Recapping the draft from a non-football perspective

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsBefore, during and after the draft, you see all kinds of well-worn listicles -- draft crushes, stock ups and downs, winners and losers, and of course, the all-powerful draft grades. I could avoid these cliches and come up with my own original idea for a column, but that sounds like a lot of work.

Instead, I’m leaning into it, and using all the cliches. I took a handful of each, tossed them into a blender, and hit every button from “mix” to “frappe.” I even hit “pulse” despite having no idea what that actually does.

Let’s pour it out and taste this concoction!

Winner: Anyone on a couch

The scene outside the draft on the streets of Nashville was completely…