We now gather to witness perhaps the biggest collective resource drain in the country among the key demographic. Â Millions of wasted work hours have come to this and we’re here to cover it with our panel of total amateurs. Â The annual football drought has taken a toll on all of us, but tonight we get a taste of the Fall. Â Among them:
EH – Volatile Canadian-American with numerous penalty minutes. Responsible for more high-sticking than a pole vaulter.
JM – aka Leon “Rooster” Jones, ordained literary scholar.
BH – Dubious claim:”He wouldn’t even answer calls from the Browns”. Â Parent.
BC – Owns a taco stand in Park Cities. Â Calls it like he sees it. Â Injury prone.
FT – Psychologically compromised blogger
So it Begins:
5:51pm CST – BC – [Texts photo of Zeke Elliot in crop top] “Mezekiel Melliott off my draft board.”
5:52pm – EH – [Referring to Elliot’s Red Carpet attire] “That’s at least a 2 year suspension from Goddell”
5:58pm – FT – There’s a non-zero probability that Mel Kiper will have a massive heart attack on camera tonight.
5:59pm – BC – “My ideal draft scenario: Rams surprise everyone by taking Wentz, Eagles are shocked and panic and take Zeke Elliott, then Cleveland trades back to the 3 spot to take Goff who then tears both ACLs in a jet ski accident next week.”
6:00pm – Group consensus is that taking a RB in the first round of the Draft is now understood to be a terrible move.
6:01pm – Group agrees that the Patriots, even without a pick, will still perform better than the Chargers in the first round.
6:23pm – FT – Jack Conklin looks like “Larry” from Meatballs when he battled “The Stomach” in the hot dog eating contest.  Seriously.
6:25pm – FT – “JM definitely going to see Keanu: Gangster Kitten tomorrow.”
6:30pm – BH – [On the topic of Bosa’s mom] He definitely still would.
6:36pm – EH – “Doctson, oh no”.
6:38pm – FT – Very surprised they put Nkemdiche on that high up off the stage. Â Heard he’s had some problems with heights.
6:42pm – JM – Believes that Mel Kiper also has a list of best available assault & battery defense attorneys.
6:45pm – JM – “What’s the O/U on the # of times Gruden uses the term ‘high motor’”?
6:48pm – JM – “Two villages were massacred to gather enough diamonds for Laquon Treadwell’s watch.”
6:50pm – BH – “I just beer bonged 6 Silver Bullets and I’m taking the dogs for a walk… plz text picks every 20 mins or so.”
6:52pm – EH – “Goff looks like he stuffed a tablecloth in his suit pocket.”
6:55pm – JM – “Rumors abound that Sam Bradford is on Periscope right now threatening to shoot himself when the Eagles draft a QB. Â Will probably miss.”
6:56pm – Group sends numerous “fire” emojis.
6:56pm – EH – “Likely dislocate an elbow trying to pull the trigger.”
6:57pm – More emojis.
6:58pm – JM – “Tell me Kiper doesn’t look like this.” [texts photo]
7:03pm – FT – I just don’t think Elliott will do anything special in the pros. Â The idiot factor is too high.
7:05pm – FT – Twitter blowing up with rumor that Tunsil just tweeted a video of him taking bong rips through a gas mask. Â High degree of difficulty IMO.
7:09pm – FT – What happens when Wentz is hanging out in LA with women who don’t also look like Bison. High probability of exposure.
7:15pm – FT – Rams pick Jared Goff and now we get to hear a repeat of the last 15 minutes.  Goff sports the smallest knot I’ve seen on a neck-tie since the John Cryer films of the 80’s.
7:18pm – JM – “I predict 1st pick will earn nickname ‘LuftGoffe” once his version of the air raid offense sweeps across the country.”
7:22pm – FT – Eagles know they can only play one QB at a time right? Â Good luck Wentz. Â That Philly fanbase is known for their hospitality.
7:25pm – FT – I want to beat Mel Kiper with a steel pipe for reminding us that all of these players ‘really love the game of football’. Â Thanks for the analysis, Mel.
7:30pm – BC – “Wentz reminds me of a younger, slower Jim Druckenmiller.”
7:30pm – JM – “Wentz probably traded to Saskatchewan by week 5.”
7:31pm – Phone lights up repeatedly. Â Consensus: LOL, You lose Bosa. Â Next to Melvin Gordon, even you look serviceable.
Wentz – Eagles (2)
Bosa – Chargers (3)
7:33pm – BH – “Look at him (Bosa) intercept Wilton Speight!”
7:34pm – EH – “LOOK, THIS IS A FOOTBALL TEAM. Â HERE’S A GUY YOU CAN USE ON GAMEDAY!”
7:37pm – Group wants to see Lewis Riddick stand up and kick Kiper’s ass for back-talking him.
Ezekiel Elliott – Cowboys (4)
7:40pm – Consensus is that the Cowboys should have gone elsewhere with this pick.
7:43pm – FT – I really hope this works out, but it will hurt if Ramsey does even half of what Marcus Peters did last year in Kansas City.
7:45pm – EH – “Shefty already plugging RB class next year.” He should because it’s going to be unreal.
7:47pm – FT – “Let’s not forget that Ramsey did not have a single INT in a weak ACC last year.”
Ramsey – Jaguars (5)
7:51pm – FT – I feel terrible for Jaylon Smith. Â He would have been great for the Cowboys if healthy.
[Everyone loves the crowd booing Goddell]
Stanley – Ravens (6)
7:54pm – FT – Must be some teeth to the Tunsil rumors. Â Wow Baltimore. Â You’ll want Orlando Brown, you could be getting Jason Smith.
