Fix a roster hole? Take the best player available? We played out both strategies for all 32 first-round slots in the 2025 NFL draft.

In a mini-mock draft conducted by ESPN's Matt Miller, Sanders was not among the 10 players selected by scouts who were assigned to a team they are unaffiliated with. Miller noted he allowed the scouts to make the picks based on roster needs and their personal evaluation of the 2025 class.

Matt Miller's latest seven-round NFL mock draft for ESPN has the Denver Broncos using their first two picks to add a wide receiver and running back to give more weapons to young quarterback Bo Nix.