Merry Christmas to the geeks and nerds of the football world.
The NFL Draft is a spectacle all to its own. With winners and losers somehow assigned just hours following the selections. Who’s a surefire bust? Who reached? Why is this player falling?
It’s a sports media phenomenon and, frankly, allows for too much time before it. The week leading up to it was filled with reports that confirm just about every single possibility known to man. By the time the draft begins, some analysts and scouts are leaking reports suggest that this isn’t even a good draft and you should just see next year’s!
It all happens like clockwork.
Nevertheless, there are two selections to be made by the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday evening (for now) and 31 selections total to be made. Here’s six thoughts about this draft.