It all played out in public for Shedeur Sanders, every last bit of disappointment and disrespect. An NFL draft of expected celebration became a weekend of waiting, if not worrying. From a mean-spirited prank spinning across the internet to a seemingly interminable delay in getting drafted -- not just a few picks after the mocks had predicted,

It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback

Russell Erxleben was the bigger shock, as he was taken by the New Orleans Saints with the 11th pick of the first round. The Saints had never had a winning season in their 12-year history when they picked Erxleben, and he definitely wasn't the missing piece as he lasted only five years with the team.