The NFL Draft cannot get here soon enough.
What did they used to do before the NFL Draft? Well, before there were 500 cable stations with – as Bruce Springsteen likes to say – nothing on, no one talked much about the draft. Until, well, the draft.
Now, we have Mel Kiper and his clones from ABC to CBS Sports to ESPN 1, 2, and U to CNNBC to alphabet soup trying to tell us where Josh Rosen — or is it Allen? — is going and if the Patriots will trade up, or trade down, to get him since Tom Brady is bungee-jumping with Giselle in Brazil and not coming back. Ever.
Sorry, I love football, but there is nothing interesting about linebackers, offensive linemen or tight ends – except for Gronk, who says he is definitely playing this season. Let’s get to the draft Thursday night and see who our favorite teams get and then what their beat writers who know something say about it.
Thank goodness the NBA had suddenly gotten very cool and interesting. It’s got great games, hot feuds and politicians like Mitt Romney taking on Russell Westbrook from his sideline seat in Utah. LeBron is finally on the back side of the bell curve and Steph is still injured, but the playoffs are plain terrific.
I can’t pronounce the Greek Freak’s name on the Milwaukee Bucks, but man can he play. And don’t tell anyone, but I love Jayson Tatum much more than I did when he was at Duke. If he is really the third banana on the Celtics, wait till next year when Kyrie and Hayward are back.
Seriously, do we have to turn off sports radio and TV completely to avoid Kiper’s latest draft board? What the Browns will do to avoid running the table backward for the second straight season? Even Johnny “Football” Manziel’s name has popped into the picture. I think he and Colin Kaepernick ought to start their own league, since no one seems to want either.
What about the Panthers? I would like to know what they need, and whether they will make another great first-round pick. I don’t know what happens after the draft, but the big Cats in Charlotte must have another Luke Kuechly up their sleeve.
The NFL is worried that its product is stale and in the hands of the aging baby boomers. I don’t know if that’s true, but more of Mel Kiper and draft-mania is not the answer.
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