stuvian Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Dez Bryant feels your pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 5 hours ago, stevewin said: They should apologize to the fans too for the relentless tragedy porn throughout their coverage I was legitimately wondering if this was the most personally tragic draft class? They treated every draft pick as a human interest story. Now to be fair they do this every year as each draft has some legitimately interesting human interest stories. BUT man was it laid on super thick this year for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, billsfan89 said: I was legitimately wondering if this was the most personally tragic draft class? They treated every draft pick as a human interest story. Now to be fair they do this every year as each draft has some legitimately interesting human interest stories. BUT man was it laid on super thick this year for some reason. More than anything it was because they had so much extra time to fill with this draft. They couldn’t do the obligatory fan shots and show all of the huge groups Of fans gathered together for the draft. They tried a few Suzy interviews, but they were awkward. They didn’t have the 3-4 minutes of the players celebrating back stage and then getting a hat and hugging Roger. They literally were filling time and the easiest way to do that is to humanize the people with backstory - usually tragic. They didn’t even have nice shots of pro-days or other recent interviews to go to. They had to fill time with research and that is what you get. I actually enjoyed the draft and wished they had focused a bit more on the coaches and GMs and their families also. It made the process seem so much more normal rather than the over the top production of the last few years. I love the look into the homes you got and wish they would do this every year. The picture of the dog sitting in Belichek’s seat was priceless and will be a lasting image of this draft for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said: More than anything it was because they had so much extra time to fill with this draft. They couldn’t do the obligatory fan shots and show all of the huge groups Of fans gathered together for the draft. They tried a few Suzy interviews, but they were awkward. They didn’t have the 3-4 minutes of the players celebrating back stage and then getting a hat and hugging Roger. They literally were filling time and the easiest way to do that is to humanize the people with backstory - usually tragic. They didn’t even have nice shots of pro-days or other recent interviews to go to. They had to fill time with research and that is what you get. I actually enjoyed the draft and wished they had focused a bit more on the coaches and GMs and their families also. It made the process seem so much more normal rather than the over the top production of the last few years. I love the look into the homes you got and wish they would do this every year. The picture of the dog sitting in Belichek’s seat was priceless and will be a lasting image of this draft for years to come. That does make sense they did have a lot of time to fill. I agree that they could have filled it better as you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Man Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I gave up on the ESPN coverage by halfway through the 1st round. The Bleacher Report coverage with Miller, Lefkoe and Rodgers was far better with much more analysis, especially on days 2 and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 4 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: Don't you guys know the NFL Draft is part of a larger reality show called "Overcoming Adversity?" How about that kid who had to walk over dead bodies on his way to school? That's adversity? I thought that was just normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Did the nfl apologize for having Titans gm kid taking a dump... https://fansided.com/2020/04/23/someone-taking-dump-mike-vrabels-house-2020-nfl-draft-questions/ Edited April 27, 2020 by djp14150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 8 hours ago, DJB said: Higgins took the high road with it which was really nice to see Here is his tweet ...the kid is hardly alone coming from a difficult background.....the rewarding thing to me is when they recognize this and their first move with new found riches is to buy Mom a new car or house........pretty damn impressive to me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerdMentality Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 8 hours ago, JoeF said: But not as much as the end of "Old Yeller".... 8 hours ago, Gugny said: I have honestly never seen that movie. No one spoil it for him... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, HerdMentality said: No one spoil it for him... ? I should have watched it before I was a dog owner. My Chloe has been gone 9 months and I still bawl at least once/month because I miss her so much. I'm not subjecting myself to this now! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 ESPN should apologize for still existing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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