2017 NFL Draft

As an educator, one of my favorite pastimes is reading different perspectives throughout history, and as a football fanatic the NFL Draft consumes my offseasons. Twitter allows me to combine both indulgences. For 32 years, I have studied the prospects and watched the draft unfold on TV. I always mocked the entire first round and kept track of how many land in my projected spot.In preparation for this year’s draft, I wrote 11 burning questions and polled Twitter fans for different viewpoints. It is not a scientific poll,…

With the 2017 NFL Draft on the horizon (it starts on Thursday), I have decided to put together a Mock Draft of the first round.  This is all in fun as it seems almost everyone has an opinion on what teams will do in the draft and they are usually wrong.  Here is the way I think it will go, barring trades:Also, check out Jim Bay's Mock Draft HereCleveland Browns - Myles Garrett, DE, Texas A&M - The Browns suffered through a horrible 1-15 season in 2016, so they earned this pick.  With it they do the smart thing…

Jim Bay's NFL Mock Draft As a whole, people have a tendency to love mock drafts. They set expectations, potentially offer insight, and add a bit of excitement to the grind between free agency and the draft. We know that no one is ever going to have the perfect mock as NFL teams put out and use information like players in the World Series of Poker. There still will be plenty of rumors and smokescreens between now and draft day. The draft itself? Where else will each announcement send the gathered crowd of hundreds, many…