Cultural Phenom

The NFL Draft is kind of a big deal. Mel Kiper Jr. devotes his entire life to a two-day spectacle that decides the futures of every NFL team. I watched most of it and was always shocked that no matter who gets called Mel Kiper tells you anything and everything relevant to that player. The man is simply astoundingly good at what he does. He has a job that's completely different every year. It's a rotating door of human beings that he has to know about and then throw away for next year's crop.

I bring up this useless information because the Raiders had the worst draft I've ever seen or even heard of. Al Davis needs to leave the Raiders alone and just agree to front them money. Having his hands in anything football related at this point is just a complete embarassment. I've heard that he insists on being a part of game planning. What other owner has that kind of blind arrogance? Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban are certainly involved, but for the most part let the coaches do what they get paid to do. I feel SO sorry for people who have to play on the Raiders. Sure they make millions of dollars, but their boss has been a Looney Tune his entire life and being older than petrified shit certainly doesn't help anything.

Only Al Davis entrusts his franchise to a 33 year old offensive coordinator with NFL pedigree and fires him 1.2 years later. He hires "yes" men who enable him to still be bat-shit insane and do what he wants rather than face reality. He looks like skeletor and in another crucial draft grabs a bunch of fast guys who can't play football. If I were a sprinter I'd sign up for the draft just knowing after I posted some outragous 40 time that Al Davis will call my name very early on a special Saturday and give me enough money to live my days worry-free. Darrius Heyward-Bey was a late first round pick at best that Al Davis took in front of Michael Crabtree (Perhaps the best Sophomore WR prospect ever), and Jeremy Macklin, another CLEARLY better player. Bottom line is most people could've done better throwing darts drunk at a board full of names. Sorrry Raiders and may God have mercy on your souls during another year of complete and total failure and torment.

On the happy side of things the Jaguars posted a stellar draft where they pulled 2 VERY good OT who will probably play right away in Eugene Monroe and Eben Britton, a big DT who should contribute this year in Terrence Knighton, and a bunch of talented WR who will hopefully turn out. Packers got a couple of kick ass defensive studs who will help a slow and aging unit. Bottom line is until the season starts it's all speculation, but things are looking up for some, and still shitty for others.