According to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch, after the league met with ESPN and the NFL Network on Wednesday, the three entities have decided to turn up the intrigue on the drama. Deitsch writes that the NFL Network and ESPN have agreed not to “show a draftee on the phone in the Green Room prior to the pick on the first night of the NFL Draft.†In past years obviously, those Green Room shots let the viewer knew who Roger Goodell was about to announce before Goodell could get to the podium and actually say the name. This way, nobody except the draftee -- and whoever is sitting next to him in the Green Room -- will know which player the next team on the clock will take until Goodell announces it. Which the league hopes will add even more intrigue to the proceedings and indirectly gives Goodell more power than ever before. Source: CBS Sports
I actually prefer this, it wasn't that long ago that it was a complete surprise to know who was being taken when.
Each year they have been making it more and more obvious who was going to get drafted several minutes ahead of time, I hope they really clamp down on this day 1.
Does it really matter?? I just put up a story that the Colts have already told Luck they will be picking him with the number 1 pick...<shrug>
Damn you [MENTION=521]Sweets[/MENTION]... [MENTION=1]SteveRobWhatever[/MENTION] sitting at the window peering through the blinds waiting for that cease and desist letter from Roger...
Does anybody really believe that the four letter will sit back on their hands and allow FOXSports or anyone else to scoop them on ANYTHING??
