The Official 2010 NFL Draft Thread: Rounds 2-3

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by mooby

Mike Mayock's voice is gone. Hopefully this means we'll be hearing less of him. I know he's the draft guru on NFLN but him and Mel Kiper both annoy the hell out of me.

Really I felt like Mayock has done an excellent job so far. I think it's obvious that while ESPN might have the big names and fancy graphics it's obvious that the guys on NFLN have much better chemistry. Not to mention better experts and information gathering.

I mean don't get me wrong ESPN has some smart guys on the set for their draft coverage but they keep interrupting each other which annoys the hell out of me. NFLN's guys wait for each other to finish a sentence. If I wanted to see people cut each other off I would watch The O'Reily Factor.

[Kalisto2010]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Really I felt like Mayock has done an excellent job so far. I think it's obvious that while ESPN might have the big names and fancy graphics it's obvious that the guys on NFLN have much better chemistry. Not to mention better experts and information gathering.

I mean don't get me wrong ESPN has some smart guys on the set for their draft coverage but they keep interrupting each other which annoys the hell out of me. NFLN's guys wait for each other to finish a sentence. If I wanted to see people cut each other off I would watch The O'Reily Factor.

You hit the nail on the head. I think I switched over to ESPN twice during the entire draft coverage. The NFLN is quickly pulling ahead of ESPN when comes to NFL coverage.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Kalisto2010

You hit the nail on the head. I think I switched over to ESPN twice during the entire draft coverage. The NFLN is quickly pulling ahead of ESPN when comes to NFL coverage.

Ha ha, thanks. I was hoping I wasn't the only one that felt that way about the networks.

I mean for anyone else watching you'd see stuff like ESPN not knowing who was picked until maybe seconds before. Other times they got guys they were lucky enough to have cameras on at home. Look, when JLC breaks picks before Schefter you know somethings wrong. Other times they would just keep on talking while players were getting picked, and this was in the first round.

Another thing I liked about NFLN though was they always had some noise in the background. ESPN kept cutting to interviews and studios where it's dead silent and their mic's didn't really pick up much background noise. I doubt thats a factor for 99.9% of people watching the draft but I thought it added a sense of being there. It also helped NFLN because the few times they did talk over picks early you could hear it announced in the background.

I've had my TV on for the entire draft and I think that I've spent maybe 20 minutes on ESPN. The other infinity billion hours have been on NFLN. And keep in mind I felt like at the start of the draft that I was going to spend most of my time on ESPN.

Originally Posted by RMSkins

My bad, dude. I can definitely see us taking a RB or a LB with 103.

Forget it. After that Rolle buzzkill I can't even talk to you anymore. You know what....You're an in the box safety. Yeah I showed you.

[RMSkins]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Ha ha, thanks. I was hoping I wasn't the only one that felt that way about the networks.

I mean for anyone else watching you'd see stuff like ESPN not knowing who was picked until maybe seconds before. Other times they got guys they were lucky enough to have cameras on at home. Look, when JLC breaks picks before Schefter you know somethings wrong. Other times they would just keep on talking while players were getting picked, and this was in the first round.

Another thing I liked about NFLN though was they always had some noise in the background. ESPN kept cutting to interviews and studios where it's dead silent and their mic's didn't really pick up much background noise. I doubt thats a factor for 99.9% of people watching the draft but I thought it added a sense of being there. It also helped NFLN because the few times they did talk over picks early you could hear it announced in the background.

I've had my TV on for the entire draft and I think that I've spent maybe 20 minutes on ESPN. The other infinity billion hours have been on NFLN. And keep in mind I felt like at the start of the draft that I was going to spend most of my time on ESPN.



Forget it. After that Rolle buzzkill I can't even talk to you anymore. You know what....You're an in the box safety. Yeah I showed you.

That's pretty funny considering I played SS in high school.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by RMSkins

That's pretty funny considering I played SS in high school.

Ha ha, touché.

[skinsy]

I just noticed Campbell ran the fastest 40 yard dash for an OL at the combine (4.85). He just missed the fastest time on the 20 yard shuffle (behind Trent Williams). He was pretty formidable on everything else, very athletic. We must not know something about this guy for him to be available this late (see Dez Bryant--irregular heartbeat)...

[RMSkins]

Originally Posted by skinsy

I just noticed Campbell ran the fastest 40 yard dash for an OL at the combine (4.85). He just missed the fastest time on the 20 yard shuffle (behind Trent Williams). He was pretty formidable on everything else, very athletic. We must not know something about this guy for him to be available this late (see Dez Bryant--irregular heartbeat)...

Obviously, Campbell has superior measurables, but a lot of scouts have been saying that his game film is absolutely terrible. I haven't watched Maryland enough to know how good of a player he is, so I have to take their word for it, but I wouldn't be opposed to taking him at 103 as a project with potential to boom or bust.