We are supposed to be big on the NFL draft. Lots of coverage, tagging everything, commenting and running threads. Well, I suppose for some folks, but watching last evening’s Las Vegas spectacle was like watching a CGI party complete with fake fun, canned music, and a few tokens of oddity showing up on stage with “The Commish”. Presumably they were trying to ablate some of the repeated loud “boos” rising from the crowd, but we all aren’t supposed to notice that. Roger Goodell isn’t popular with many folks, and the crowds make sure that he knows it.
So, let’s knock down the first round of 32 picks that took two hours too long to announce (most teams were already set to “The Pick is In” graphics and the Mouse Corp talking heads had to vamp until ready.