Royale with Cheese Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 hours ago, njbuff said: A lot of people I know who are sports fans think it is a ridiculous event. i wanna keep the explanation in this thread short, cause I can go a million different ways. What do you folks think about the actual event that is the NFL draft? It's the best offseason event in all of sports. The way I feel about day 1 of the NFL draft is probably what millions of single women feel about the Bachelor finale.....who's going to be the pick?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The Draft is only overhyped if you think you’re going to see a football game break out. It’s not a sporting event! However, if you watch knowing that you’re about to see the childhood dream come true for someone about every 10 Minutes or so you’ll come away with a different impression. They’ll be making approximately 6 millionaires an hour! Or, if you watch with the intrigue and strategy of a good chess game, you’ll appreciate it more. (But don’t expect any blocking or tackling.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 It’s incredible how much play it gets. The NFL marketing/hype machine is second to none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Hell, put them on the clocks they use in chess matches. 10 minutes to decide, or you go to the end of that round. That'll get some of these GMs and staff hustling. ? They are on a clock. A few years ago some team (I forget who) missed their time and the team behind them rushed up with their card and got ahead of them. I’m surprised it wasn’t the Bills or Browns....that I’d remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Augie said: They are on a clock. A few years ago some team (I forget who) missed their time and the team behind them rushed up with their card and got ahead of them. I’m surprised it wasn’t the Bills or Browns....that I’d remember. Vikings, wasn't it? They got beat by a handful of teams if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The draft is great...except for the length of time it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 If people are showing up and the ratings are there then how could it be overhyped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm looking forward to drinking some barley sodas, having some pizza and wings, and enjoying seeing where these players go. So to me, it's a lot of fun and I like learning about the incoming class because I don't watch college football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedingreennc Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 14 hours ago, njbuff said: A lot of people I know who are sports fans think it is a ridiculous event. i wanna keep the explanation in this thread short, cause I can go a million different ways. What do you folks think about the actual event that is the NFL draft? It is the best marketed draft, it turned the NFL relevant for the entire year, not just a couple of months like the other pro sports. I enjoy everything that comes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat68 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) As a college man pre career I was dissipointed in the move from all day saturday and sunday to Thursday and Friday night, Saturday afternoon. Now as a proffessional and father its much better. I enjoy NFL and college football and its the merger of each sport. The hype and potential for any rd and pick becoming the key to turning around a franchise has created more anticipation. The Browns cant lose Thrusday but they could win, by getting the top qb and top offensive or defensive player. More cleveland fans will watch the draft than any game they played in December. Edited April 24, 2018 by Mat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 hours ago, NickelCity said: Vikings, wasn't it? They got beat by a handful of teams if I recall correctly. That sounds right. It was a race to the desk to beat the Vikes! (You’d expect that to be the Browns, but even THEY have gotten that right.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 17 hours ago, Augie said: I love it, but I wish they’d dump the watered down, made for TV three day format. Get it done Saturday and Sunday. move it back to 1 week day. We can wAtch the News that night to see we picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 As a long suffering Bills fan I do find the draft exciting because we are always looking for that guy who is going to turn over a new page in Bills history...now if I was a fan of a successful franchise who has had a franchise QB in place for years(i.e. Patriots, Steelers) I don't think the draft would be all that exciting for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeby Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) The combine is worse by FAR but it's not highly rated so that's out. Same for WNBA someone listed - no hype there to begin with - shoot, they need more love. I vote television golf. The game is fine but how to just watch it for hours with the sleepy whisper commentators? Hell, I even love baseball too. PGA is on the Tele way too much imo. I don't get it. At least nascar has infighting, crashes and loud noises. . .not something I'm sitting hours staring at either though. Most under hyped for the quality of watching is tennis I think. Tons of action, fast paced and often many tense moments all through the match where the final outcome is affected. That game in the first set where your player lost on his service can haunt him hours later as he needs to maybe win a complete extra set over it. And, when McEnroe played there was drama and anger too. Ha. Replace some of the golf with tennis! Cripes - I've been far more engaged in curling on the tv than I ever have golf. :o) Edited April 24, 2018 by sleeby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 17 hours ago, Augie said: How will the NFL draft TV ratings compare to MLB, or even the NBA playoffs? That may help answer the question. I don’t pretend to know, but I suspect. Football is king in this country. It sure is! It always used to be baseball, and whatever #2 was was a mile behind. Not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 hours ago, zonabb said: Yes. And this year in the wet dream symbol of NFL greed and hype.... a massive taxpayer supported stadium. Gross. Guessing the hotels, restaurants, bars and stores near the stadium aren't too sad... What about Mike Tyson fights? So much hype for a few seconds of action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeby Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Fadingpain: "It always used to be baseball, and whatever #2 was was a mile behind" the baby bombers are fun! Even have a 5'7 infielder; altuve is 5'6 and won Am league Nov last year. Very young group. They won 14-1 last night. Houston returns with even better pitching than that which won them the world series last fall and the yankees return even younger and more offensively potent than the offense that got them to game 7 of the alcs last fall. Then there's the red sox who are winning every game; bastards. football may be king but baseball is still great; for those that like that sort of thing. Edited April 24, 2018 by sleeby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The NFL draft is my favorite sporting event of the year. I liked the old format more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Heitz said: Guessing the hotels, restaurants, bars and stores near the stadium aren't too sad... What about Mike Tyson fights? So much hype for a few seconds of action! That’s funny! My next door neighbor used to pay for the Tyson fights. We’d sit around for hours eating, drinking and watching everything waiting for the main event! Then, 12 seconds later, we all walked home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yes it is. How many hours of coverage with dead time and blabbering by talking heads. Run the draft during the day Thursday and Friday and each night run a recap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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