As a boy, Mike Maccagnan couldn't get enough of it.
The NFL Draft has always fascinated him. And even now, at age 48, he can't put his finger on why.
It likely was a combination of several things: the exorbitant amount of information that needed quantifying, the challenge of wading through it all, the inherent risk of making the wrong decision.
The Jets' first-year general manager likens his job to a portfolio manager or a stock market investor. Maccagnan, whose father was an educator, is enthralled by details. And his need to understand and analyze things at every level borders on excessive.