Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward are the early favorites to be the top two quarterbacks off the board in the 2025 NFL draft, but at least some NFL general managers don't view them as being on par with the top quarterback picks in the 2024 NFL draft.
Last year's draft was among the quarterback-heaviest of all time, as Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye were the top three picks, while Michael Penix Jr. went eighth, J.J. McCarthy went 10th and Bo Nix went 12th.
Speaking to Dianna Russini of The Athletic, an anonymous AFC general manager put Sanders and Ward in the same discussion as Penix, but behind Williams, Daniels, Maye and Nix, saying:
"They should definitely be behind Bo Nix, in my opinion.