NFL Draft Day

For those who might be new to the NFL world, Draft day isn't a big deal. For those who follow the NFL religiously, it's like Christmas. No matter who your team is, today is the day when you once again start believing that either a) your team has found the missing pieces it needs to make a run or b) your management is so inept your team is bound to wallow in misery until the GM and entire staff are fired.

Granted, no one has won a Super Bowl on Draft Day, but success can be lost due to bad decisions. Trades will happen. Players will be moved. Look for Mark Sanchez to be the center of some early action. Maybe Seattle picks him and holds on. Maybe Seattle picks him then trades him to Cleveland for Brady Quinn. Maybe Cleveland picks him. Maybe the Jets try to make a move up for him. While many people have been saying that this is a "bad draft" in terms of star players, I feel like this is also a deep draft in terms of quality talent. There might not be the potential starpower of the Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger year, but there will be quality players that could become starters this year available well into the second round. In my opinion, there are about 40 players that could be taken in the first round.

The Detroit Lions signed Matthew Stafford to a 6-year deal last night, which means he will be the #1 overall pick in the draft. This is a great move for Detroit and shows that the new management has their heads on straight and is looking in the right direction. Now they just need to fill in the pieces around him.

ESPN will have draft coverage on all day.

The actual draft starts at 4pm.

If you don't have cable, NFL.com will have streaming coverage.


The Pens play in Filthadelphia today at 3pm with a chance to close out the series.

Don't expect any draft updates from us while the Pens game is on.