Draft coverage was TERRIBLE

[Swarly]

Look you assholes, when you show the player on the phone it ruins the suspense of the pick. Let them announce the pick and then show their reaction. Dammit that really pissed me off last night.

[KillerKat]

they had sam bradford's name up before goodell even announced it lol

[Kurb]

Steve Young grates muh nerves like no one else.

I can't fuging stand him.

[carpanfan96]

The first 6-7 picks were pretty much expected and nothing in the top 9 was really a surprise for the most part. I didn't really mind the Phones being picked up myself.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Look you assholes, when you show the player on the phone it ruins the suspense of the pick. Let them announce the pick and then show their reaction. Dammit that really pissed me off last night.

They've been doing that for years.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Not to mention ESPN has the "B" coverage and is actually a bit behind NFL Network who has the "A" coverage. That's what they said on the radio today.

[KillerKat]

What was terrible was Berman and the other morons not knowing who was on the clock

[Captroop]

If you are watching the draft for suspense, or any entertainment value at all, then then you are a nearly paralyzed football addict in offseason withdrawals.

I tried to ween myself off the stuff cold turkey, but it was too much. Baseball is basically my Nicotine patch. It holds me over until the season and keeps me from going into sports DTs.

[pstall]

i agree with the players being on the phone for 10 mins or the name is announced then they finally hang up.

prolly gets fixed tonight

[theyhateme45]

If you are watching the draft for suspense, or any entertainment value at all, then then you are a nearly paralyzed football addict in offseason withdrawals.

I tried to ween myself off the stuff cold turkey, but it was too much. Baseball is basically my Nicotine patch. It holds me over until the season and keeps me from going into sports DTs.

Ummm Last night was very entertaining and thrilling... and the Panthers did not even draft. I wouldn't call it withdrawal, because the NFL Draft has always been an exciting event to watch.... For me at-least.

[Future of the Funchise]

I enjoyed it... But I was to hammered to pay attention to the minor details.

[Pumpkin King]

Look you assholes, when you show the player on the phone it ruins the suspense of the pick. Let them announce the pick and then show their reaction. Dammit that really pissed me off last night.

Exactly. And I didn't like when they would talk to Jason La Canfora to get an idea of who was most likely going to get drafted right before the pick. This was for NFLN.

[Darth Biscuit]

Ya, I agree with the OP, took all of the surprise out of it...

Steve Young grates muh nerves like no one else.

I can't f**king stand him.

Me too... he's terrible... get rid of fat guy too... the "host", his name escapes me.

Keep Tom, Kiper and Gruden an it'd be better.

[Captroop]

The draft is fun. But I watch it like the news; very empirically. I will pour over every detail, but I wouldn't say I was on the edge of my seat (except when the Panthers pick). The rest of the time I am just interested to see where teams are building for the future, where the guys I watched in college went, and if anyone I knew from Maryland got drafted.

I wouldn't call that entertainment, interesting, not particularly entertaining or suspenseful.

Though I should say that coming from Sports Journalism I tend to look at these kinds of events with a more discerning eye, I guess it just seems like business to me.