A friendly reminder: DONT TIP PICKS

[Simon]

Just now, strive_for_five_guy said:

Are picks known before that?

 

I think sometimes people have other feeds that put them ahead of everybody else.

[gonzo1105]

1 minute ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Are picks known before that?

Yes actually. The actual drafting of players happens sometimes a pick or two before to commissioner announced the pick on the tv tape 

[Alphadawg7]

5 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Are picks known before that?

 

Yeah, TV Broadcast always has a slight delay, so people see picks going out on social media and stuff prior to the broadcast and then tip them as a spoiler a lot in threads or shout box especially.

 

Its a lot more fun for people to watch the pick unfold and suspense build on the broadcast than just randomly see some shoutbox post of a name.   

[Chandler#81]

53 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

....and every year 2-3 posters move to the "ignore" list.

My list is. 4 pages long 🤷‍♂️

[chongli]

17 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

Yes actually. The actual drafting of players happens sometimes a pick or two before to commissioner announced the pick on the tv tape 

 

Why does he take so long to announce them? A first-round pick is at least five minutes. Too much going on involving him behind the scenes?

Edited 7 hours ago by chongli

[GunnerBill]

29 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Cam Ward to Titans, just saw him on the phone

 

Mods! BAN HIM!

18 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

I think sometimes people have other feeds that put them ahead of everybody else.

 

I don't even think it is tv feeds it is certain twitter accounts - DraftDiamonds is one - who have access to the same league wire as the teams and fair enough them tweeting it, I have no issue with that. I do have issue with those of us who stay off twitter for exactly that reason then being subjected to it by idiots who just take joy in ruining it. 

[DrDawkinstein]

5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Mods! BAN HIM!

 

I don't even think it is tv feeds it is certain twitter accounts - DraftDiamonds is one - who have access to the same league wire as the teams and fair enough them tweeting it, I have no issue with that. I do have issue with those of us who stay off twitter for exactly that reason then being subjected to it by idiots who just take joy in ruining it. 

 

I survived the 2020 offseason, there is no getting rid of me now.

[Simon]

5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

I don't even think it is tv feeds it is certain twitter accounts - DraftDiamonds is one - who have access to the same league wire as the teams and fair enough them tweeting it, I have no issue with that.

 

Yeah, I was using "feeds" in the most inclusive manner in which it could possibly be interpreted so that I didn't have to type more than one sentence. 

 

[GunnerBill]

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I survived the 2020 offseason, there is no getting rid of me now.

 

We lost a few good men that year for one reason or another. 

[Logic]

Can someone give this message to Adam Schefter?

Last year he kept making "educated guesses" right before each team picked that were very obviously him just telling you who it was about to be without actually telling you. 

Most glaringly, when the Falcons were about to pick, he said something to the effect of "could this surprise everyone and be a quarterback? They've done lots of work on Michael Penix in recent days", and then of course it was. Spoiled what should have been the most fun, shocking moment of the draft.

God I hope he doesn't do that again this year. If I even see him come on my TV screen, I'm muting it immediately.

[Simon]

10 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I survived the 2020 offseason, there is no getting rid of me now.

 

<creeps up on Dawk with a shillelagh and a large net>

 

 

[The Firebaugh Kid]

I have a friend that comes over to watch the bills with us and he will be checking game updates on his phone sometimes and start grinning like an idiot when the bills are driving. He tips everything off and it’s incredibly annoying to the point where we don’t let him have his phone anymore lol. 
Please don’t be that guy. 

[Starr Almighty]

Well this sucks I snuck into the Bills war room just so I could post 1st. I was a nice beat out Twitter. Guess I'll just sit under this desk and not post. Just know I knew 1st.

 

Enjoy the draft and hopefully it goes well for us. 

 

And I agree don't ruin it for others, there's no fun nor joy in that

[Captain Hindsight]

11 minutes ago, Logic said:

Can someone give this message to Adam Schefter?

Last year he kept making "educated guesses" right before each team picked that were very obviously him just telling you who it was about to be without actually telling you. 

