Brett Favre offers crucial NFL Draft reminder amid Shedeur Sanders’ shocking fall

The last time of the 2025 NFL Draft is upon us, and these adjacent 4 rounds volition alert by with prospects hoping a imagination calls their sanction to articulation them.

Among those is idiosyncratic nary 1 believed to beryllium going connected Day 3: Shedeur Sanders. The Colorado Buffaloes backmost fell retired of the archetypal round, and 3 much quarterbacks were taken successful Rounds 2 and 3 connected Friday night, ending Day 2 successful implicit shock.

But 1 Hall of Fame backmost decided to nonstop a draught reminder not conscionable to Sanders, but to each those inactive waiting to get selected.

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The signifier during the Atlanta Falcons prime during the archetypal circular of the 2025 NFL Draft astatine Lambeau Field connected April 24, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Brett Favre, whom the Atlanta Falcons selected No. 33 wide successful the 1991 NFL Draft, posted connected X a mates of his celebrated draught time pictures with an important message.

"Heck I didn’t attraction erstwhile I got drafted, I conscionable wanted a squad to springiness maine a accidental wherever I went," Favre wrote. "It’s what you bash erstwhile your # is called that matters, not erstwhile you were taken. 

Favre’s NFL Draft communicative is besides a unsocial 1 considering the Falcons’ caput manager astatine the time, Jerry Glanville, did not o.k. of the prime for the Southern Miss product. He adjacent noted that it would instrumentality a level clang for him to adjacent enactment Favre into a game. 

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Favre played successful conscionable 2 games, attempting 4 passes, including his first, which was returned for a pick-six successful Week 11 against Washington.  

"On apical of that, the squad that drafted maine didn’t adjacent privation me," Favre added successful his X post. 

Former NFL backmost Brett Favre listens to Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump talk during a run lawsuit astatine the Resch Center connected October 30, 2024, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Luckily for him, the Green Bay Packers thought adding him would payment them. It turned retired to beryllium the close determination by GM Ron Wolf. 

Favre went connected to triumph a Super Bowl, beryllium named MVP 3 times and marque 11 Pro Bowls implicit his Hall of Fame-worthy 20-year career. 

Someone similar Sanders would emotion to person the occurrence that Favre did successful his career, but it's going to beryllium overmuch aboriginal than the 2nd round. 

Experts and fans alike couldn't fathom Sanders, whom immoderate had arsenic a imaginable archetypal wide prime erstwhile the assemblage play ended, falling into Day 3. 

Sept. 8, 2018; Hattiesburg, MS: Hall of Fame backmost Brett Favre warms up earlier the crippled betwixt the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks astatine M. M. Roberts Stadium. (Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports)

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However, that's his world and helium volition person to person the aforesaid mindset arsenic players similar Dak Prescott, Tom Brady and Kirk Cousins earlier him – each of whom were chosen connected the last days of their respective drafts. 

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