The NFL draft has come and gone and the one thing that I am constantly remind of is that the "experts" suck at what they do and I'm sick of listening to 30 different guys give there take on the draft.
It is without question and inexact science. Many concerns come into question when drafting yet many cannot be answered or quantified. How is a kid going to react to making millions of dollars? Are there talents in the right system? How mature are they? Are they smart? Do they understand it is now a business? Like any job some people maybe great at interviewing and may not perform at the expected level. As well you may have someone who doesn't interview well yet exceeds expectation.
Coming out of the draft all the "experts" sit here and mock the Raiders for their picks. Certainly on the surface they are laughable but isn't giving Stafford $41 mil guaranteed laughable? Which reminds me, can someone start a reality show with Stafford? I want to see how dude goes about spending $41 mil. To his first car, girlfriend, posse, late night in Detroit...come on man, please. This first thing I go out and buy is a sexy ass girlfriend....big butts need only apply. I take her to a car dealership and she can watch me spend a Ka-trillion dollars on some ridiculous car...it would be awesome. Back to reality.
If you are an "expert" why do you only get about 10% of your picks correct? Why didn't you have Tom Brady rated as one of your top QBs? Why didn't anybody draft Kurt Warner? The answer is that nobody has an exact formula on how draft picks are going to pan out.
How many people had Tim Couch, Joey Harrington, Ryan Leaf, Lawrence Philips, Heath Shuler, Charles Rogers rated as top guys? They all did.
It's not laughable the amount of air time ESPN and other networks give to the draft but what is laughable are "expert" opinions.
Monday, April 27, 2009
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