Let’s take half a step back and think, just for a second, about how absurd the NFL Draft hype really is. We’ll spend three days watching guys walk across a stage, and another two months in each direction pondering What It All Means. There’s not even any actual football here, and there won’t be for another four months! Friends, we are watching a splashy, flashy job fair! That’s it!
Now, let’s take a full step forward and plunge right back into the glorious spectacle of the NFL Draft. Because despite the fact that the only contact we’ll see is when a massive lineman strides onstage and hoists Roger Goodell like a puppy, the draft is a magnetic event.