Actually watched part of the NFL Draft last night, on account of the air in my tires was already rotated and the paint on the fence had already dried. What else was I gonna do?
Anyway, I watched. And, as night follows day, I have a few thoughts ...
* Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the Nash-unal FOOT-ball League, dressed for the occasion like a guy out for lunch at the club. What the hell, Rog, you couldn't even put on a tie? What was up with that?
* Speaking of appropriate dress, one of the highlights of the night is always what the crazy superfans of various teams are wearing. The winner, by the Blob's lights, was either the Dallas Cowboys fan wearing the UFO on his head -- flashing lights, the whole bit -- or the New York Jets' fan in head-to-toe green and a plastic green Hulk fist garnished with jewel-encrusted rings spelling out J-E-T-S.
Or maybe the other Jets fan wearing a green hardhat with a white Mohawk growing out of the top of it.
As someone watching with me observed: "It looks like New Year's Eve in Times Square."
Yeah. Except the multitudes jamming Times Square are at least celebrating the New Year. The multitudes jamming the NFL Draft set included people celebrating being Jets fans. Lord have mercy.
* And speaking of the Jets ...
With the second pick in the Draft, they selected edge rusher David Bailey from Texas Tech. Like every other pick last night, he looked overjoyed. I can't for the life of me think why.
* Ditto top pick Fernando Mendoza from Indiana, gleefully donning a Raiders cap. And third pick Jeremiyah Love from Notre Dame, joyously tugging on a Cardinals cap. And linebacker Arvell Reese from Ohio State, happy to be the top pick of the wretched New York Giants, and offensive tackle Spencer Fano from Utah, whose fate might have been worst of all.
He's headed to the Cleveland Browns.
* Speaking of Fernando Mendoza, how cool was it that he chose to spend his Draft night with his mom, who suffers from multiple sclerosis? He could have been out there sharing a hug with Rog beneath all the bright lights, but he picked Mom to hug instead.
I'm tellin' ya. That young man's going places.
Well. Unless the Raiders ruin him.
* And last but not least ...
Did anyone else think it was odd they kicked off the Draft with the national anthem and a flyover?
I mean, it's the Draft, and the NFL is big on giant American flags and The Troops and all other forms of militaristic patriotic fervor. But at bottom it's just a selection show. I don't recall anyone belting out "The Star-Spangled Banner" to open the Oscars, the Grammys or America's Got Talent.
Just seemed a trifle weird to me.
Or maybe I'm just weird.
Don't answer that.
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