Listen, the NFL draft is fun to watch. At least it was until ESPN decided to ruin it by announcing the picks 30 seconds before the commissioner would do so. Anyways, I'm already getting sick of the MKJr vs. McShay bickering. I put up with it last year and now I'm being forced to listen to these two cry about where Matthew Stafford goes.
The bottom line is both of these guys are historically wrong in their predictions about where players go. Last year, Joe Sports Fan, compared the first 135 predictions of 2008 draft with the actual first 135 picks of 2008. The results? Todd McShay picked nine, count 'em, NINE, correct picks for accuracy percentage of 6.67%. Not to be outdone, MKJr followed that up by picking EIGHT correct for a percentage of 5.93%.
I don't claim to know a whole lot about college football, and I'm not questioning the knowledge of these two highly paid individuals. To be able to list where you think players might go and actually back it up is impressive enough. What I am saying is that it is clear that the NFL Draft is full of surprises. Nobody really knows what teams are going to do. It's a waste of time to take up ten minutes fighting about where Matthew Stafford should go when in reality, nobody really knows.
Detroit could take Stafford with the number 1 pick this year, unless they feel like a better quarterback will be around at the number 1 pick next season... it's their call.
--JT--
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