Key Highlights
- The No.
- 1 overall pick and the No.
- 144th pick in the draft squared off against each other when the Titans played Cleveland. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSanders and Ward were a pre-draft staple courtesy of Bucky Sanders’ “Well Off Media” and Ward’s personal social media accounts.
- Practice sessions and post season awards saw Sanders and Ward in each other’s company often. Before the draft took place, there was an overwhelming sense that Ward would go to Tennessee at one, but then Shedeur would come off the board soon thereafter.
- As it turned out, Sanders would have to wait for 143 picks and more than four rounds before he would hear his name called. The game dubbed, “The Failure Bowl” by fans on social media provided some fireworks.