Value is a tricky concept on a football field. No one denies that certain positions and certain players make more of an impact for a team's win-loss record than others. It's the attempts to quantify said impact that can be wonky.

Shedeur Sanders' slide to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft is still generating plenty of headlines, and he reportedly didn't give as much attention as he perhaps should have to teams that weren't drafting in the first few picks.