The NFL draft is quickly approaching, which means that it’s Mel Kiper’s time to shine. But as we’ve seen with bracketologist Joe Lunardi, ESPN’s seasonal analysts (you know, the guys who are featured heavily for one month, then disappear for the other eleven?) often stir up the strongest feelings.
Such is the case with Kiper. Recently, Channing Crowder, who was selected in the third round by the Miami Dolphins in 2005, blamed Kiper for his reckless spending as a kid coming out of college. You see, Kiper originally had him rated as a first-rounder, so Crowder spent like one before the draft.
But apparently, Crowder stopped watching ESPN immediately after that, because Kiper soon had his stock slipping. Sure enough, Crowder was drafted in the third round, and he owed the bank some money.
But perhaps the best Kiper-related blowup though was in 1994, when then Colts GM Bill Tobin had some choice words for ESPN’s draft guru. Come for Tobin’s rant against Kiper, stay for a mustachioed Keith Olbermann saying Tobin should “get a life.“
This is why I don't like the draft because of nimrods like Mel Kiper and Todd Mcshay because we think people are experts yet in reality no one has a clue on how good a college athlete will transfer into playing NFL football. No draft experts regardless of the sport have any specific Idea on how an athlete will preform at the next level but I guess like anything else its good drama and good TV, and with Lockout continuing to Loom over are head ESPN and Fox Sports will do whatever they can to squeeze this drama out because their is a chance that their will be no games on Sunday. Below is a the video to enhance the article above
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