The NFL Draft is tonight. Each year ESPN racks their brain on how to make this event bigger than the final episode of Seinfeld. This year they have decided it deserves to be on primetime during the work week when everyone is at home. That seems rather ironic since the degenerates who watch all 200 rounds are always home because they don't have a job (unless you count 'G.M. of their fantasy football team' work).
Simply put, the NFL draft is intriguing for round one, and even that can be exhausting for many fans. The time between picks are too long and if your team picks, let's say 19th, you will be waiting longer than a RedSox/Yankee game to see their selection.
Tonight I will have the draft on a secondary television in my house with the volume down. That's perfect for me. I can keep an eye on the ticker as each selection is made. What I don't need is the paralysis through analysis in Round Three when the Pittsburgh Steelers select a defensive end from Arkansas State. I don't need to here Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. use words like "upside" and "graded out well in Indianapolis." I want to see who my teams (Falcons and Packers) select early and where guys from my college (U.S.C.) end up. The best way to accomplish that is probably by looking up the results online the next morning.
I noticed this morning that NFL.com has a mock draft through round three. Really? What poor soul had to come up with selection predictions for picks 65 through 98? And how does he know the Dallas Cowboys really need Ed Wang, OT from Virginia Tech with the 90th pick? If he gets it wrong is his credibility destroyed? If he gets it right will anyone care?
I'm ready for tonight's draft to be over with. I know, it will continue on over the next few days through seven rounds. I hope most of you throw in the flag by Friday. If you are still watching and they don't have highlight packages of the selections being made --- you've been watching way too long!
So here's to tonight! Roger Goodell will be reading names off a post card. I can't wait!
BTW, I think the NFL Draft move to Thurs night was a colossal mistake, at least here in Chicago. I was out at a sports bar last night and the Draft was up against the Bulls-Cavs playoffs game, Hawks-Predators playoff game, Cubs-Mets & Sox-Rays. So the draft was relegated to one of every 10 TVs, and barely anyone in this NFL-crazy town paid ANY attention. Sure, the Bears didn’t have a first round pick, but with everything else going on, no one would have watched even if they had...
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