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2013 NFL Draft Recap

April 28th, 2013 | Add a Comment

So we’ve come to the end of another NFL Draft and it’s time for all the attendant overreactions. Draft grades are being thrown around willy-nilly, Todd McShay is using terms like “Draft Management Theory”, and undrafted free agents are signing at a feverish pace. Despite the blanket coverage I’m going to go ahead and throw my reactions out there. But first, let’s address a few things. Every year I look forward to the draft and every year a couple of things piss me off to no end. The first is Todd McShay’s constant assertion that certain teams did a bad job because they chose a player too early. We’re not talking 1-2 rounds too early. We’re talking 5-10 spots too early. The problem with … Read entire article »

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