The Baltimore Ravens wanted to draft Shedeur Sanders.
That's new information, released Sunday morning by ESPN's Adam Schefter, just hours before the Ravens host the Cleveland Browns in Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season.
Sanders ended up with the Browns, of course, in the fifth round at pick No. 144 overall. He's Cleveland's No. 3 QB right now, serving as the emergency quarterback on game days.
But he could've been a Raven.
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Here's how Schefter explained it:
The Baltimore Ravens were planning to draft Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round with the No. 141 overall pick, league sources told ESPN.
But before the Ravens could turn in the card, the former Colorado star let it be known to Baltimore that he didn't want to be on a roster with Lamar Jackson, where he wouldn't have a chance to play anytime soon, according to league sources.
Sanders knew that Jackson, a two-time MVP and one of the top players in the league, was not going to be losing his job as Baltimore's starting quarterback anytime soon.
So the message was conveyed to the Ravens that Sanders did want to be drafted by Baltimore and preferred to end up in a place where he might have a better chance to play sooner. The Ravens instead drafted offensive lineman Carson Vinson with the 141st pick.