The 2025 NFL draft class's lack of depth has not gone unnoticed. Sure, there are some studs—Penn State linebacker Abdul Carter and cornerback and Colorado wide receiver Travis Hunter chief among them—but the group as a whole lacks the verve of past classes.
That means the class's top two quarterbacks—the Buffaloes' Shedeur Sanders and Miami's Cam Ward—are likely to go higher than they would in other years. It means teams may have to get creative with trades. And, more crucially for our purposes, it allows coaches to make inscrutable metaphors as Thursday draws near.
