let alone the draft.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

If you think Shedeur is falling to the bottom third of the draft, that’s 172nd or lower, that’s 5th round or lower, then you must not know much about football at all. Let alone the draft.

I assume he was talking about the 1st round.

 

[Dean Pope]

If you think Shedeur is falling to the bottom third of the draft, that’s 172nd or lower, that’s 5th round or lower, then you must not know much about football at all. Let alone the draft.

Obviously I meant the bottom third of the 1st round is what I meant to say. So sorry I caused confusion.

 

[Dean Pope]

The Steelers will end up taking a “solid but unspectacular” pick in the first round. Someone will call the player picked a grinder.

Steelers fan here. Not sure that you are that far off! They are trying to build up both sides of the line.

 

[Landomatic]

Obviously I meant the bottom third of the 1st round is what I meant to say. So sorry I caused confusion.

Ah gotcha. With all the anti all things Sanders posters on here, I thought you meant what you typed, which was bottom third of the draft. After clarification, yeah your predictions might be right.

 

[SLOHusker]

I think this is a weak draft overall and I wouldn't be surprised to see the teams with the highest picks trade down. Ward is the best QB in this draft but in many drafts he would be the third QB taken. The Browns would be better off helping Deshaun Watson restore himself and trading down to deepen their draft inventory than take Sanders, who will be a headache with his dad's meddling.

 

[SLOHusker]

Ah gotcha. With all the anti all things Sanders posters on here, I thought you meant what you typed, which was bottom third of the draft. After clarification, yeah your predictions might be right.

Where would Sanders have been drafted if he was in last year's class? Probably 4th-6th. He isn't very mobile, has a meddling, opinionated dad, and ticks off his teammates by throwing them under the bus. That pass that Tommi Hill picked off was a stupid throw for a guy in his 5th year and ended the game in the first quarter.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

I think this is a weak draft overall and I wouldn't be surprised to see the teams with the highest picks trade down. Ward is the best QB in this draft but in many drafts he would be the third QB taken. The Browns would be better off helping Deshaun Watson restore himself and trading down to deepen their draft inventory than take Sanders, who will be a headache with his dad's meddling.

Nobody is going to trade up for any of this years QB's, I wouldn't think. I struggle to think of a QB class this lowly regarded in recent memory.

 

[Dean Pope]

Ah gotcha. With all the anti all things Sanders posters on here, I thought you meant what you typed, which was bottom third of the draft. After clarification, yeah your predictions might be right.

Well maybe I'm mistaken on this, but my definition of "hot take" is just to shoot my mouth off about something that I think COULD happen. I wouldn't personally bet on Sanders falling too far. If Ward goes #1 overall like Vegas thinks he will, the Browns could stay at #2 and just draft Sanders there. That team signed Watson to that horrible contract and still needs a QB. Sanders, on a rookie deal, could be their guy. So we shall see! As a Steelers fan, I'm hoping that the Browns long line of QB f-ups gets continued with Sanders-- I don't think he's gonna be a good pro.

 

[Dean Pope]

I think this is a weak draft overall and I wouldn't be surprised to see the teams with the highest picks trade down.

I think this draft is pretty good, but it depends on how one classifies what makes a draft good. The QB class is weak and the top 10-15 overall are not rated as high so the draft is weak in that regard. But if a team needs a RB, TE, DT and Edge rusher, they are loving this draft. They say there will be starting caliber players at all of those positions available late or even go undrafted. Another interesting aspect of the draft is the Day 2 depth-- a lot of guys who could go late 1st that others think is a 4th round talent and vice versa. It's gonna be fun.

To your point that teams will want to trade down, I think you are spot on there. It's gonna depend how badly they want to trade down though because the picks they get in return probably won't be quite as good of a haul as it's been in the past.

 

[cubsker]

That pass that Tommi Hill picked off was a stupid throw for a guy in his 5th year and ended the game in the first quarter.

 

[dinglefritz]

Ah gotcha. With all the anti all things Sanders posters on here, I thought you meant what you typed, which was bottom third of the draft. After clarification, yeah your predictions might be right.

Any other year he would be a 2nd rounder.