Gennaro Filice 2025 NFL mock draft 1.0: Jets jump Raiders for Shedeur Sanders; Broncos trade up for TE
On the verge of a major pre-draft set piece — the NFL Scouting Combine — questions about the 2025 NFL Draft begin, well, at the beginning. And per usual, they revolve around the quarterbacks. Namely, Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders.
Will everyone’s top two signal-callers both fly off the board in the first handful of picks? Will one? Will none?
With so many QB-needy teams lurking, it’s hard to see either Ward or Sanders making it out of the top 10 — at least at this juncture of draft season. The coming week in Indianapolis is sure to shake up the prospect pool in myriad ways, but in the calm before the spandex storm, here is my initial vision of how Round 1 will play out.
Programming note: Tune in for live coverage of the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine beginning Feb. 27 on NFL Network and NFL+.
Talk about upward mobility! Ward’s gone from Incarnate Word to Washington State to Miami to … No. 1 overall? Seems quite feasible, whether or not Tennessee is the team making the pick. The well-traveled 22-year-old offers extensive experience (57 collegiate starts) and the best quarterbacking tools in this class (most notably, a rocket that’s functional from various platforms/arm angles). The question with Ward: Is he too reliant on hero ball to consistently function in the confines of an NFL offense?
