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Paelos
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The NFL won't move it back, either. They love that sports talk knows that baseball isn't important yet, and nobody gives a shit about 80% of the NBA playoffs. So, they get more and more airtime on a usual dead period.
I think they are pulling a Blizzard. They know they are the big badass, and they are overexposing the product. It's going to create animosity when they try to put shit games on every night just to spread it out.
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Eh, them moving the draft was better for the kids both in college and high school. Committal/Deposit day is May 1st (for normal students, holdouts, transfers, walk-ons), finals are this week, graduations, etc. Having the draft after all that makes more sense. Let the kids get drafted, give them the playbook, and have their arses on a plane the next day. What a whirlwind for some of them though, wow. Finals, graduation, draft.  I dont even see how all that's possible without an agent, assistant, some play money, etc. |
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What a whirlwind for some of them though, wow. Finals, graduation, draft.
That's funny. |
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Paelos
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Yeah the NFL doesn't do this for the kids. They do it to stretch the produce across 12 months.
I get why they do it, but I don't think it will increase the fervor. If anything, I'm noticing myself tuning it out because I'm so sick of mock drafts. The only thing dumber than a mock draft is preseason rankings in college football.
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Yeah the NFL doesn't do this for the kids. They do it to stretch the produce across 12 months.
I get why they do it, but I don't think it will increase the fervor. If anything, I'm noticing myself tuning it out because I'm so sick of mock drafts. The only thing dumber than a mock draft is preseason rankings in college football.
It was rather entertaining to watch all these sports writers twist in the wind as they ran out of original material and had to result in rehashing the same shit over and over again for the last 4 weeks. There is nothing new which really sours reading anything related to the NFL until draft day. |
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Paelos
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That's the part I don't understand. I don't think this is going to dramatically increase interest in the draft. I think the interest was already there.
The interest will be higher in this draft anyway because so many big-named college players joined at the same time. Clowney, Manziel, McCarron, Murray, Watkins, Bortles, Bridgewater, etc.
Even the middle tier first-second round guys like Marquis Lee, Derek Carr, CJ Mosely, Haha Clinton-Dix, and Mike Evans have name recognition.
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I definitely have been tuning out all draft discussion lately. At least the NBA playoffs have been exciting this year.
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If only.
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Bring on the dancing ponies and the grim faces of those left in the green room after tonight's pomp and circumstance.
The only time we Browns' fans are optimistic the whole season. This year we get squashed at 4 and 26 unless they fuck that up too and trade away those picks (which I don't put past them). I am hoping receiver then QB this round... but would be ok with OL and QB.
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I can't wait for Jerrah to draft Jonny Footbal
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My money's on him failing in Cleveland.
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Bring on the dancing ponies and the grim faces of those left in the green room after tonight's pomp and circumstance.
The only time we Browns' fans are optimistic the whole season. This year we get squashed at 4 and 26 unless they fuck that up too and trade away those picks (which I don't put past them). I am hoping receiver then QB this round... but would be ok with OL and QB.
Well, let's not forget the last time you had two first round picks   |
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NFL network's coverage is terrible, but I can't stand Berman, so I have no choice.
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Bring on the dancing ponies and the grim faces of those left in the green room after tonight's pomp and circumstance.
The only time we Browns' fans are optimistic the whole season. This year we get squashed at 4 and 26 unless they fuck that up too and trade away those picks (which I don't put past them). I am hoping receiver then QB this round... but would be ok with OL and QB.
Well, let's not forget the last time you had two first round picks It is the 5min before the draft that is fine. Once picking starts, that's when the Browns fans go back to sulking. |
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Well, the Browns got a ton of value out of that trade, so perhaps things are turning up. Next three picks (Bucs, Vikes, Browns) should be interesting. Could see JFF and Teddy go here.
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Trade up one spot for Gilbert, was he likely to go the the vikes? A solid pick, just not the one I would have expected.
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Really happy with the Evans pick for the Bucs. Two 6' 5" starting wideouts? Yes, please. McCown has at least shown he can be decent throwing jump balls to really tall receivers.  |
Over and out.
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None of the picks so far seem notably bad, some seem to have a lot of upside. No QB needs in the next few teams, so... JFF to Dallas?
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The Gilbert pick was out of left field, but a great pick. After that, my draft thinking just went off the rails. Lions picking up a TE is not bad, but not expected either...and Barr to the Vikings was a little odd as well.
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Paelos
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None of the picks so far seem notably bad, some seem to have a lot of upside. No QB needs in the next few teams, so... JFF to Dallas?
If that actually happens, I may give up. |
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Most of the mocks I saw had Lions taking Ebron. Gilbert was a surprise, but I think they get a great player there.
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Here we go.... |
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COME ON JERRAH, BELIEVE!
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Johnny Football has a sad.
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aaaand Cowboy fans breathe again
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Paelos
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I almost threw up.
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Will he fall below the "Rodgers Line"?
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Paelos
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Will he fall below the "Rodgers Line"?
The NFL isn't dumb. The kid is small, the league is much faster, and every QB with legs has been destroyed if he doesn't cut that shit out. Manziel's greatest weapon is a liability in the league. That and the best A&M offensive player went first. Evans bailed Johnny's ass out so many times it wasn't funny. Manziel gets half the hype without Evans heroics. |
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Please no.
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Chip Kelly will probably pick him up because Chip Kelly is stupid.
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Chip Kelly will probably pick him up because Chip Kelly is stupid.
As a Dallas fan, I support that. |
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Good god Gruden is insufferable. Between him, Kiper and Boomer that team is a cornucopia of crap.
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LOL @ Cleveland.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Fuck.
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The Lord of the Land approaches..
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