The NFL has ruined the draft (1 Viewer)

[SystemShock]

Now they mildly may call a pick a reach. Mel used to scream at GMs. That was entertainment.

For some, in a Housewives of _________, I guess.

 

[SaintsJunkie]

I agree. It also used to be free to attend. I was going to go to this one but over $500 a seat for just a reg seat seemed high. Especially for a large group

 

[NOLAJM504]

Same, I really don't care about the NFL turning it into a spectacle. Gotta adjust with the times.

I do think Night 1 is way too long. The NFL won't care because of ad revenue but the draft ending past 12am eastern time is kind of ludicrous. They should cut the time each team has to pick on Night 1 to seven minutes. That saves about an hour of time right there.

I wouldn't say you have to. If everyone else around me is being a certain way, I'm going to be the way I should be. Monkey see, monkey do makes the world worse. When you have the superior product and everyone else is leaning into SJW messaging, all you have to do is hold serve.

 

[stadanko]

yes, we all knew what the subtext was - you didn't have to say it out loud

Yes, that evil subtext of "talk about football during a football event". The nerve.

 

[Xeno]

Praising or complaining about the NFL draft coverage immediately makes me think of the Bill Burr joke about people who were up in arms over Michael Sam kissing his partner on camera: "What sort of loser is sitting there, watching the 7th round of the NFL draft on television?" So true.

Stop making me agree with Bill Burr!

 

[James Spader]

ESPN being owned by Disney along with the NFL’s money grabbing and hollow “we care” messages have ruined the draft.

This garbage is unwatchable. Stupid gimmicks like the fan chair, a never ending parade of guest pickers and the worst, a damn PSA before every pick.

So bad.

The analysis to PSA ratio is about the same as WWL commercials to sports talk.

Not to mention the watered down analysis that’s afraid to offend.

Now they mildly may call a pick a reach. Mel used to scream at GMs. That was entertainment.

Instead of marketing to football fans it’s now geared for old ladies.

“Oh look how funny there’s a fan in a chair (for some inexplicable reason) wearing Vikings horns!” Hilarious.

This is more like a sheetty telethon than a draft broadcast. Waiting for the golden girls to do a tap dance routine to kick off today’s picks.

My man, the NFL has ruined the NFL.

 

[DerrickB]

I doesn't bother me one bit. I just don't like the time being spent between the picks.

 

[JackDiesel]

That was the cringiest draft yet. I don't know what was worse, the fans that awkwardly sat in the chair during the pick or the vaccinated fans wearing masks in paddocks. At least they got the Kings of Leon took a break from playing birthday parties to open.

The NFL is pandering to the wrong crowd, if the academy awards couldn't get them to tune in I don't know why the NFL thinks they'll watch the draft.

 

[tgrbmk83]

You sound pleasant.

You sound pleasant.

Or maybe someone who’s just honest. Just can’t stand people who speak their mind can you?

 

[Consigliere]

I agree with the OP. Who are all these "fans" pretending to be overjoyed to shake hands with Goodell?

I know what I'd do in his chair.

 

[secretsatan]

I agree, it’s unwatchable with the people in the chair type stuff, extremely cheesy.

Personally, and with no intention of getting into the pandemic debate, I think that 32 different people sitting in the same gross chair is a little misguided. I can only imagine how many different farts that cushion absorbed on Thursday night.

 

[UFCSaint]

ESPN being owned by Disney along with the NFL’s money grabbing and hollow “we care” messages have ruined the draft.

This garbage is unwatchable. Stupid gimmicks like the fan chair, a never ending parade of guest pickers and the worst, a damn PSA before every pick.

So bad.

The analysis to PSA ratio is about the same as WWL commercials to sports talk.

Not to mention the watered down analysis that’s afraid to offend.

Now they mildly may call a pick a reach. Mel used to scream at GMs. That was entertainment.

Instead of marketing to football fans it’s now geared for old ladies.

“Oh look how funny there’s a fan in a chair (for some inexplicable reason) wearing Vikings horns!” Hilarious.

This is more like a sheetty telethon than a draft broadcast. Waiting for the golden girls to do a tap dance routine to kick off today’s picks.

Fify

"The NFL has ruined the NFL"

 

[AmericanHeroJameis]

Move the draft up 2 weeks earlier

 

[football]

Move the draft up 2 weeks earlier

I stress this a million time. I hate having the draft at the end of April. After the first wave of free agency in mid March, there is a full month and a half of drafts coverage and mock that's gets a little annoying.

 

[Zztop]

I agree. It also used to be free to attend. I was going to go to this one but over $500 a seat for just a reg seat seemed high. Especially for a large group

Imagine paying $500 just to boo Goodell