Fantasy football owners view draft in a much different fashion (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Fantasy football owners view draft in a much different fashion (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
NFL fans watch the draft and think, “How can this guy help my favorite team?” Fantasy football players watch the draft and think, “How can this guy help MY team.”
Richard Deitsch: Grading ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage (Sports Illustrated)
Let Peter King, Dr. Z and the rest of Football America debate whether the Texans made the correct decision in choosing Mario Williams over Reggie Bush. Grading the NFL Draft announcers is a much easier task because of the immediacy of the performance. So with apologies to the NFL Network (we’ll take care of you in 2007), here’s how ESPN graded out after the first day of the NFL Draft:
Fantasy football, Mariners style (Tacoma News Tribune)
BALTIMORE - There’s nothing like the NFL draft to make baseball players think about how good they’d have been as football players.
NFL draft addiction (San Jose Mercury News)
Thirty-three hours. That’s how much draft coverage will be available this weekend. Wait. Is that just the first round? Every year it happens, and every year we can’t believe it. People forgo everything else in their lives to get their fix on football. Last year, 34 million people tuned in on ESPN. This year, in addition to 17 hours there over two days, the NFL Network adds 16 hours of its own
Eslinger still waiting on NFL’s call (Bismarck Tribune)
It’s going to be a little while longer before Greg Eslinger knows what his next football uniform is going to look like. Eslinger’s name wasn’t called in Saturday’s first three rounds of the NFL draft, leaving his fate still up in the air entering today.
By Nick Bakay NFL.com Couch Correspondent (NFL.com)
Actor/writer/comedian Nick Bakay, whose “Manly House of Football” segments can be seen regularly on NFL Network, will be a major voice on NFL.com throughout the Draft.
De La Salle flexing its muscles for NFL draft (Contra Costa Times)
Those wondering about the kind of football talent produced at De La Salle High School should pay attention to the NFL draft this weekend. De La Salle figures to have at least three former players drafted, and perhaps four. A lot of universities would like to place four players in the NFL draft.
Former Broward stars hoping for a future in the NFL (Miami Herald)
The next few days will determine the future of some of Broward County’s past football standouts. With the NFL Draft set to kick off Saturday at noon, at least four Broward alums figure to hear their name called sometime during the two-day event. Several others, including former St. Thomas Aquinas basketball forward Ed Nelson, could draw some late attention as well.
Former Boilermaker football players selected in NFL Draft (Purdue Exponent)
Four former Boilermaker football players were selected in this weekend’s NFL Draft. Safety Bernard Pollard, tight end Charles Davis and defensive ends Ray Edwards and Rob Ninkovich were all picked up by NFL teams on Saturday and Sunday.