Mario-Rijo
04-22-2010, 02:48 AM
That headline grab ya? Came across this piece which I found completely wonderful as a draftnik. Just goes to show that ultimately the teams aren't much better evaluators than we are, enjoy. Try imagining Mike Brown, Marvin and the Blackburns cat fighting in the war room over the next 3 days as we watch.
ESPN Link (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/news/story?id=5115152)
You have terrible taste in prospects
In the NFL war room, myths, manipulation and misgivings are the order of the day
By Seth Wickersham
ESPN The Magazine
Archive
Draft War Room Politics play a huge role in NFL draft war rooms.
This article appears in the April 19 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
Imagine: You're a draft prospect, trying to improve your stock. You've spent months marching through the assembly-line evaluation process: sprinting and jumping through all the silly formalities; grinning in the face of endless nitpicking; fielding questions teams have lobbed at you, such as "When was the last time you failed a drug test?" It's a pain, this stuff, but you gut through it in the hope of seeing a payoff come April, when teams stack their draft boards. Only then will all the dedication, sweat and science -- the stuff NFL bigwigs claim to use to evaluate players -- validate your efforts.
Or so you think. Problem is, that's not the way the draft works....
ESPN Link (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft10/news/story?id=5115152)
You have terrible taste in prospects
In the NFL war room, myths, manipulation and misgivings are the order of the day
By Seth Wickersham
ESPN The Magazine
Archive
Draft War Room Politics play a huge role in NFL draft war rooms.
This article appears in the April 19 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
Imagine: You're a draft prospect, trying to improve your stock. You've spent months marching through the assembly-line evaluation process: sprinting and jumping through all the silly formalities; grinning in the face of endless nitpicking; fielding questions teams have lobbed at you, such as "When was the last time you failed a drug test?" It's a pain, this stuff, but you gut through it in the hope of seeing a payoff come April, when teams stack their draft boards. Only then will all the dedication, sweat and science -- the stuff NFL bigwigs claim to use to evaluate players -- validate your efforts.
Or so you think. Problem is, that's not the way the draft works....