Draft Crap

[Stout]

This will likely be my last year watching the draft. They've absolutely destroyed the coverage by refusing to announce picks. It's so bad, the on-air talent on NFL Network were making jokes about it. 5 minutes per pick, right? Well, we're 25 minutes in, and only 2 picks have been announced. There's one trade in there, but at most, that puts us at 15 minutes. Aaaaaand...we're in a commercial.

Yeah, this is awful.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Agree. They need to speed this up

 

[Stout]

Aaand...we trade up and they go to commercial. Yeah, eff this.

 

[MrYeahBut]

This is slower than changing pitchers 3 times in one inning.

 

[CtCardinals78]

Yeah it's awful. I remember I used to watch all day Saturday and half of Sunday back when it used to be on the weekend. Now I just watch Thursday night if that. I was hoping the Cards would trade up tonight so I could turn it off and go back to baseball and the NHL playoffs.

 

[Stout]

Your wish has been granted

 

[Mitch]

It's Roger Goodell pageantry. Not at all fan friendly. This is why he gets do roundly booed---he's totally out of touch with the fans and what they appreciate about the draft.

 

[WisconsinCard]

I just relax and enjoy the ride. The draft is my second favorite days of the year, opening day of the season being number 1.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Wish they'd go back to Sat and Sun. Thurs/Fri is stupid, IMHO.

 

[Vermont Maverick]

I'll be watching every year. And so will most of you...

 

[Dr. Jones]

God is smiling on Philly this weekend

 

[Dr. Jones]

Wish they'd go back to Sat and Sun. Thurs/Fri is stupid, IMHO.

The NFL ruined Man Weekend at my house.

 

[Dude]

I like it. But as I get older sitting around for hours with any sports thing on is a good time for me.

 

[BigRedRage]

This will likely be my last year watching the draft. They've absolutely destroyed the coverage by refusing to announce picks. It's so bad, the on-air talent on NFL Network were making jokes about it. 5 minutes per pick, right? Well, we're 25 minutes in, and only 2 picks have been announced. There's one trade in there, but at most, that puts us at 15 minutes. Aaaaaand...we're in a commercial.

Yeah, this is awful.

I'm just listening to radio

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[SissyBoyFloyd]

This will likely be my last year watching the draft. They've absolutely destroyed the coverage by refusing to announce picks. It's so bad, the on-air talent on NFL Network were making jokes about it. 5 minutes per pick, right? Well, we're 25 minutes in, and only 2 picks have been announced. There's one trade in there, but at most, that puts us at 15 minutes. Aaaaaand...we're in a commercial.

Yeah, this is awful.

Surely you have heard of multi-tasking. I only turn to the TV when a pick is about to be announced.

 

[CardLogic]

I agree with Stout. At one point the broadcast was about 5-6 picks behind the actual selection. Dog and pony show! It blows!

 

[JerkFace]

I decided to watch the day two coverage on NFL.com. I had never heard of the on air talent and they were pretty mediocre but they showed the announcement of every single draft pick.

 

[Stout]

I decided to watch the day two coverage on NFL.com. I had never heard of the on air talent and they were pretty mediocre but they showed the announcement of every single draft pick.

Right, but the NFL wasn't allowing them to announce the picks when they were in. The announcements were all 15, 20, 25 minutes behind.

 

[MrYeahBut]

Paraphrase Mayock...

Can this really be good TV? Next time they go to a zoo for a pick I'm walking off the set.

 

[JeffGollin]

It's Roger Goodell pageantry. Not at all fan friendly. This is why he gets do roundly booed---he's totally out of touch with the fans and what they appreciate about the draft.

I get that Goodell wants to expand the market wider than the hard core, but he does so at the risk of losing hard core fans.

One remedy - If ESPN remains solvent and continues to cover the entire 3 days - make one of the 2 football channels cover the red carpet entertainment stuff and the other channel the meat and potatos. To have both nets basically duplicate one another is just plain nuts.

 

[Stout]

Paraphrase Mayock...

Can this really be good TV? Next time they go to a zoo for a pick I'm walking off the set.

He's spot on.

 

[BigRedRage]

today im watching a draft tracker, twitter and ASFN. Screw watching on TV.

 

[Mainstreet]

I can see the NFL draft going to a pay channel with no interruptions for diehard fans. The TV fluff is causing me to tune out. It is just background noise.

 

[THESMEL]

I didn't expect much - so Im Ok with it - kind of like marrying an ugly woman, when she leaves - you ain't out much!

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Even last night sucked... When they were announcing our 1rst round pick, they were still yacking, and hadn't even zoomed in yet.

The whole format has been a train wreck.


The pick is in...... Then go run 8 commercials????