Apr 24 2008
This Week, Everyone Is Mel Kiper Jr.
This weekend is the NFL Draft, the event that makes Premier League owners look at the NFL and think, “Wow, and Americans call our football communist?”
As the week approaches, we’re getting bombarded with scouting reports, pundit predictions and, most importantly, mock drafts. Everyone thinks they know where every player is going, so they put on the Mel Kiper Jr. wig and make their picks as if they a.) were in charge of the place and b.) had any clue what they were doing. Mel Kiper Jr. has turned us all into Mel Kiper Jr. wannabes this week — proof positive that manufacturing your job out of thin air makes you a big fat genius. (One day, we will all recognize the genius of John Ratzenberger.)
Of course, I’m not immune to the prediction game myself. I participated in not one, but two mock drafts this year — one at NFL FanHouse (natch!) and one at NBC Sports. If you’re not sick to death of this overhyped media orgy yet, go check ‘em out.
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If we3 all be real mel kiper isnt right hardly ever for one instance, Maurice Jones Drew, Good Ol Mel ranked him undrafted and whaddaya no hes a house hold name. and in a recent issue of ESPN they pit all of the top 40 times vs actual yards per season and it really doesnt matter as long as the back is quick agile and can carry