Ah, the mock draft. Coming in several varieties—fantasy football, fantasy baseball, NBA mocks, NFL mocks—hypothetic drafting is big business. Platforms make a living on the mock draft concept year-round.
Why? It’s hope. The sales pitch that is hope drives every fan base in the world. Hypothetical scenarios and dreams that rarely come to fruition are packaged up neatly and stuffed down the throats of the entire country.
It’s insane, really, yet the people can’t get enough.
The first clue is when a “way too early mock draft” hits you the day after the NFL Draft actually finished.