At what point does the NFL's production of the draft make it unwatchable?
 

It's getting pretty damn close, isn't it?

Already there.

Yep...already there. Holding up the announcement of picks that have been made after the first round is ridiculous. Get on with it!

I haven't watched the last two or three.

I'll tune in for KC's first round pick, but that's about it

All I want is to hear the selection, a couple of video clips with comments, then move the **** on.

Like Thursday Nights it's already there.

Watching NFL Network, and they were talking about how they are going to be doing even more today.

They are going to be all over the place to make an even bigger production.

I started Thursday night's round 1 about 90 minutes late on the DVR and fast forwarded most of it. Same thing last night for Round 2. Probably won't watch any today.

Barely made it to the Chiefs first pick. Haven't watched since. It was that sickening.

I guess the three day thing works. We go to a bar on Thursday nights and drink ourselves silly.

But I still miss having the first round on Saturday. We used to wake up real early, fire up the smokers for an all day bbq, and day drink to the draft.

Run the picks on iPads or computers **** the cards takes to damn long.

I would love it if they moved the draft to Saturday.


I would hate Sunday morning if they moved the draft to Saturday.

Yup miss those days.

This year seems much worse, and ESPN was no better. It takes the fun out of it when they are three picks behind because they are waiting for some slapdick former player to announce the picks.

Like when 4 picks happened in less than 5 minutes and then they kept the Cowboys pick on the clock for what seemed like 10 minutes?

The ****ing masturbation fest when they took Gregory was unbearable to watch.

I only watched the first round and was sick of it. If it was on the weekend I'd be more apt to watch it.

Now.

I had it on the radio as background noise. There is no way that I'd just sit there and watch that.

I was planning on watching it all day today, but I'm gonna go enjoy the day with the kids at the lake instead.

They don't say anything about the Chiefs picks, anyway.

I didn't know they were artificially delaying the announcements so they could jerk off the media darlings.

That's ****ing bush league.

..went from being stoked for every Chiefs Draft Party to not watching.

.the hype surrounding it is overblown, and the idol worship is a turn off.

Round 1 selection 1....I come here for the expert analysis. "Smiley face"

And why I DVR it every year. DVR is the next best invention to duct tape.:thumb:

Putting it in prime time was the worst ****ing decision ever.

It should have remained an all day Saturday and Sunday event.

I haven't watched it since they moved it from Saturday/Sunday

Crossed that line already. I watched a total of about 5 minutes on ESPN then put on the hockey playoffs and looked up the picks on the internet.

I'll be sick of the NFL by week 3 again with the exception of fantasy.

dragging it on for three days is ridiculous

they need to go back to the two day format.

Round 1-2 Day 1, Rounds 3-7 Day 2

Yep. Everything is a "Production" now. Ratings,ratings,ratings !!! To your point about idol worship as you well know the good book say's in the last days "men will be worshipping themselves" !!!

I can only tolerate Mayock's lisp for so long but I give him credit for doing his homework on every kid and especially his due diligence in getting feedback from scouts.

Every part of the NFL is getting more and more unwatchable every year.

There is less and less variety in the teams. It feels stale.

The coverage yesterday was horrible. Mainly due to them having every ****ing team have somebody announce their pick. It created a back jam after picks got sent it. I know they are trying to make a dog and pony show for casual fans but its backfired.

It is. They really need to go back to the Saturday-Sunday format.

If I wasn't working on my computer I probably wouldn't have it on the TV.

OMG THIS! I ****ing hated that.

After the 1st round, they should just display the player drafted and all the info on a large screen and be done with it.

Hauled ass through the first round. Watched a few minutes of the 2nd and deleted it almost immediately. I'll read about the Chiefs picks later.

I agree. Rule changes are ruining it for me. The only tackling rules that make sense is the helmet to helmet and o-lineman engagement. Horse collar is BS and I don't care how many incidents or the science on the knee they bring up about it. Tackling is tackling. How many knee injuries occur because of tackling below the waist ??? See my point about horse collar rule ?? The next rule change will be that the defense can't tackle below the waist once the runner gets to the second level. You watch it's coming. Don't want to hijack from the thread my bad but it hit a sore spot for me.

The first round is fine but yesterday was aggravating.

I didn't mind the NFL network coverage that much. At least they focus on the picks and player eval instead of the side stories.

There were some really powerful moments, I will say that. Butkus was great. Jim Kelly moment was awesome. Little girl that was a bone cancer survivor was awesome. Limit it to that instead of bringing nobody retired players to the stage.

Holding up the picks allows more time for the networks to run commercials. It's pretty much unbearable today. I only have it on now to follow along with CP.

The whole NFL marketing campaign is geared to either 12 year olds...or the most homogenous, corporate drones on the planet. It's like Disney mated with McDonalds..

I don't know why, but the minute I figured this out I was done watching. Moved to browsing the internet with espn minimized but sounding off at each pick. Totally lost interest in something that was already annoying the shit out of me.

