The Cleveland Browns ended one of the most talked-about slides in the history of the NFL Draft when they selected Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round. The Browns had already taken Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel in the third round, so circling back to take Sanders was surprising, to say the least.
Throughout the draft, anonymous stories came out surrounding Sanders' pre-draft visits with teams, which shined the quarterback in a negative light. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is fed up with the anonymous nature of the quotes, and says whomever makes these types of statements should have to put their names on them.
"I think whoever the f**king anonymous person that's f**king saying this should f**king come out and say who they were," Kelce said on New Heights. "If you're gonna f**king leak that type of s**t, be the one that says that, 'yeah, it just didn't go well for us.' Don't f**king say that [you're] anonymous. That's so f**king lame. I just feel like there's no validity to it."
Kelce may take some personal offense to the quotes considering many worried about his off-field actions once upon a time. The Cleveland native failed a drug test while at the University of Cincinnati, which led to him being suspended from playing his sophomore year. Kelce has become one of the best tight ends in NFL history, and so maybe he relates to Sanders on the level of knowing what it's like to have people doubt his character.
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