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Do you feel a draft?
Published 4/28/2008 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
... interesting. It's important, no doubt, but it's one of the few sports events where the journey (the grueling hour upon hour of picking players) is not as valuable as the destination (the actual picks, who got whom). Other than Mel Kiper rambling about some third-round safety's weaknesses, it's not that interesting. To each his own. As for the Cowboys, it's a mixed bag, I guess. Personally, I'm not that impressed. Yahoo! gave them a B+. So did ESPN. CBS gave them an A. And Fox gave them an A-. Blogging the Boys? B. So, screw ...

Grading an NFL Draft is a Pointless Act
Published 4/28/2008 by Kirkendall at Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts
... Pete Prisco gave the Bengals a "C" because they drafted three guys with "character concerns". Oh boy. Here we go again. Shirley's deal is well documented (we're giving everyone that) and Lewis admits it's a risk. Fine. The other two, we're not so sure about. The biggest folly in all the pre-draft hype is this added dimension -- sadly, it's one man's perspective of what constitutes as "character concerns". Some point out it's simply because a player might lie in an interview. ...

Looking back and looking forward
Published 4/29/2008 by Eddie Griffin at The Red Zone Report
... draft grades, and Pete Prisco’s as well. I did winners, but I didn’t do losers, but that’s it. Besides the draft coverage that I did on The Red Zone Report and on FFToolbox, I had a couple of radio spots last Tuesday, one on Tuesday with an ESPN affiliate in Louisville, then one on Friday with an ESPN affiliate in Las Vegas. It was the first time that I’ve done radio, so naturally there were some nerves, but I think I did well overall. If you caught me on either of those, shoot me an e-mail. On Sunday, I was on Fantasy Sports Group’s NFL Draft webcast for a few segments, ...