Day: April 23, 2026

I’ve been reading a bunch of draft stuff in preparation for the draft this evening. I’m even wearing a Jets shirt to send out good vibes to the team, one of two NYC crews that have two first round picks. There isn’t much I can do about the draft. There is no way of knowing if the impact of these drafted players will happen this upcoming season or later or at all. It has become so much spectacle and guess work that it seriously is the only way that football allows itself to” stay relevant over the spring term. I think this is a bad idea. I think the Spring League is a much better idea for focus than this speculative “who is gonna be good” kind of craziness.

Here’s the facts: We don’t actually know.

So many of these pundits make their careers on guessing. They make bets and hedge those bets based on the concept of how players did at the college level when we know the pro game isn’t the same. We know nothing save for how athletic these players are. That is what drives these conversations–how do they compare to pros and what pros are they “like”. I don’t like this process. More and more it creates false expectations for teams to draft people and when the teams don’t it prejudices fans against their own squads. I do not know exactly what the G-Men or the Jets need (except I do know the Jets need a QB because that room is junk), but I do know that everyone on TV thinks they do. This is how the mock drafts work–one person deciding all the picks and smugly saying they are right.

They hardly ever are–especially beyond the first round.

So, what do we expect tonight? Surprises, of course. I refuse to speculate on what will happen. I just hope whomever my teams get makes an impact.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “1 million bees make for bumper-to-buzzer traffic on a Tennessee highway ramp” Ahh the south.
2. Also this… “Buenos Aires bans stadium confetti after fire sparks panic at River vs Boca” I never considered how much of a hazard that stuff could be… I’m thinking about it now.
3. Got a new iphone. Not pleased with the dang thing yet… Haven’t used the camera yet either…

I’ve been following the Virginia redistricting fight today and realizing the spin is wild on this one. Republicans, and Texans in particular are mad about this vote. Turns out Virginia is adding more democratic seats! How is this bad? Well it is unfair that it only took a 51% vote to pass it. Sure, that would be a good argument if, well, Texas even voted. Instead the Texas redistrict was done by the gov without a vote at all. So… false argument there. This made me realize that not only is the media game more and more rigged, but the truth of these parties is that Dems cannot sell lies that big because the dem base is generally more savvy about what’s going on because they are experiencing it from a different perspective—one in which they are being portrayed as the villain while Republicans rely on the hero/victim narrative on a more regular basis. Dena talk about inclusion. Yet the argument for exclusion draws more eyes because it raises the value of those still included. This is a problem we have yet to realize how to solve.

Some Thoughts:

1. Absolutely Bonkers Headline Of the Day: “https://apnews.com/article/kash-patel-girlfriend-new-york-times-investigation-149655b7f7797d09dea9a2c8548d33cb” I know the link is bad but this is a phone post and I’m realizing I’m not very good at those. Translation: Kash Patel sent the FBI after a reporter who wrote an article about him. That guy is surely closer to being fired, right? Right?!
2. weak post tonight. The phone is a terrible medium for this sort of thing. Might be the fat fingers…
3. I plan to do a waiver come Thursday talking about the silliness of draft predictions… and then saying what I think will happen… j/k I won’t predict. I’ll just hope.