Kay Adams has questioned whether the recently speculated hesitancy by NFL teams to draft Shedeur Sanders could have anything to do with Arch Manning.
Recently, NFL insider Adam Schefter shared his growing belief that neither the Cleveland Browns nor the New York Giants would take a quarterback with their top-three picks. With Miami prospect Cam Ward widely expected to go first, doubt has crept in over Sanders’ chances of being one of the first players drafted.
Kay Adams Wonders if the Browns and Giants Are Waiting for Arch Manning
At the beginning of March, Sanders was being talked about as the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. But as the weeks have gone by, the Colorado quarterback has become the consensus No. 2 quarterback in the class behind Ward.
More recently, analysts have started to suggest that Sanders could slide on draft day, despite every team with a top-three pick missing a franchise quarterback. On a recent episode of “Up & Adams,” Adams discussed the situation with the show’s producer, Matt Hamilton.
After digging herself into a relationship metaphor that she couldn’t quite get out of, Adams floated the idea that some teams might be waiting on Texas quarterback Arch Manning.
“If you know that there’s a chance that that person you’ve been pining after, that’s the clear person that you’d like to make a commitment to, is a year away from getting out of their relationship with a college — do you wait?”
Could the Browns & Giants pass up on QBs in the draft this year for Arch Manning in 2026? 👀@heykayadams pic.twitter.com/i0LE5wdSEP
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow)
Will Teams Really Pass on Shedeur Sanders?
Adams posed the question after Schefter suggested on his own podcast that both the Browns and Giants could look elsewhere. It’s no secret that the 2025 draft class lacks a clear-cut quarterback superstar, but positional need was still expected to outweigh talent — as it often does.
This year’s draft has long been expected to open with some combination of Ward, Sanders, Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter. Schefter believes Sanders could be the odd man out among that group.
“It certainly feels like the Cleveland Browns are inclined to look elsewhere, aside from quarterback. And it’s starting to feel like the New York Giants, at No. 3, are starting to look elsewhere, other than quarterback,” Schefter said.
“So if the Browns don’t take Shedeur Sanders at two, and if the Giants don’t take Shedeur Sanders at three — and that is the feel that I’m getting recently — where is Shedeur Sanders going?”
The current feeling is that neither the #Browns nor #Giants will select a QB at No. 2 and No. 3, per @AdamSchefter.
How far could Sanders fall? My guess would be to pick 9 to the #Saints. pic.twitter.com/xg56klmMGT
— Portersburgh (@PortersBurgh)
With the 2025 NFL Draft less than a month away, the order in which the next generation of NFL stars will be taken becomes more of a mystery with each passing day. With plenty of twists and turns still to come, it will likely remain unclear until the teams are officially on the clock.
