2025 NFL Draft: Debating Cam Ward-Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter-Abdul Carter

The 2025 NFL Draft is almost here, and I've released one last mock draft before Day 1's arrival.

Before the action starts Thursday, I sat down with NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah on the most recent episode of my podcast, "The Joel Klatt Show." Jeremiah and I will be on the desk together for the first two nights of NFL Network's coverage of the draft, and I think he's one of the best in the business.

Here are some highlights of my conversation with Jeremiah, in which we discussed this quarterback class and many other hot topics surrounding the 2025 NFL Draft.

Klatt: This year is an interesting quarterback class. I wouldn't call it elite, but I want to talk about the top three quarterbacks because we have it ordered a little bit differently. I have Shedeur Sanders over Cam Ward and then we both have Jaxson Dart at No. 3.

Jeremiah: I have Cam Ward [at No. 1], then I have a little bit of a gap before we get to Shedeur. To me, No. 2 is closer to No. 3 than No. 2 is closer to No. 1. I think that [opinion] varies by team. If you look at it from a 30,000-foot view of these quarterbacks … it's nothing like what we saw last year. … I always tell people the grade for me on Cam was the same grade that I gave to Bo Nix, and I like Cam. I think he's got a live arm. I like the fact that over his travels, I think you've seen him get better and better throughout his college career. He kind of carried that Miami team on his back last year. 

On the plus side for Cam, he'll challenge every blade of grass with his arm strength, and he has no fear. … I just thought there was a noticeable difference in how [Sanders and Ward] drove the football. I thought Cam could access more of the field with his arm than Shedeur. The other thing I