Because You Haven't Had Enough Draft Hype

Due to budgetary constraints Due to malfeasance, ineptitude and chronic workplace substance abuse, we had to lay off summarily dismiss the We Want Marangi NFL Draft Research Team for cause.

As a result, I can safely say I know as much as you do, probably less, about this year's annual rookie draft, which begins tonight.

But I suppose it's obligatory for a football-based blog to post something about what has become a three-day carnival, so here's the best piece I have read about the festivities.

The fact that the draft is not and cannot be foolproof is what makes it dramatic. The draft isn't fun without the Leafs and the JaMarcuses and the KiJanas. Those busts stand as historic proof that the NFL draft remains out of control, even to the NFL's biggest control freaks. I'll never get tired of people like Mel Kiper, who spends all of his time dedicated to a single weekend, fucking things up so badly. The man once had Jimmy Clausen at the top of his draft board people. Jimmy Clausen. This is what makes the draft so very special.

And if you're really into mock drafts, potential trades and other Bills-related draft ephemera, Joe Buscaglia of WGR 550 does a fine job of all that on his draft blog.

As for We Want Marangi, we'll be back with a post-draft analysis soon. Probably as soon as we're done contesting all those unemployment claims from former members of our NFL Draft Research Team.