For a week or so I’ve been trying to figure out how to cover the NFL draft. It’s been done over and over with the mock draft thing. There are literally thousands upon thousands of mocks out there. And they are popular, too. When we had one on OWS it received frequent visits from you NFL draft nerds.
The NFL draft being in primetime is proof positive of the massive growth of the NFL and specifically the whole draft phenomenon. I actually have yet to watch the NFl draft in it’s current format. Over the past two years I have been traveling during the night of round number one. This year I will be glued to my TV with an ice cold six pack ready to go. So make no mistake, I will be watching and am looking forward to doing so.
I can even relate to the draft nerdy-ness on some level. Although I have not even looked at a mock draft in a few years, I used to be quite into the NFL draft and the pre-draft shenanigans. I can recall one of the first drafts I highly anticipated. I was a senior in...
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