The first round of the 2025 NFL Draft is in the books, and it was mostly what we expected. The players chosen with the top three picks were predictable: Cam Ward, Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter. There also were a lot of teams that focused on improving in the trenches, both on the offensive and defensive side. And the player likeliest to dominate the discussion most of the night — Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders — did exactly that.

Yes, the Jaguars shocked some folks by trading up to the No. 2 overall pick to select Hunter, and the most entertaining moment of the night had to be Green Bay selecting a wide receiver in the first round for the first time in 23 years. However, from a narrative standpoint, nothing really compares to the question of where Sanders is going to land after watching several quarterback-needy teams pass on him on Day 1. The drama rose to an entirely different level when the New York Giants traded into the back of the first round to take Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart with the 25th overall pick.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This edition of The First Read is about the winners and the losers in the first round of the draft. Here are the folks worth noting …