They should just announce the draft as it happens with a few seconds of info about the player and run their bullshit jerk off session about each "special" pick on another program. They already do this for some games with there coaches perspective, or whatever the hell it's called.

The commercials every two ****ing picks had the what the **** meter pegged as well. The whole product was totally shit.

I would be surprised if I had logged in 15 minutes total to the whole thing - mostly to catch up on the ticker.

Where have you gone Roy Williams

Tuned out and hit the sack before KC picked Peters. Haven't watched a lick since.

Shit, they showed highlights of a guy's dad who played for Dallas when some team drafted some dude ROFL They talked more about the dad being a former "boy" than the prospect.

I charge you with treason!

"Faster, more intense" is what the draft needs.

But, but, but THE CRAB LEGS!!

Cutting to commercial break right as the Chiefs pick has to be some sort of running gag. An ESPN tradition.

Back when they used to do it on Saturdays and Sundays, I would look forward to draft parties - getting together with people and generally having a good time while the draft was on in the background.

When the moved it to Thursday, suddenly draft parties didn't make sense anymore, so now it's a much more solitary affair.

Add tons of commercials on top of that and a general lack of real action to follow, and I mostly just follow along with the draft tracker online and tune in when the Chiefs are up to something.

It's kind of sad, really.

Yep. This year I streamed it ONLY when KC was selecting. I'm not watching the late rounds.

Its all you need really. It's how i did it this year too.

for me it was day 2. i didnt watch any of it. I switched it over to basketball then mY Dodgers game.

Do most people prefer ESPN or NFL network? I have watched NFL network this year. Chris Berman has gotten so bad, it's unwatchable. I actually like Gruden though.

Yeah. I'm with you. I pretty much tried to catch the Chiefs picks. The rest of it was trash.

They do it on the NFL channel as well. I didn't watch it this year, but my buddy did (He's reeruned half the year cuz he's a Bronco fan) did. I told him to watch for that this year. He started laughing and called me a " BS Chiefs Fan conspiracy theorist." THEN, when IT HAPPENED, he informed me that it also happened on the NFL Channel, cuz he switched to see if they were covering the pick. He took it back and said last year might have been a coincidence but I called it this year and it happened. I told him he has NO IDEA what goes on without an Elway or Manning on your team...:LOL:

It was pretty boring this year with a lack of trades and all.

With as many commercials as they have the odds are pretty good.

By trying to "find" a "story" they create so much "dead air time" afterwards that it's hard to cover. You know the producer is in their ears - shit, Gruden even talks to them at times. Voices man, voices...

It's already unwatchable. I watched hockey last night.

Guarantee you if the Patriots, Jets, Cowboys, Broncos, Colts, Giants, and Eagles had consecutive picks, they would hold any commercial breaks until each and every one of those picks were in.

No joke, the NFL network literally cut to two straight commercial breaks after the Conley pick. Two. They cut to the studio, realized the Cleveland pick wasn't announced yet, and cut to commercial within a few seconds. They spent about 30 seconds talking about Conley.

Were you not there for the Mitch Morse pick? It was pandemonium.

It's ALWAYS been like that though, not including the year they picked 1st obviously. Im not saying it's a conspiracy, but i mean damn.

This. It got so bad in round 3 I pulled up 810's coverage to listen...

Watched ESPN on Thursday night, NFLN last night...I think last night was worse in total just because the TV coverage was so far behind the picks. In the end, I blame the NFL for purposefully dragging it out with trotting out no names to announce the pick (save for Kelly).

Did it really need to be done for every single pick? Every? Pick? OMG...

The NFL is so arrogant they take something that was cool, crank it to eleven and just absolutely run it into the ground until it becomes absolutely annoying.

Oh, and Chiefs picks = commercial time. I do think the networks are doing it on purpose.

Every single move they've made over the past 5-10 years has made it a worse experience.
I get that the NFL wants to make itself more accessible to the regular guy. But the draft is for nut jobs like us. Don't pretty it up. Don't over produce it. Picks, then video and breakdown, and the OCCASIONAL interview. They are going to lose all their viewers when twitter tells me the pick 10 minutes prior.

Vegas failed when they tried to make it for families. Take a hint.


Next they will start ****ing up the combine.

I meant the draft in general. Lack of trades = talking heads with nothing to really talk about.

Yep.

Just wait.

One of these days Dallas, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, or New England will draft #1, and it will be the biggest AIDS infested pile of shit to ever exist.

Every time the Chiefs draft pick was in, it would seemingly queue up a 10 minute commercial break.

Did they ever even announce the Chiefs 4th round pick? My son is completely pissed. I had to come Chiefsplanet to find out who we picked.

Beat way to follow it now is on twitter anyway

I pay attention to the Chiefs picks, and that's it.

Been a couple of years since I have watched the draft. Really no point these days. I have much better things to do with my time. Like posting here.

They are cranking out so much money from the draft.

It won't stop until the ratings are so bad they can't get commercials

When the server stops updating....

I liked the old format better. This Thursday and Friday night stuff is stupid.

I used to get excited about the draft. Now...not so much. What time is the Kentucky Derby?

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