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04-25-2003, 02:06 PM
By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com
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NEW YORK -- With apologies to the guys who sign my paychecks, it might be more apropos Saturday if ESPN's coverage of the NFL draft was shifted to The Game Show Network, and if Monty Hall took over the podium duties from commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
With one of the shallowest talent pools in recent history, far too much time for NFL scouts to have evaluated the prospects and four clubs each holding a pair of first-round selections, the environment here certainly is ripe for lots of wheeling and dealing in the opening stanza.
Yeah, it's one of those kinds of drafts again, folks, a "Let's Make a Deal" sort of lottery and, as a public service announcement, this word to the wise: If you're scoring the proceedings at home, have plenty of erasers close by, since the current first-round order is apt to be mightily scrambled.
Bill Belichick and the Pats might have a hard time trading up to get Dewayne Robertson.
There figures to be plenty of teams willing to move up and down the board, ready to gamble that the choice behind Door No. 2 isn't a booby prize. This is certainly the year for the raucous New York Jets fans who annually pack the gallery, and typically deride the franchise's choices, to come with full voice. The Jets, after all, are one of the clubs with two selections in the first round and, given draft projections, anything is possible.
more (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1544514)
ESPN.com
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NEW YORK -- With apologies to the guys who sign my paychecks, it might be more apropos Saturday if ESPN's coverage of the NFL draft was shifted to The Game Show Network, and if Monty Hall took over the podium duties from commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
With one of the shallowest talent pools in recent history, far too much time for NFL scouts to have evaluated the prospects and four clubs each holding a pair of first-round selections, the environment here certainly is ripe for lots of wheeling and dealing in the opening stanza.
Yeah, it's one of those kinds of drafts again, folks, a "Let's Make a Deal" sort of lottery and, as a public service announcement, this word to the wise: If you're scoring the proceedings at home, have plenty of erasers close by, since the current first-round order is apt to be mightily scrambled.
Bill Belichick and the Pats might have a hard time trading up to get Dewayne Robertson.
There figures to be plenty of teams willing to move up and down the board, ready to gamble that the choice behind Door No. 2 isn't a booby prize. This is certainly the year for the raucous New York Jets fans who annually pack the gallery, and typically deride the franchise's choices, to come with full voice. The Jets, after all, are one of the clubs with two selections in the first round and, given draft projections, anything is possible.
more (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1544514)