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Quarter de Colorado Sheder Sanders I took a shocking slide in the first round of the NFL 2025 draft Thursday evening, the Giants of New York and the New Orleans going in different directions with their 10 respective choices.
The Giants had explored All the options, including the quarter position, led to the draft, but finally landed on the Rusher of Penn State Edge Abdul Carter with the third overall choice.
December 28, 2024; San Antonio, TX, United States; The quarter-back of Colorado Buffaloes Shemer Sanders (2) warms before the match against the Brigham Young Cougars in Alamodome. (Images Troy Taormina-Imagn)
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But perhaps the most surprising was the decision of the saints to write the offensive platform of Texas Kelvin Banks Jr. with the choice n ° 9, despite their uncertainty with the quarter position.
The situation surrounding the veteran Derek Carr has led to many questions in recent weeks. This started as reports on a potential shoulder injury that required surgery was apparently confirmed by the Director General of Saints, Mickey Loomis, only on Wednesday when he said that Carr had a “problem” of the shoulder.
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But “clarity” ended there.
The quarter of New Orleans saints, Derek Carr, reacts after their defeat against the Carolina Panthers in a NFL football match on Sunday, November 3, 2024, in Charlotte, NC (AP photo / Jacob Kupferman)
“We hope to obtain some resolution and clarity on this subject in the near future,” said Loomis. “And when we will, I will report you. Otherwise, I have nothing more on Derek.”
When he supported more if he thought that the 2025 starter was currently on their list, Loomis refused to answer.
“I’m not going to answer this,” he started, “because it will lead to a lot of speculation, whatever I answer.”
All the signs highlighted a possible choice of quarter-arre with their first selection, but the saints, which have not written a quarter-Arrière in the first round since Loomis became GM in 2002, responded to its other needs instead.
The quarter of the Colorado Shemer Sanders is looking at an exercise in the combination of NFL football scouts in Indianapolis, Saturday March 1, 2025. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
Banks goes to New Orleans where he should compete with Trevor Penning, whose fifth year option has not been picked up, for a starting role. Meanwhile, Sanders has always stayed on the board with 14 choices made.
