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Reason #1.2359801 that the NFL draft is dreck.

Famous Mel Kiper quote from before a draft.

“Blank is going to immediately energize that fanbase, that football team on the practice field, in the locker room. Three years from now you could be looking at a guy that’s certainly one of the elite top 5 quarterbacks in this league. You’re talking about a 2-3 year period once he is under center. Look out because the skill level that he has is certainly John Elway-like.”

Blank is JaMarcus Russell. He has been called the worst #1 pick in the history of professional sports.

Mel Kiper is an “expert that the typical NFL sports guy worships with every ounce of his being. Kiper’s word is gold and SHOULD go unquestioned. His “facts” or rather opinions are spewed to the masses and never checked. They aren’t checked because the typical sports guy does not think or say I don’t know. The typical sports guy looks at the glitter in primetime ofcourse, says ok, then regurgitates what he/she heard on tv sans insight and perspective of course. After all it’s easy and reasonable to repeat what an “expert” says. No?

Made for TV by TV is the NFL draft. Enjoy it at your own peril.

Gregg Rosenthal of NBC and Pro Football Talk said it nicely, today, after the noteworthy NFL Matchup show was speculated to be leaving the airwaves…

“The rest of the morning programs seem programed for high schoolers that like WWE-style manufactured storylines, forced laughter, meaningless debates, soft features, and very little football. You rarely learn anything.”

Sportynation, I am sad. It’s a shame “thinking” doesn’t sell. This is my Minority Report.