In NFL circles April is the month for the NFL Draft, but that special day takes up more time in football fans minds before the actual selections begin.
For months now insiders and scouts have been speculating on how the draft would fall, who will go #1 overall, what QB will go where and what team will make a splash? Much of the off-season conversation has been surrounding one particular quarterback, Colorado's Shedeur Sanders.
Sanders was looked at early on in the draft process as being the potential #1 overall pick, but as time has gone on he has seen his stock fall. Maybe that is because of scouts dissecting his tape, maybe it's because they don't want to deal with his father, but either way Sanders is falling down draft boards.
The Giants were heavily rumored to be the favorite to land Sanders and New Yorkers were torn on bringing in the flashy QB. As the days and weeks have moved on it seems so has Big Blue and the prevailing thought is that Sanders will be bypassed by the Giants. That leaves the New York Jets firmly on the radar.
The Jets signed Justin Fields to be their opening day starter, but that doesn't mean they're done adding at the quarterback position. Insiders have now begun to see a ground swell of speculation on Sanders wearing Gang Green in a few weeks.
For Sanders this could actually be a blessing in disguise. The teams that have been associated with Sanders in the past few months all have a big uphill climb in rebuilding their rosters, with the Jets Sanders would walk into a great situation if he could pry the starting gig away from Fields.
The Jets have a bona fide stud at WR in Wilson, a dynamic RB in Hall, and a new head coach that has made a career of being player friendly. Sanders to New York was the talk of the town for months, it seems Sanders to New York is still very much in play, he may just be wearing a different color.