"The Steelers were comfortable with Shedeur Sanders as a distributing point guard type, which makes it a mild surprise they didn't take him with their fourth-round pick. To borrow another basketball analogy, those inside the Steelers' building did not reach a consensus on Sanders as a slam-dunk pick," Fowler explained.

Brady said he texted Sanders after the former Colorado quarterback slid from a potential first-round pick to the No. 144th selection.