Draft perspective
Sports Illustrated ran a great article last week reviewing the 1998 NFL draft and the stars (like Peyton Manning) and busts (like Ryan Leaf) that emerged from it. There’s a sense of fun looking back at past drafts in any sport to see who succeeded and who sucked. But knowing there are no sure things in the NFL draft, and that plenty of players taken last weekend will succeed and plenty will suck, contribute to why I’m not into the event as many other football fans are. It’s just that there’s so much analysis about all these players, when in reality, all the pundits don’t know what the future will hold for the newest rookies. Unlike the NBA, where most star players are drafted in the first round, NFL stars come from all rounds or no rounds at all. And where you can theorize an NBA player’s immediate impact on draft day, very few NFL rookies make such a quick impact.
Maybe the NFL draft is just not as fun.
I’m not saying the draft is terrible — I understand the appeal for NFL, and college, fans — but I just think it’s become too much of an event. Two rounds on the first day? Enough said.
[...] Da NFL Blog - Fantasy football advice and NFL musings that would make Coach Ditka proud wrote an interesting post today on Draft perspectiveHere’s a quick excerptDraft perspective Sports Illustrated ran a great article last week reviewing the 1998 NFL draft and the stars (like Peyton Manning) and busts (like Ryan Leaf) that emerged from it. There’s a sense of fun looking back at past drafts in any sport to see who succeeded and who sucked. But knowing there are no sure things in the NFL draft, and that plenty of players taken last weekend will succeed and plenty will suck, contribute to why I’m not into the event as many other football fans are. It’s j [...]
April 29th, 2008 at 1:45 am
[...] Joey G wrote an interesting post today on Draft perspectiveHere’s a quick excerptSports Illustrated ran a great article last week reviewing the 1998 NFL draft and the stars (like Peyton Manning) and busts (like Ryan Leaf) that emerged from it. There’sa sense of fun looking back at past drafts in any sport to see who … [...]
April 29th, 2008 at 1:49 am