We clearly don't love it because it's good at predicting what teams do. It's not. So if you're sitting at home dutifully preparing to throw some post-draft shade on Mel Kiper, Jr., maybe you oughta just save that. We already know he's gonna guess wrong most of the time.
Rather, I think what makes NFL draft talk valuable to us is mostly the actual chatter, the discourse. Draft season is one of the few moments in the average NFL fan's never-ending quest to vanquish all foes that his or her focus turns inward. It is in this blessed season that we NFL fans are at our most thoughtful, and most introspective, waiting with bated breath to see how our team's future will unfold.