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Mocking the draft
Endlessly moving pieces create mock draft clutter
I knew it. If I put together a mock draft for the upcoming NFL draft, I definitely would have put the Carolina Panthers taking David Veikune, the defensive end from Hawaii
at the 59th pick... in the second round.
That's exactly who Wes Bunting of the National Football Post (NFP) has penciled in (at least I hope he is using pencil) in his fifth mock draft of the year. You read that correctly - fifth. I'm pretty sure that woke Mel Kiper Jr. up in his film room chair.
NFP began this draft mockery back on January 15. There were subsequent updates after the Senior Bowl, the combine, and now, less than a week into the free agency period. And as you can see he doesn't stop in the first round like most so-called "draft analysts," he goes through the first two rounds.
Don't get me wrong, I eat up this draft stuff as much as the next person. But you still have to ask yourself this, "Really? Do we really need these many mock drafts?"
Bunting himself leads his latest draft with this defeatist attitude: "With the NFL in the middle of free agency, team needs are literally changing by the hour, which makes draft projections especially difficult at this time. Here is the National Football Post's fifth mock draft of the season."
So many variables, and players, change throughout this process that it seems all but ridiculous to invest anything in to any of these mock-ups. Remember when Andre Smith was going to be a top five pick? Remember when K.C. was going to consider taking a quarterback with the third overall pick? Remember when Seattle was going to take Crabtree off the board at #4?
I suppose you have to consider all of the fans, like myself, who are stuck in fan limbo - between football and baseball season. These fans don't have anything better to do with their sports livelihood than to peruse sports sites and blogs in hopes up finding the latest nugget providing some sort of insight of their team's draft prognostications and possibilities.
That's exactly who Wes Bunting of the National Football Post (NFP) has penciled in (at least I hope he is using pencil) in his fifth mock draft of the year. You read that correctly - fifth. I'm pretty sure that woke Mel Kiper Jr. up in his film room chair.
NFP began this draft mockery back on January 15. There were subsequent updates after the Senior Bowl, the combine, and now, less than a week into the free agency period. And as you can see he doesn't stop in the first round like most so-called "draft analysts," he goes through the first two rounds.
Don't get me wrong, I eat up this draft stuff as much as the next person. But you still have to ask yourself this, "Really? Do we really need these many mock drafts?"
Bunting himself leads his latest draft with this defeatist attitude: "With the NFL in the middle of free agency, team needs are literally changing by the hour, which makes draft projections especially difficult at this time. Here is the National Football Post's fifth mock draft of the season."
So many variables, and players, change throughout this process that it seems all but ridiculous to invest anything in to any of these mock-ups. Remember when Andre Smith was going to be a top five pick? Remember when K.C. was going to consider taking a quarterback with the third overall pick? Remember when Seattle was going to take Crabtree off the board at #4?
I suppose you have to consider all of the fans, like myself, who are stuck in fan limbo - between football and baseball season. These fans don't have anything better to do with their sports livelihood than to peruse sports sites and blogs in hopes up finding the latest nugget providing some sort of insight of their team's draft prognostications and possibilities.
And what's the simplest way to provide those quick tidbits? Oh, put a mock in it.
So, where you do put mock drafts on your big board? Do you read every one in hopes of formulating an actual possibility? Is it useless fodder? Do "draft analysts" not have enough to do?
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