Day Before the Draft

It's the day before the NFL draft. The league has turned it into a made for television spectacle by putting it in prime time over the course of three days. It's really not a bad idea since the ratings are very good. The production is top rate. Since the NFL Network came aboard, there is good balance between them and ESPN with their coverages.

I have been reading up on draft reports. Every year I have the same feeling. As much as I know about the NFL, I have a real weakness on college football. I follow teams and bowl games, but when the draft talk starts, I have a limited knowledge of the top players.

I enjoy watching the NFL Scouting Combine on the NFL Network and pick up some of my information there, but there are just too many players to follow. I just read some analysis of receivers in the Boston Globe. They list 22 wide receivers and 15 tight ends. My familiarity with them is quite limited.

I have seen some names thrown around on who the Pats will draft. It sounds like they will go with a defensive lineman in the first round, assuming they don't trade their pick. It also appears that a tight end is in order as well as outside linebacker. It does take much brain power to figure that out, but who knows what will happen.