"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.

The lawsuit says Sanders' draft slide "caused severe emotional distress and trauma," as well as "frustration, disappointment and psychological harm"