2008 Woodie Awards
Focus on Fantasy: NFL draft thoughts
Danny Epstein
Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: Sports
My NBA predictions are looking good so far except for Dallas, which isn't totally surprising. I never thought I would see a game where Jason Kidd would get worked up and down the court but Chris Paul is absolutely abusing him in that series. On a related note, it's nice to see that the Celtics can forget how to play basketball and lose to a mediocre Hawks team, but they'll still win the series. It looked like The Big Three were thinking more about the lovely social establishments located in Atlanta instead of the game, but I digress. On the fantasy baseball side, if you have the number one waiver priority, I would strongly advise against utilizing it before sidearm hurler Max Scherzer climbs his way up to the Arizona Diamondbacks pitching staff. Although frontloaded in pitching, the end of the D'Backs rotation is not very convincing; thus he should be a shot sometime soon. He has two different colored eyes, which is somewhat strange, I suppose, but the guy throws between 94-96 sidearm-that's just terrifying for hitters. As with any young pitching prospects, he'll hit bumps in the road, but this guy could turn your struggling pitching staff around the midseason point if you are patient enough to wait. Also, keep an eye of Clayton Kershaw and David Price, who should be making their major league debus somewhat soon.
It's worth talking about the NFL draft for some time since it occurred this weekend. First, the NFL mercifully decided to shrink the pick time limit from 15 to 10 minutes to speed things along. The six-plus hour first round last year provided way too much Mel Kiper Jr. television time with Keyshawn Johnson saying stupid things every once in a while. You honestly wonder what Mel Kiper does to have this much knowledge on all these players that no one has ever heard about. I really cannot comprehend how it takes even 10 minutes to select a player since teams have these players ranked in order of preference and are watching the Draft live on their television in the war room. If you're trying to make a trade, I can understand, but seriously, just make the pick and keep moving.
It's worth talking about the NFL draft for some time since it occurred this weekend. First, the NFL mercifully decided to shrink the pick time limit from 15 to 10 minutes to speed things along. The six-plus hour first round last year provided way too much Mel Kiper Jr. television time with Keyshawn Johnson saying stupid things every once in a while. You honestly wonder what Mel Kiper does to have this much knowledge on all these players that no one has ever heard about. I really cannot comprehend how it takes even 10 minutes to select a player since teams have these players ranked in order of preference and are watching the Draft live on their television in the war room. If you're trying to make a trade, I can understand, but seriously, just make the pick and keep moving.
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