Guest column by Benjamin Robinson
It's April 26, 2018, and I'm at a college friend's apartment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, watching the first night of the NFL draft as we have done pretty much every year since 2008, almost as if it were a ritual. He, a Steelers fan, and I, a Bengals fan, can coexist, because tonight anything seems at least a little possible. The draft unfolds in surprising fashion as the Cleveland Browns select Baker Mayfield, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Oklahoma, over the wunderkind prospect Sam Darnold from USC.
The NFL draft is an event full of optimism and hope.