Most glaringly, when the Falcons were about to pick, he said something to the effect of "could this surprise everyone and be a quarterback? They've done lots of work on Michael Penix in recent days", and then of course it was. Spoiled what should have been the most fun, shocking moment of the draft.

God I hope he doesn't do that again this year. If I even see him come on my TV screen, I'm muting it immediately.

Schefter sucks. One of the most punchable faces on TV

[sunshynman]

2 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Schefter sucks. One of the most punchable faces on TV

At least we know there’s no way you’re leaking anything! 

[Albany,n.y.]

5 minutes ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

I have a friend that comes over to watch the bills with us and he will be checking game updates on his phone sometimes and start grinning like an idiot when the bills are driving. He tips everything off and it’s incredibly annoying to the point where we don’t let him have his phone anymore lol. 
Please don’t be that guy. 

Years ago, before I found a place where I can have my own TV with sound on, I used to go to satellite bars & listen on the radio which was ahead of the TV.  Sometimes I couldn't help myself & started cheering and telling my friends "wait until you see this".  Sometimes I'm on the phone with Petrino & one of us has an earlier home broadcast feed (usually him because he gets the NYC channel). I don't mind being told ahead of time, because I don't have a suspense gene.  I prefer to know ASAP & I even will go on the internet when I'm home watching a movie to find out how it ends.  You can't spoil anything for me.   

[sven233]

The biggest problem with all of this is that the TV broadcast doesn't take much time at all to get 3-5 picks behind.  So, you say don't tip picks......that's fine if it were the difference of a minute or so but sometimes they are so far behind that tipping picks could mean 10 minutes after a pick is made.  I'm sorry, but if the Bills make a pick, there are going to be those of us that want to just talk about it right away and not have to wait 5-10 minutes for the TV broadcast to catch up. 

 

Tipping picks is subjective.  When a pick is made, there is no reason it can't be made public.  Like I said, I get it if it was constantly 30 seconds early, but it make no sense to wait several minutes after a pick is known to say what it is on here.

 

So, how can we satisfy everyone?  Can we have a thread that talks about the picks in real time and another that talks about the picks in broadcast time?  That would make the most sense.

Edited 6 hours ago by sven233

[gonzo1105]

2 minutes ago, sven233 said:

The biggest problem with all of this is that the TV broadcast doesn't take much time at all to get 3-5 picks behind.  So, you say don't tip picks......that's fine if it were the difference of a minute or so but sometimes they are so far behind that tipping picks could mean 10 minutes after a pick is made.  I'm sorry, but if the Bills make a pick, there are going to be those of us that want to just talk about it right away and not have to wait 5-10 minutes for the TV broadcast to catch up. 

 

Tipping picks is subjective.  When a pick is made, there is no reason it can't be made public.  Like I said, I get it if it was constantly 30 seconds early, but it make no sense to wait several minutes after a pick is known to say what it is on here.

Just wait till the commish announces it it’s not hard to do. 

[Simon]

1 minute ago, sven233 said:

 I'm sorry, but if the Bills make a pick, there are going to be those of us that want to just talk about it right away and not have to wait 5-10 minutes for the TV broadcast to catch up. 

 

When a pick is made, there is no reason it can't be made public.  

 

Then discuss it somewhere else please.

I have zero desire to toss people for it, but if that is what the community prefers (which it clearly always has) then that is what will be done.

[YoloinOhio]

18 minutes ago, Logic said:

Can someone give this message to Adam Schefter?

Last year he kept making "educated guesses" right before each team picked that were very obviously him just telling you who it was about to be without actually telling you. 

Most glaringly, when the Falcons were about to pick, he said something to the effect of "could this surprise everyone and be a quarterback? They've done lots of work on Michael Penix in recent days", and then of course it was. Spoiled what should have been the most fun, shocking moment of the draft.

God I hope he doesn't do that again this year. If I even see him come on my TV screen, I'm muting it immediately.

He was on our local station for his weekly gig and said he will not be doing that this year. I don’t believe him. The only way it doesn’t happen is if he’s scrambling to attach their medical records and it slows him down