Ten ways, some obvious, to make the virtual NFL draft better.
It was a great effort by all connected with the National Football League Draft to show solidarity with America’s policy to shelter in the place against the Coronavirus. But it was too long and the technology did not capture any of the normal excitement.
No. 10, start the draft earlier than 8 pm instead of having a pre-daft show we did not need.
No. 9, six boxes of the analysts’ faces? At prior drafts, we had three guys at a table and Suzy Kolber interviewing the picks.
No. 8, why was the awful Booger McFarland one of them? The next thing you hear about him is his firing from Monday Night football.
No. 7, who’s the nice-looking guy no one ever heard of in the second box after Mel Kiper? I’m good with Kiper and Louis Riddick.
No. 6, I know Zoom stock is booming, but you can’t have a Zoom conference with multiple windows of fans doing fake cheering.
No. 5, If you want to stage something, prompt the draft picks and families when their names are announced to do fake celebrations.
No. 4, if they insist on talking heads between each pick, show highlights of players, games, coaches, cheerleaders, anything we are starving for.
No. 3, give the 55-year-old Kolber more airtime, like she would have had in a live draft. She’s a refreshing change, and knows as much.
No. 2, Tell Trey Wingo to get a new fashion designer, so he doesn’t wear striped suits with striped shirts accented by an ugly tie.
And No. 1, why so much time between picks when every team has already decided who they are going to draft?
I waited three hours to see who the Patriots would take at No. 23, and guess what? Curmudgeon coach Bill Belichick traded his first-round pick for two second-rounders Friday night, which might have been a good move for his rebuilding team, but a bad move for all those waiting endlessly to see what he would do.
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