A Lack of Draft Drama....

I will have more NFL Draft stuff tomorrow, when my brain isn't half-asleep.

In the meantime, Gregg Doyel wrote a great column on CBS Sportsline about how anti-climactic NFL Draft coverage has become. And especially ESPN reporting what picks are, before they happen. Excerpt below:

After 10 picks of the first round, ESPN was 10-for-10 in predicting, and sometimes flat-out reporting, who the pick would be. The draft is Christmas come to April, and ESPN was telling us what was inside the wrapper.
The first pick was obvious enough. Jake Long had already signed with Miami. No drama there. None expected. Fine.

But then it stayed that way. Analyst Chris Mortensen told us the Rams would take Chris Long with the No. 2 overall pick. Reporter Rachel Nichols, standing outside the Falcons' draft room in Georgia, told us the Falcons would take Matt Ryan third. Mortensen said Oakland would pick Darren McFadden fourth.

About this time, it occurred to me: This is not fun. ESPN is winning its game of gotcha, but the rest of us are the big losers. This was like buying a book for your birthday, maybe the latest by James Patterson, and having the stupid store clerk read the last page out loud. Or like sitting down for M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller and inadvertently starting with the last scene, the one where Bruce Willis realizes he's dead or Samuel L. Jackson reveals himself to be an insane killer.

This sets up an interesting question: Would you rather wait for the dramatic announcements, or are you feeding into the "always having it first" frenzy?

Read the entire article HERE.