An ESPN segment between Rece Davis and Mel Kiper turned tense Saturday when the network stars had a heated argument about former Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders after he was drafted by the Browns on Saturday.

Sanders, who tumbled from being a top prospect to the fifth round and No. 144 overall of the NFL draft, faced criticism in draft previews citing anonymous sources over how he handled the pre-draft process and presented himself in interview. Davis — hosting the coverage — said that regardless of how warranted that was, “this was the result.”

“When you’re in circumstances in life, whether you like them, whether you don’t like them, whether they’re fair or whether they’re unfair, you might have to deal with it,” Davis said. “And now Shedeur Sanders has to deal with it. … Now he has an opportunity to answer it. I think yelling at the NFL about it is not productive.”

Kiper then referenced Boomer Esiason (second round) and Tom Brady (sixth round) as quarterbacks who fell in the draft and turned out just fine, and he continued to rant about how the league in general has been horrible at evaluating quarterbacks for decades.

During the back-and-forth exchange, both Davis and Kiper became animated beyond what a typical segment would resemble.

“The NFL has been clueless for 50 years when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks,” Kiper said of the NFL. “Clueless. They have no idea what they’re doing … There’s proof of that.”

It wasn’t the first time Kiper had a tense moment regarding Sanders during the draft weekend, as he defended him Friday after the third round concluded and called his slide “disgusting.”

Sanders was drafted after Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe and Dillon Gabriel, with Gabriel also getting selected by the Browns and setting up a scenario where Sanders will need to compete for playing time with the former Oregon signal-caller, Kenny Pickett and 40-year-old Joe Flacco.

Members of the Browns’ draft room didn’t seem thrilled about drafting Sanders either, with head coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry both appearing emotionless while clapping. Berry told reporters that “we’re probably just tired from the weekend.”

“Those clips, it’s not timed up to exactly the right time so I wouldn’t — don’t read too much into that,” Stefanski told reporters about the exchange.