Former Sports Illustrated MMQB writer Peter King — who now writes a column for NBC Sports called Football Morning in America — is on vacation this week. While King is sipping craft beers on a beach somewhere, NBC Sports has asked a few people to write guest editions of King’s column — complete with his trademark Ten Things I Think I Think.
On Monday, former Kansas City Chiefs director of player personnel (and later director of football operations) Chris Ballard was tapped to write the column. Now general manager of the Indianapolis Colts, Ballard composed a remarkably frank and fascinating look at not only the process of scouting and evaluating NFL draft prospects, but also at how things go down in the room on draft day.