Shedeur Sanders fell to pick 144. Dan Marino fell to 27. Rello and Cunda break down the two wildest draft slides in NFL history.
Football season is officially here, and on this episode of Circle The Block, hosts Rello The Saya and Cunda kick off the season with a deep dive into one of the NFL's most fascinating recurring storylines: the draft slide.
The crew starts with the one everybody's still talking about — Shedeur Sanders' historic 2025 NFL Draft slide. Projected by most analysts as a top-three quarterback and a franchise-altering talent, Sanders instead tumbled all the way to the 144th overall pick in the fifth round. Rello and Cunda break down the theories behind it: the front-office aversion to high-profile brands, the reported \"prime equity clause\" that would have given Sanders a cut of merchandise and NIL revenue, the whispers about medical flags, and whether being Deion's son helped or hurt him. They also dig into the staggering number that may explain everything — $17.7 million in jersey revenue, nearly doubling Tom Brady's previous single-season record, all before Sanders had proven anything on an NFL field.
From there, the conversation goes full Quentin Tarantino and jumps back four decades to Dan Marino's 1983 draft slide — the Pittsburgh kid out of Pitt who fell to the Dolphins at pick 27 as the sixth quarterback taken in the first round. Cunda breaks down Marino's shocking senior-year college numbers (58% completion, 17 TDs, 23 interceptions), the pre-draft rumors that spooked front offices, and the painful Pittsburgh twist: the hometown Steelers passed on him entirely. The hosts also revisit the legendary 1983 draft class — John Elway, Jim Kelly, Eric Dickerson, Bruce Matthews, Darrell Green, Richard Dent — widely considered the greatest draft class of all time.
00:00 – Cold open & intro with the crew
01:05 – Missing Miss Angie & football season is finally here
01:51 – Fresh ink: the new tattoo update
03:31 – NFL offseason headlines & a whole lot of \"activities\"
04:27 – Setting up the Cleveland Browns quarterback battle
05:07 – Setting the scene: Shedeur Sanders' 2025 draft night
06:39 – The projections vs. the reality of the slide
09:32 – Circling the block on Shedeur's reaction to the slide
10:04 – How Shedeur handled himself through it all
11:04 – The front-office overcorrection theory
11:30 – The \"prime equity clause\" explained
13:11 – $17.7M in jersey revenue: shattering Tom Brady's record
14:47 – The three-way Browns QB competition
15:04 – Drafted 144th overall in the fifth round
15:36 – Jersey sales, inflation & buying in early
16:34 – Cleveland Browns regular season win total
17:45 – Back from break: repping the city
18:31 – Circling the block on Dan Marino's 1983 draft slide
19:16 – The Dolphins select Dan Marino out of Pitt
19:41 – Marino's shocking senior year college numbers
20:35 – The pre-draft rumors that spooked front offices
21:16 – 46 interceptions in two seasons: what were they seeing?
22:45 – The Pittsburgh heartbreak: his hometown Steelers passed
23:54 – Marino's actual career numbers & 1984 MVP season
24:32 – The legendary 1983 draft class (Elway, Kelly, Dickerson & more)
25:53 – The quarterbacks drafted before Marino
26:13 – Jets fans booing when they took Ken O'Brien instead
26:22 – Why Pittsburgh drafted Kenny Pickett
26:47 – Dolphins over/under win totals
28:01 – Odds on Marino's slide vs. Shedeur's
29:03 – Bishop Cunda's closing sermon
30:15 – What's next for the Browns QB room
31:54 – Football season is here: road to the Super Bowl
33:24 – Final thoughts & missing Miss Angie
34:42 – Outro
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