On Thursday night time, the primary spherical of the 2025 NFL draft was in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. It was an thrilling time for the 32 gamers who heard their names known as.
Within the 2024 NFL draft, there have been six QBs taken within the first 12 twelve picks. The identical can’t be mentioned for the 2025 NFL draft. Solely two QBs have been taken in the complete first spherical this 12 months. The Titans chosen Cam Ward with the #1 choose, and the Giants traded again into the primary spherical to pick Jaxson Dart at #25.
Two QBs have been taken within the first spherical of the 2025 NFL draft
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One storyline coming into the NFL draft on Thursday was the restricted first-round QB expertise. Many draft analysts had the Titans choosing Cam Ward from Miami with the #1 total choose. That was a given. Nonetheless, there have been questions on whether or not a second QB can be taken within the first spherical. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart have been potential targets for groups later within the first spherical.
In the long run, it was the New York Giants who traded with the Texans. They gave up a 2025 second- and third-round choose, together with a 2026 third-round choose, to amass the twenty fifth choose in 2025. New York chosen Jaxson Dart. That ended the run on QBs within the first spherical of this 12 months’s draft. It’s the primary time since 2015 that solely two QBs have been taken within the first spherical. In 2015, it was Jameis Winston at #1 total and Marcus Mariota at #2.
Tennessee lucked out and had the #1 choose within the draft. That gave them the luxurious of choosing Cam Ward from Miami. Nonetheless, the Giants needed to be strategic and commerce again for Dart. That they had the #3 choose within the 2025 NFL draft and chosen Abdul Carter. Normal supervisor Joe Schoen needed to be affected person and anticipate the fitting time to commerce up. The most important storyline on Day 2 is the place Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders shall be drafted. How far into the second spherical will the QB slip?