Draft Coverage· Page 3

doddpower
Veteran Member

14 years ago

I agree with Rock.

The draft is one of my favourite "Game Days" of the NFL season, and I do consider it as the 17th game of the season for The Packers and Raiders.

I was blessed to have attended the draft in New York, I was also blessed to be in Pittsburgh at the time of the draft and go to their draft party at the stadium.

The thing that pisses me off about this year is that there is THREE DAYS OF The Draft, and that is going to really take away from a draft party in NFL TEAM VENUES....

I guess the NFL feels it is all about T.V. Ratings now and not the Fan Experience.

"British" wrote:

RP, what's it like being at the draft?

I've always assumed it must be a pretty awful experience. At home you get to see Eisen, Mayock etc chatting away filling the time between picks, you get to hear their reactions at 'reaches' etc. On TV there are also reams of highlight footage of each pick after they're announced. At the draft itself, are you not spending hours watching an empty stage?

As for the thre day thing, it means I now have to take Froday off work and stay up crazy late Thursday and Friday night. But I assume for you guys in the US timezones it gives you a whole extra day to consume even more draft coverage. Personally I prefer the previous set up.

I hear split is likely to benefit teams picking high in round 2 or who have a lot of round 2 picks (Pats).

"RaiderPride" wrote:

If I went I would definitely have radio coverage in my ear most of the time I'm sure. Hell, I have one in during most actual games even. It really helps to know what's going on with player injuries and other interesting news that's hard to know about otherwise.

wpr
Preferred Member

14 years ago

#22

It is better than Christmas.

"tromadz" wrote:

I would usually say this, but I'm not sure about the new setup. I always liked getting up early Saturday and Sunday morning and preparing to watch the NFL draft. Now it runs three days. I'm not sure how that is going to go.

"wpr" wrote:

Nor do I. I was thinking about the prior drafts.

"porky88" wrote:

yeah I JUST found out the new setup and...wtf?!

I love my weekend drafts where I don't leave the house at all and get ass sores from not leaving my seat. I don't like this one bit!

"wpr" wrote:

Just imagine the sores you will have after sitting there for 3 days. :pottytrain1:

Packers_Finland
Registered

14 years ago

#23

One more week. Man, I'm not sure what the exact broadcast times are, but if it's primetime it's likely gonna be very early morning to almost midday. I've already planned ahead and am going to call in sick next Friday.

Can't wait, so pumped up.

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wpr
Preferred Member

14 years ago

#24

"Packers_Finland" wrote:

NFL TV
Thursday 7:30 PM in New York.
Friday 6 pm NYC
Saturday 10 AM NYC

bigfog
Registered

14 years ago

#25

It is better than Christmas.

"porky88" wrote:

"wpr" wrote:

I'd have to agree with you. Draft Weekend was an unofficial holiday in my household, starting with the draft in 2001 to present. Now, it's all messed up. While it'll be kinda neat to have the first round on a Thursday night, the rest of the nights...meh.

It's hard enough waiting between Green Bay's picks, but now they've gone and spaced it out so completely that it's going to feel like an ordeal to get through.

Here's hoping they go back to normal next year (probably not going to happen, but I can hope at least).

"I wouldn't root for the Minnesota Vikings to win a chess match against Nazi Germany."

Rockmolder
Honored Member

14 years ago

#26

How long did the first round take last year, anyway? They can't possibly let this thing go deep into the night over in the US while people have to go to work the next day, right?

I'm hoping that it's no longer than 4 hours.... Since it starts at 1:30, that'd be late enough for me. Lol.

wpr
Preferred Member

14 years ago

#27

"Rockmolder" wrote:

Doesn't it run about 6 hours? 12 minutes a team times 32 teams would be nearly 6 1/2 hours.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

14 years ago

#28

It's 12 minutes? Dang, I thought it was 15. They made lots of changes.

wpr
Preferred Member

14 years ago

#29

It's 12 minutes? Dang, I thought it was 15. They made lots of changes.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:

I thought they dropped it to 12 a year or two ago to "speed" things up.
Teams were ready to draft and just sitting there waiting to see if an offer came in at the last minute.

Packers_Finland
Registered

14 years ago

#30

Ok, so 2:30 AM... pumped up. Will catch a few hours sleep before, and then open up a bag of chips, a couple of beers, some cola, and just relax.

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