Comments on: Not everyone got the memo about not tipping picks

By: cobrala2

cobrala2 — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:58:48 +0000

Guys, if you were Roger Goodell’s urologist LIKE I AM you would all understand the frequent delays between picks… he can’t have a complete emptying of his bladder. But if he took Super Beta Prostate like Joe Theissman did, he COULD have a complete emptying of his bladder, and would not need to leave the stage to urinate so often.

Oh and yes, it’s little but it’s strangely-pointy-looking! 8-o

By: gbrussell

gbrussell — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:06:15 +0000

This year was much, much, much better than last year. It’s not that hard to stay away from Twitter if one doesn’t want to see spoilers. There were few glaringly bad spoilers on the broadcast (Schefter breaking on air the Chandler Jones pick being the one that immediately comes to mind).

By: mnajb

mnajb — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:47:11 +0000

Living outside the US I couldn’t watch the live broadcast on tv, but Jay Glazer honestly made me turn off the Fox Sports radio broadcast, b/c he simply could not help but announce each pick 15 seconds before it was official, just to prove that famous people text him stuff. Super annoying in a live format that little ball of meat is.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:26:16 +0000

I like how Schefter waited until teams announced their pick in other ways and then he stole the info and announced it as a “scoop”. He does this every year and every other ESPN “journalist” pats him on the back as this crafty insider. Ban Schefter and any other minion ESPN or Fox Sports (Jay Glazer) prematurely announces and the problem is solved. OR just let the networks guys announce their “scoop” and stop worrying about supposed leaked info.

Instead of warning teams, Goodell should put the warnings to the NFL network, ESPN, and Fox sports. Leak the info and you’re banned from the draft. There are 2 more days to figure this out.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:17:33 +0000

I was pretty sure NFL Network would not ignore the request … so I enjoyed a suspenseful night with Eisen and Mayock. Between the fun of waiting for the announcements (although Goodell could try getting to the podium a little faster) and intrigue of the trades, that was the best first round I’ve watched in years!

By: jessethegreat

jessethegreat — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:14:07 +0000

I don’t follow the tweeter. Gotta watch the draft on NFLN! Mayock kept speculating on who the picks would be on NFLN, but wasn’t really giving anything away. I try my best to avoid the annoying personalities that act like they’re bigger than the game on ESPN.

By: dclogicatlast

dclogicatlast — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:10:45 +0000

I was annoyed with how long it took the Commish to annouce the picks. Once the pick is in, he should be annoucing it to everyone (teams, media, everyone) all at once. All at the same time.

The whole dog and pony show of giving the Commish the biggest hug in the world is a complete joke and wastes time.

I want suspense AND I want to be up to date!

By: 4evrnyt

4evrnyt — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:59:53 +0000

Last nights NFL Network broadcast was still the best it’s been in awhile because for the most part you really didn’t know who it was until the commissioner announced it. The guys on air made their guesses and they “especially” Mayock were usually wrong for the most part which made it even more fun.

Please continue the trend of not letting the audience know who it is because it makes the show 100 times more fun and entertaining.

By: slammincamnewton

slammincamnewton — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:27:25 +0000

I like how ESPN in general deliberately ignored the request. It does take away from the suspense. The loop hole was posting graphics of Shefter’s Insider. What a joke. But one time he was wrong though.

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:37:29 +0000

Berman’s shelf life has long past expired. He sounds like Curley from the 3 Stooges when doing highlights with all of those stupid noises he makes.

By: squared80

squared80 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:33:28 +0000

Like most people, I like the anticipation of finding out the pick when it’s officially announced – that’s the whole point in sitting down and watching the draft!!!

If you want to just know who’s picked ASAP before it’s officially announced, don’t watch. Use twitter or whatever. Kudos to the NFL for doing this for the televised draft.

By: skel420

skel420 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:32:26 +0000

I thought that ESPN had better looking production, but I switched to NFLN as they were doing a much better job of not spoiling the picks.

By: sfsaintsfan

sfsaintsfan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:29:29 +0000

Maybe Goodell should take away two second round draft choices from the Seahawks for this total disregard of his rules.

The Seahawks were well aware of what Goodell said prior to the draft, and their owner no less, took it upon himself to blast everyone’s pick.

Here you go Goodell, time to enforce your rules.

It doesn’t matter that nobody was “hurt” because of this disregard of your rules, just that they disregarded your rules…..

By: rogerbrad

rogerbrad — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:24:09 +0000

Hey. Everyone knows NIKE was releasing the picks

By: skolvikesskol

skolvikesskol — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:19:36 +0000

Weird. Cuz i watched the nfl network via the internet and other than the 1st 2 pix the predicted EVERY pick wrong

By: goredskins11

goredskins11 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:18:06 +0000

I thought the NFL Network did a pretty good job last night. I would have like to seen a little more college film footage and could have done without Michael Irvin’s cotton mouth and Dion’s fake smile. But, other than those things, I think they did a solid job.

