Listening to the excellent ESPN Radio coverage of the NFL Draft was a further reminder of what is missing from the TV coverage as compared to the past.
Led by Chris Carlin, ESPN Radio’s crew actually questioned things, while the TV coverage — whether it was on ESPN, NFL Network or ABC — was far too sweet. Everyone is going to the Hall of Fame!
I love the draft, so I still enjoyed the TV coverage. But what made it spark in the past, what turned Mel Kiper Jr. into Mel Kiper Jr. draft expert, were the moments when he questioned whether the Jets or Colts knew what they were doing.
ESPN Radio did that, and the best example I can offer came near the beginning of the second round after the Raiders moved up three spots to draft Notre Dame’s Michael Mayer.
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