Well, months of build up and it is finally here. The draft. Something that has been dramatically monetized to the detriment of the recruiting process in the NFL. It is almost like watching someone apply for a job… on TV… and then watching them get hired by the company they didn’t want. The Browns (factory of sadness) and the Jets (factory of shame) both stumbled into some terrible draft picks this season. The Browns missed on a wonderful opportunity to give them another key defensive stopper, opting for the fastest CB in the draft, prompting a C grade from the NFL network. I take the grade extremely lightly. In truth, I remain convinced that the network is the Fox News of football. They have one story. It starts and ends with the QB they think is the best. That QB is Sam Darnold. Now he is a Jet. Of course he’s being seen as the Jet. However, he is yet another USC bust to come play in the factory of shame.
Shame on them for not learning their lesson with Mark Sanchez.
The Giants got a solid RB that is almost universally considered the best athlete in the draft. They also got a A- because they didn’t pick Bradley Chubb, a DE who shows some ability to play 3-4, but never actually has.
Overall, I feel like this is going well so far. At least it is going as expected…
Some Thoughts:
- Lately I have been feeling more and more that I am living in a simulation–some high level version of the sims in which I am a character whose choices can be fundamentally influenced by outside forces working far beyond the boundaries of physics.
- Captain America’s old shield also defies physics. Let’s see how the new one works tomorrow–at least until he (or someone else) gets the old one back.
- For my consideration: Lost in Space (reboot)