No, not the moment when the Giants took Duke quarterback Daniel Jones with their first pick, and all those Giants fans wearing their Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. and throwback Charlie Conerly jerseys lost their collective minds.
And, no, not the moment when 500,000 people descended on Nashville for the Draft weekend -- 499,999 of whom were wearing NFL team jerseys, 20,000 of whom were wearing NFL team jerseys AND helmets, and one of whom was wearing a Tottenham Hotspur jersey.
"I thought this was a footie event," he said, before being carried off by four drunken Jets fans in throwback Richard Todd jerseys.
No, sir. The highlight of the 2019 NFL Draft was the moment the San Francisco 49ers, with the eighth pick in the fourth round, took a punter -- specifically, Mitch Wishnowsky of Utah.
The first punter taken (or any punter taken) is always a highlight of the draft, but especially this time, because someone took a punter so relatively early. Mind you, Wishnowsky is not just any punter; he was the best punter in college football last year. He's also, at 6-2 and 218 pounds, bigger than a breadbox. And his 40 time is a respectable (for a punter) 4.63.
And if you're asking now, "Mr. Blob, why would anyone care what a punter's 40 time is?", well, you've obviously not considered how often teams dial up a fake punt. Trust me, it happens a lot. OK, so not a lot, but sometimes. OK, so mostly when Chuck Pagano is doing the dialing up.
In any case, if the 49ers ever do dial it up, they've now got a punter who can semi-hoof it. Also, he'll be harder to tackle than your standard IndyCar driver. Also, he used to play Australian Rules football -- which no one understands but Aussies and Kiwis, but which is a pretty physical sport in its own right, and has the most sartorially splendid game officials in sports.
So he's got that going for him.
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