On Thursday, April 30th, 2015, the NFL Draft will actually happen. With all the hype, it’s difficult to believe, I know. But mercifully, the NFL Draft is almost here.
Mock drafts have been popping up like pimples on a teenager. Draft “experts” from Mel Kiper Jr. to yours truly have been debating every minutia of each college player. Any slight detail which might indicate what direction a team is leaning towards gets blown up into a breaking news story. Even the players themselves are getting in on it.
But for a moment, let’s all take a collective breath and remember one thing: these are kids.