The best-case scenarios and biggest flaws for the 2025 quarterback draft class
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
We've enjoyed two straight drafts with star-studded quarterback classes. This year's class...is not that. Still, it provides its fair share of intrigue. The Titans seem to have settled on Cam Ward as the top pick in the draft. Shedeur Sanders could go with the second pick, or in the second round. Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough and Jalen Milroe all could find themselves in advantageous spots this summer. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dane Brugler dig deep into the 2025 quarterback class on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
The guys also discuss the Russell Wilson and Stefon Diggs signings, and how those moves affect the draft.
Rundown
- Russell Wilson signs with the Giants
- Stefon Diggs signs with the Patriots
- Cam Ward
- Shedeur Sanders
- Jaxson Dart
- Tyler Shough
- Jalen Milroe
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Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
With: Dane Brugler
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 1:08.9 | Quarterback Day is here. One of my favorite shows |
| 1:11.6 | that we do every single year. We've done this. I think each of the last five years, as long as we've |
| 1:15.9 | been doing the podcast, digging into this year's crop of draftable quarterbacks. We talked about |
| 1:22.1 | five guys today, and the reason we cut it off there was one, this is already a 90-minute show. |
| 1:26.7 | Two, these are the five guys that were in Dane's top 64 on his big board. |
| 1:31.4 | So players that theoretically could go in the first two rounds. |
| 1:34.3 | And those are guys that you draft as either day one starters or potential starters when we think about the investment. |
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