I was beating myself over the head about this question, but then it came to me…. In all respect to baseball, football has become the true American Pastime. You watch your favorite players grown and develop during college while beating each other to sleep for 3 to 4 years and it concludes with draft night… or so it begins.
Now you anticipate your favorite players being drafted by your favorite teams. Overpaid execs, scouts, and Mel Kiper will crunch game film, combine results, and historical stats, to make the decisions that we can make from the comfort of our living rooms. We can make picks through each round and automatically have a Super-Bowl team the upcoming season.
Remember……
Philly fans booed when Donovan McNabb was selected. (After Cleveland took Tim Couch #1 overall in 1999)
Saints fans cheered when Ricky Williams was selected. (But later cringed seeing him in a wedding dress along side Mike Ditka on the cover of a magazine)
Nobody was watching when Tom Brady was selected. (6th round of 2000, but they were
watching when Peter Warrick was selected 4th overall to Cincinnati
And I’m sure girls were hiding in bathrooms in bars across America
The unknown, the anticipation, the “this is our year moment”; this is what makes the NFL Draft an event that places a shadow over the other so called drafts. No 19 year olds leaving college after a showcase season in college. Never have you seen a player get drafted in the first round to the New York Giants, and then sent to double A Dover to sharpen his skills. The NFL draft is the doorway to the League, and please believe that America
Enjoy.
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