By: brokentreehousemusic

brokentreehousemusic — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:11:55 +0000

@tropicpurple “Knowing the sex of my child from an Ultra-sound was just as exciting as waiting for the day he was born.”

You’re right, that’s definitely the same.

By: havok82

havok82 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:10:07 +0000

The picks would be out sooner if we didn’t have to wait for every green room guy getting his wedding photos done on the stage after the pick is announced and bro-hugs the commish. Have them do that crap backstage or something.

I loved the pace of last night’s draft. Round one always seems to drag on and on. I do miss the 2 day weekend event that it used to be, though.

And to answer someone on why we watch ESPN…because some cable networks and the NFL network cannot come to terms so we are stuck with them. I’d prefer the NFL network coverage if I could get it.

By: qj1984

qj1984 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:10:06 +0000

Honestly. I am not a fan of the dog and pony show that Goodell does. I didn’t like it when the networks were racing against each other to tip the pick, that was utterly ridiculous. But only because they were leaving nothing to the imagination. I can deal with a prospect on the phone here or an announcer tip there but not for every single pick.

But this isn’t any better. At one point there were like 4 picks in and instead of announcing them one after the other in one podium trip, Goodell made 4 separate trips to the podium. That is useless. The picks are in get it over with and tell us already.

By: taintedsaints2009

taintedsaints2009 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:09:14 +0000

stupid adam shefter always has to be the inside guy who breaks every story.

By: jmsincla

jmsincla — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:07:58 +0000

Here’s an idea, un-glue your face from your smart phone and you won’t have to worry about picks being leaked via twitter.

By: leksington

leksington — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:04:12 +0000

Frankly, I think it’s ridiculous to watch the draft and have a screen in the background tell me they are 4 picks ahead of the one being announced but those are being held back because of TV and trying to “build suspense”.

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This!

I hated the Draft coverage for this very reason. I wish I had known about the twitter feeds giving out the real time picks. I would have found it several orders of magnitude more exciting than what was televised.

By: PFTiswhatitis

PFTiswhatitis — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:02:34 +0000

Just do away with the slooooow drama and post the picks REALTIME.

By: flyeaglefly

flyeaglefly — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:57:03 +0000

way to screw up/omit the biggest travesty guys…
Adam Shefter reported, on air last night that New England moved up to the 21st pick to take Chandler Jones….only problem is/was, Tennessee was still on the clock, hadn’t made their pick, and didn’t for another 4 minutes…and THEY needed/need a Rushing End for their horrible pass rush…so all they had to do was take Jones and Shefter would have cost NE their pick…how does THAT happen and why was ESPN putting that out there? not good guys…

By: nathanbetz91

nathanbetz91 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:54:18 +0000

Lol ok heres a possible suggestion, people find every reason to complain. For example people are complaining that picks were released early through twitter. So If there was only a way to stay off twitter for 3 hours straight, but who can do that? Like if someone gets off twitter after being on for 3-4 hours straight they might be tempted to get a life, and who wants that?

By: dirtybird28

dirtybird28 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:54:15 +0000

I loved the suspense of not knowing who was going where, with the few picks that Shefty and Berman ruined for me. Twitter is one thing, but live TV is another.

By: forthelove

forthelove — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:54:08 +0000

Did anyone else notice Gruden totally tip the Dontari Poe pick (trying to make it look like he was ‘predicting’ this would be the next pick) and then Berman and Kiper were stunned and silent after Gruden ‘predicted’ that. And then Berman broke the awkward silence with some gabble about Edward Allen Poe (haha good one “Boom”). It was awkward.

By: eaglesw00t

eaglesw00t — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:51:33 +0000

And this is exactly why I didnt have my phone on, my tablet was in another room, and I left just the NFL network on.

I like the suspense of watching Goodell walking up to the podium.

The only problem I had with it this season (and it isnt a huge complaint) is that the kids present at the draft were taking too long on the stage. At one point, 3 picks were in before any were announced, just because some kids had to get pictures taken.

Im all for these guys getting their moment of recognition, but that moment has turned into 15 minutes on the stage with everyone they know present.

I had a great time watching it last night. But it helped that I am happy for the first time in a very long time with the Eagles first round selection.

Perhaps it was because Heckert is now gone…

By: indywilson40

indywilson40 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:38 +0000

Berman is a total douche. I turned to NFL Network after Berman kept “guessing” every pick correctly.

By: urfinished

urfinished — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:48:33 +0000

Are people this dumb or addicted to technology.
Turn off ur twitter acct, silence ur texts, and enjoy the draft.