Anyone who follows the NFL and the NFL draft knew that Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were going to the Indianapolis Colts with the 1st overall pick and the Washington Red Skins with the 2nd, respectively. However, when Cleveland traded up to Minnesota's 3rd overall pick (for their 4th overall pick, plus a 4th, 5th, and 7th round pick... and Cleveland fans wonder why their team hasn't been relevant), Trent Richardson was an early surprise. While watching it, I found that all I could do was compare him to one of The Lord of the Rings' fighting Uruk Hai, probably mostly because of the dread locks.
Teams were picking fairly fast, as far as the NFL draft goes. The eleventh round brought the next best bit of entertainment when the Kansas City Chiefs has their pick in and on ESPN, Mel Kiper Jr, Jon Gruden, and Rick Berman were the commentators. They were speculating that Dontari Poe was about to be selected but the pick was in so soon they used all they're comments up and then had nothing much to say. Leave it to Berman to point out that Dontari Poe and Edgar Allan Poe have the same last name and everyone reading Edgar Allen Poe's collection of short stories was causing the delay for the announcement. Well, I guess no one ever confirmed out denied this fact... Once Dontari Poe's name was announced, Berman was converting his fellow commentators stating that Edgar Allan Poe wrote "a lot of good (stories), you know". He even managed to pull out a quote, but I'm not familiar enough to recognize the exact source.
I point this bit knowing full well it is challenging to have something ready for just about every player about to be drafted as well as the fact that the first round telecast aired for just over 3 hours. Berman is one of favorite characters of sports but that's exactly what he is, a character.
Notre Dame being my favorite college football team, it was fun to see Michael Floyd get picked 13th overall by the Arizona Cardinals. He was amazing to watch at Notre Dame and with one of the best receiving in the league, Larry Fitzgerald, around to mentor and help the young man in his transition into the NFL. It'll be interesting to see how he handles it next year. Lets just hope he can manage to keep his drinking separate from riding behind the wheel of a moving car.
The last thing I want to touch on is my NFL team's pick. The Superbowl Champion New York Giants,I've been a fan since I was young, not just latching to a current winning team. I rooted for them when the Giants played the Eagles in 2010 when the Eagles scored 4 unanswered TDs in the last 7.5 minutes of play ending with the heart wrenching Matt Dodge punt to Asante Samuels (This is incorrect. It was DeSean Jackson who returned the punt. I'm very ashamed I made such a blunt error. Just a lesson to remember that when I write a blog at 11pm that I should ensure to edit and proof-read more thoroughly, probably waiting until the next day. Thanks to my brother Kevin for pointing this out to me) who returned it for a TD in the final seconds and single handedly caused the Giants to miss the plays-offs for the 2010 season that allowed the Green Bay Packers to take the wildcard spot and eventually win the Superbowl (I'm not bitter or anything though). The Giants chose David Wilson, running-back from West Virginia. During this off-season, the Giants cut RB Brandon Jacobs, who was a hard hitting truck when he was at his best. Wilson is more quick footed much like the current starting RB at NY, Ahmad Bradshaw. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I loved Jacobs when he would run over people and it was a great one-two punch combo with a quick Bradshaw. Guess nothing but time will tell and with 2 Superbowl wins in 5 years, I can't complain at all, not until the next season starts.
so happy you started a blog!
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