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NFL Media Members Remember Their Draft Day Experiences Apr 28, 2021, 9:04 AM EDT To most, the NFL Draft is an event defined by months of speculation and a glossy, multi-network production featuring a whirlwind of thrills and memorable, made-for-TV moments. For those actually waiting to be selected, it can be a torturous, emotionally-draining experience that, in the end, is life-changing. The only way to know what it s like to go through draft day as a player is to ask those who have been there. Five current media members who sweated out the NFL Draft spoke to The Big Lead about their experiences. They include:
From third-round quarterbacks like Russell Wilson and Joe Montana to tight ends Travis Kelce and George Kittle, here s a look at the best draft sleeper (third round or later) for each team in the Way-Too-Early Top 25.
Don t believe it? One quarterback guru begs to differ. You want to experience the ups and downs, said John Beck, the former BYU star quarterback who is now a noted trainer at the position. Wilson enjoyed a plethora of what Beck describes as ups at quarterback this past season in leading BYU to an 11-1 season. The good times continued during a scintillating performance before NFL scouts last month that has helped him to be the presumptive second pick during the three-day draft that begins Thursday. Beck knows all about those ups and downs, having experienced both aspects in college and the NFL. He played during two of BYU s three consecutive losing seasons before dominating as a senior on an 11-2 team in 2006.
Alex Smith Kept Me From Giving Up on the Chiefs By jared64804 on Apr 19, 2021, 9:23pm CDT + As the sun set on the 2012 NFL season, I had pretty much decided that I was finished with the Chiefs. And I tried to be a good fan. The losing I could deal with. But by that time the cat was out of the bag about what a revolting human being Scott Pioli was. So it wasn t the losing. It was the losing with incompetence at the top that showed no sign of changing. As the season went down the stretch, I knew we would be picking in the top five of what every analyst said was a terrible draft. Then, December 1, 2012 happened. After the Jovan Belcher murder suicide, the Chiefs were the black eye of the sports world. There would be no loveable losers aspect to a team racing to the number one pick. We were a franchise so stained that from afar, it felt like it was time to move on.