The divergence of opinion between the draft as bloviating spectacle and the draft as staffing convention was significant
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Every spring, there are two NFL Drafts. There’s the capital-D Draft, the traveling-roadshow spectacle that’s a whirlwind of mock-draft specialists and jersey-clad fanatics alike. And then there’s the lowercase-d draft, the staffing convention where 32 organizations are looking to make half a dozen strategic entry-level hires.
Early on, the Draft and the draft run on side-by-side, if not entirely parallel, tracks.