I watch on the NFL live, on my computer, The First part of the draft, was good they tryed, to show film on the new draft picks, and keeped the focaus on the players, and how they help the teams they were going too, butt, The deep they got into the draft, the more it seem they were Jokeing trying to be witty, just to hear their gums flap, they skim over the players, many times they skip over 4-7 players, picked, then they try to re-cap who went were, in two second sound bites, this was not fair, for the kids, even at pick 117, or 217, these young men have given up most of their lifes, to football, training is unreal, the millions of hours they spent just to try to get drafted, then to get skim over, because of the clock is rubbing down to fast, becase they had to get in another commerichal, or the anousers are talking about a draft pick, back in 1901, all stuff that should have been on a post , or pre draft show. T watch every min both days, its true that it was kind of nice that it was fast, the top 100 players should be fast, every team wants them, but the next leaval of players are harder to pick, some teams made some bad picks because the time was so much faster, sorry if my spelling or gramer is poor, but I spent my youth training and playing football, trying to get into the draft.
If you liked more time on the clock, you should've used more time to use the spellchecker and organize your thoughts since that entire mess was only two sentences. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about... It should take longer for the first few rounds over the later rounds because there's better talent so you want to make sure you've got the right guy. Why would you need 15 minutes in the seventh round deciding over some running back from Ocala Community College or a wide receiver from Lambuth State? Makes no difference, because neither is going to be in the NFL in two years. It's faily apparent that you did spend time training for football when you were younger, because God help us if you ever worked in the business world.
I think Union Stars makes a great point. I was annoyed at the coverage as well, as many draft picks received only a passing glance on the ticker, and didn't get talked about much, if at all. The announcers ignored tons of picks while they rambled on about inane things such as Kiper's hair, or some other non-witty remark. There were times when they missed up to 10 selections, then tried to catch up by listing the "Last Ten Picks." Only then to go to a commercial and miss two more. Lots of guys didn't get their due. And fans didn't get an informative broadcast.
The shortened time was a good thing though. I should incorporate a time limit like that in my next fantasy draft. On that point, I think Union Stars was incorrect.
But overall, the draft coverage sucked. They should talk about the team needs, and the player they picked, when they pick them.
If you want to grade my grammar, go ahead. It has nothing to do with my opinion.
I agree that the anouncers shouldn't have just passed over the late-round selections. But also you can't make the late-rounds longer because nobody would watch, and many of the players will not be more than a fill-in pick. The late-round selections are based on need more than how good they are...there are many jems in the late-rounds, most arn't Marcus Colstens or Tom Brady's but many starting NFL players arn't First or Second round selections. It would also be nice to see the announcers go more in depth because I would of liked to see what my team really got, not just a name and a paragraph on the internet, but just to see 30 seconds of film can change the way you view someone.
They should shorten it even further. Make it a Marathon. You have 15 seconds to make your pick. And when it's your turn to pick you have to run up to the podium while the other teams draft boards try to fire paintball guns at you. It would make things interesting. Have it hosted by James Earl Jones dressed as Darth Vader. If you fail to make your selection in 15 seconds you're automatically given a Division II-A punter from Saratoga State as your selection. When it's over, have the fans in the stands hurl eggs mercilessly at the GMs as they scramble to get to their cars outside. This I would pay to see!!!
yeah, the only thing i didn't like was that there wasn't time to show highlight reels or give analysis of players and if they ever did then they would miss the next pick while it was called cuz they were trying to rush and say at least a couple sentences about the guy picked.
so yeah, i saw picks a lot faster, but got WAY LESS education on who these new players are so i don't know what rookies to watch from the 4th round on. :(
The worst thing about the draft in the past was it took an hour to go through four picks in the first round. Cutting the first round in half was the greatest thing they could have done. Keep the pace up, keep the times down. They have PLENTY
I have the solution for all your problems. Buy a newspaper the next day. The other option is to go to a sports related website (say like cbssportsline.com) and then you can read about all the picks. Otherwise, we can go back to waiting 6 hours to see who the good teams pick in the first round.
As a fan, I would like to be able to hear the analysts discuss each of the picks, without skipping over so many, especially in the later rounds. With more time to pick, there is more time to talk. But for the earlier picks, 15 minutes of discussion was too much, so from that standpoint, I like the new format. My solution: Why do the later rounds have to be shorter times? Why can't each round be 10 minutes? I don't know why the teams really need longer in the first and second rounds, because they should pretty much have a feel for what they might do by then. I can see the value in longer time for the later rounds, where teams may have to look at their options more and their draft boards are more shuffled. As a fan watching on television, 10 minutes per pick, each round, makes sense. Of course, the real purpose of the draft is for the teams to build their future, and the fact that fans may or may not watch should be secondary. From a league standpoint, the draft rounds should be set based on what's best for helping the teams maximize their outcome, not ratings or entertainment. I think we'd all be happy if the teams felt the system was optimized to allow them to make the best picks possible, regardless of the time it takes.
