Social media has had enough of Mel Kiper Jr.
It was draft night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the air was thick with anticipation.
Nobody will be happier when Shedeur Sanders comes off the board during the 2025 NFL draft than the ESPN draft expert.
Shortly after commissioner Roger Goodell formally put the Tennessee Titans on the clock to set up Cam Ward’s selection first overall, Kiper began his lovefest for Sanders, which continued throughout the first round.
Once hyped as a potential top-five pick, Sanders tumbled past quarterback-needy teams like the Saints, Giants, and Titans.
“Shedeur Sanders will come back to haunt these organizations,” Kiper warned.
It got to the point that NFL fans began to call for him to be fired.
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“Kiper should be fired immediately for this shit. Trashing on dart because he was chosen about shadeur is insane,” one fan said.
Mel kiper should be fired immediately for this shit. Trashing on dart because he was chosen about shadeur is insane
— LeBron’s Biggest Fan (@specialhog) April 25, 2025
“Mel Kiper should be fired for that performance last night. 🤡,” a second fan wrote.
Mel Kiper should be fired for that performance last night. 🤡
— Cam (@Firepower44) April 25, 2025
“This is the first year where I genuinely believe Mel Kiper needs to retire. His takes are terrible today,” a third fan stated.
This is the first year where I genuinely believe Mel Kiper needs to retire. His takes are terrible today.
— John (@RokkitSports) April 25, 2025
“ESPN needs to fire Mel Kiper…Bro so out of touch it’s not even funny,” a fourth fan interjected.
ESPN needs to fire Mel Kiper…Bro so out of touch it’s not even funny https://t.co/tA8xkYNMPl
— Michael Fray Salters (@CGainz954) April 25, 2025
One final fan asked: “@espn you fire Mel Kiper yet?”
@espn you fire Mel Kiper yet?
— ColoradoCane303 (@ColoradoCane303) April 25, 2025
ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. Once Said He Would retire
Remember that, 15 years ago, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. said he would retire if Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen wasn’t a successful NFL QB.
Mel’s official announcement was way back in 2010.
The NFL future of then-Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen had him ready to hang up his shoes forever.
Kiper had Clausen ranked as the fourth-best prospect in the entire 2010 NFL Draft when he said, “If Jimmy Clausen is not a successful quarterback in the NFL, I’m done. That’s it. I’m out.”
He was not successful.
Also read: Every NFL Team’s Draft Pick That Mel Kiper Was Horribly Wrong About
