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When the 21st pick of the 2025 NFL Draft rolled around, many Pittsburgh Steelers fans were banging the table for their team to select Shedeur Sanders. But after going with Oregon’s Derrick Harmon, Sanders saw a colossal draft slide that ended with the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round. While Steelers fans were bumbed to see him go to an AFC North rival, it didn’t take long for them to change their tune.
On Wednesday, less than one week before the Browns’ mandatory minicamp wrapped up, Sanders was in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. The Sporting News reported that the rookie quarterback was pulled over and ticketed by police after driving 101 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone—41 miles per hour over the speed limit.
While many fans may brush this incident to the side, this is something that the league takes seriously… and they should.
In May of 2023, former first-round wide receiver Henry Ruggs pleaded guilty to driving a sports car while intoxicated and speeding in a car crash that killed a woman and her dog. Now the former Alabama star and NFL hopeful faces three to ten years in prison.
These scenarios are different, and no alcohol was involved when Sanders was pulled over by police. But this reckless driving could have resulted in another tragic incident. Meanwhile, the comments on social media already tell us everything we need to know about Steelers fans’ thoughts on Sanders.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans are already over Cleveland Browns’ QB Shedeur Sanders
As badly as much of the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase wanted their team to select Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 draft, their draft remorse has already disappeared entirely. Since then, the Steelers signed four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, as Sanders was just a face among a cluster of quarterbacks on the Cleveland Browns during mandatory minicamp.
Sanders does not have a history of run-ins with the law, but there were other reasons to be concerned. The former Colorado Buffalo’s quarterback reportedly interviewed poorly with teams during the NFL Combine and when visiting facilities during pre-draft visits. Sanders has also been known to throw his teammates under the bus a time or two.
When you combine a character that rubs people the wrong way with average arm talent, mobility, and size profile, you get a quarterback Steelers fans have no trouble living without. The speeding incident is just the icing on the cake that he’s truly a 2025 NFL Draft afterthought. This Pittsburgh fanbase has already moved on from Shedeur Sanders.
