McShay and Kiper make a mockery out of the mock draft process. |
NFL Draft week is upon us, and as we inch closer and closer to 8 PM on Thursday, the mock drafts get more "accurate," the coverage more in-depth and the feud between Todd McShay and Mel Kiper reaches a boiling point.
I love to watch the NFL Draft. I love the emotions on the kids faces as their dreams come true. I love the surprise trades and picks that make Chris Berman and co. go "whoa." But let's get serious for a second. The mock draft is an absolute...mockery... of the actual draft. It gets even worse when ESPN turns Todd McShay and Mel Kiper loose side-by-side. The two slave over the draft from the time the college season ends all the way up until that primetime slot on Thursday. By the time people start caring about the draft, let's say a week or so before, these two are wired to the max, probably losing their minds off of red bull, adderall and Andrew Luck/RGIII. Both of them have mocked at least 10 drafts of the first round and 5 of the entire draft. Kiper does it from his mom's basement, while at least McShay is in studio. But neither situations make it right for what they do next.
ESPN always once or twice puts these two analysts(more like clowns) on-air together to debate over whether Andrew Luck is better than RG III or who the best defensive player. At first it is always civil between these two, but then they end up spending the next few minutes just yelling and trying to talk over each other. Kiper always has this scowl on his face like he wants to knock McShay out and McShay always has this surprised look like he's about to say, "Come at me bro! See me in the streets!" The Sportscenter anchor always has to step in and eventually shut the circus down because neither has said anything decipherable at all. Jokes aside, watching these two individuals bicker at each other is some of the most unprofessional analysis I've ever seen. Both just want to flex their draft knowledge at each other and couldn't care less about doing their job.
This is a major reason why I don't waste my time listening to ESPN's pre-draft coverage or spending any quality time on the mock drafts. Just because Mel Kiper has been doing this since 1984 doesn't make him any more superior that McShay and just because McShay does his work in studio and Kiper does it from his mother's basement doesn't give the young McShay superiority either. I get that they have to cover the draft, because people do really care about it. Trying to mock a draft is one of the most sensitive things in sports. If one pick goes wrong, an entire mock draft can fall out of sync. That's when I click on a "Kiper's Mock Draft 4.0" I read it, take notice and then say "I'll believe it when I see it," and move on with my life.
So as you watch Sportscenter this week and see these two jokers go at it, hopefully you can laugh, because I'm going to just turn it off.
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