Instead, they dropped to No. 5, picked up an incredible haul in the process, and then played spectator as Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fell. Cleveland didn’t trade back into Round 1 for a quarterback.

Shedeur Sanders waited all the way until the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft to hear his name called. And the Cleveland Browns understood that well. General manager Andrew Berry acknowledged Sanders' unexpected slide in his initial phone call with the quarterback,

It’s possible the Shedeur Sanders pick was a Jimmy Haslam decision rather than a football operations decision.