7:55pm – BH – “There are really people in Columbus who are wondering why Braxton Miller is off the board yet.”
7:57pm – HA, HACKED!!!!!
7:58pm – FT – Watch out, Gruden is fired up! Â Strange for a guy who’s no more than 48 hours away from indictment for groping a Hooter’s server.
Buckner – 49ers (7)
8:01pm – FT – All I remember is that he (Buckner) was on skates for most of that Alamo Bowl.
8:03pm – BC – “Great clips of Buckner getting BLOWN UP hahaha.”
8:05pm – BH – “Love Browns strategy here. Â Difficult to get a triple-F minus from Mel Kiper if you don’t make any picks.”
8:06pm – FT – All I’m saying is if any Twinkies go missing at Titans camp, they won’t have to look far.
8:07pm – BC – “Titans now have 7 first round picks on their offensive line.” Â Wow.
Conklin – Titans (8)
8:09pm – BH – “The punishment Conklin doled out on that Connor Cook INT was super impressive.”
8:14pm – FT – I could not help myself…
8:15pm – FT – LOL Tunsil.
8:16pm – BH – “Ray Lewis might have stabbed someone to death, but let’s take Tunsil off our board for being a kid.” Ouch.
Leonard Floyd – Bears (9)
8:17pm – Group very divided on Floyd… lines being drawn.
8:18pm – EH – “Floyd facing weaker competition in the NFL tho…”
[Beer break]
Eli Apple – NY Giants (10)
8:23pm – FT – Odell Beckham must have negotiated that they draft a Buckeye so he can have a permanent practice bitch.
8:27pm – BH and I can’t wait for the Cowboys to take Tunsil in round 2. Â The kid made a mistake. Â Feels like a bit of a setup. Â Recently sued by a close relative.
Vernon Hargreaves – Buccaneers (11)
8:35pm – FT – I hate Freeze. Â The Ole Miss team throws off red flags left and right.
Sheldon Rankins – Saints (12)
8:38pm – FT – I like the Rankins pick. Â They need it. Â Would have liked to see Jarran Reed here.
Tunsil – Dolphins (13)
8:43pm – FT – Tunsil makes sense for Miami given the city’s long history in hiding drugs and money from the mainstream.
8:46pm – EH – “The sheer volume of hounds tooth patterns in the Tunsil seating area must be setting some sort of Draft record.”
8:47pm – FT – We’re all going to feel like garbage when we find out that it’s the ALS that makes Kiper sound like he had a molar drilled 30 minutes ago.
8:49pm – JM – “I’m naming my next album Gold chains, Bow-tie, Gas Mask.”
Karl Joseph – Raiders (14)
8:51pm – FT – Any player named after 2 Soviet dictators has a spot on my team. Â Also hits like a step-father.
8:53pm – EH – “I would only wear a bow-tie if it were made from old leopard print stripper thongs… or actual leopards. Â Either one.”
8:55pm – FT – Here come the Browns. Â They are in an absolutely no win situation.
8:56pm – BC – “The Browns select William Green – Boston College.”
Corey Coleman – Browns (15)
8:58pm – FT – Thank you God. I was terrified that J Doctson was about to be sentenced to Cleveland.
Decker – Lions (16)
9:01pm – BH (Lions fan) – “Anyone who wears a League official Lions jacket in public probably needs an array of vaccines.”
9:03pm – JM (Also Lions fan) – “‘Inconsistent effort’ should fit right in with the Lions.”
9:05pm – FT – Just know that I despise Ohio State and we’ll leave it there.
Keanu Neal – Atlanta (17 – Huge reach IMO)
9:06pm – BH – “Any time you can take the 6th best OT in the Draft at 16, you do it!”
9:08pm – FT – Thanks Gruden, I’m sure your transition to the NFL will be smooth if you “have some trouble with man coverage”.
Ryan Kelly  – Colts (18)
9:12pm – FT – Kelly’s practice competition plummets once he gets to the League.
9:15pm – FT – Cowboys should be licking their chops with all this defensive line talent sliding.
Shaq Lawson – Bills (19)
9:17pm – FT – Interesting, does this potentially make Jerry Hughes a cap casualty?
[Goes and plays with the family dogs for 5 mins]
9:24pm – JM – “Paxton Lynch looks like the kind of guy who’d try to bum a bunch of keybumps at an Alice in Chains cover band concert.”
Darron Lee – NY Jets (20)
9:25pm – FT – This is great, this guy has almost as much upside as Vernon Gholston.
9:27pm – Group agrees on-air talent is shredding the quality of this Draft. Â Definitely more than any recent memory.
9:30pm – FT – Everyone should Google “Tunsil + Agent + Hacking + Statement”, then try to avoid vomiting after reading it. Â Blames failures in cyber-security legislation. Â Not kidding.
Will Fuller – Texans (21)
9:32pm – FT -Â Really fast but thin, bad at running routes and with suspect hands. Â What’s not to like?
9:37pm – FT – Don’t be surprised when Doctson gets more than a few comparisons to Randy Moss. Â Yeah, you heard me.
JOSH DOCTSON – Redskins (22)
9:39pm – FT – Cousins just got a weapon. Â I love it! Â Congrats JD!
9:40pm – FT – Wow, someone hand Mel a moist towelette.
9:41pm – FT – This is amazing. Â Riddick just said that Doctson “put on an catching expedition” at the Combine. Amazing.
9:43pm – JM – “Redskins haven’t gotten a morale boost like this since Custer’s Last Stand.”
Laquon Treadwell – Vikings (23)
9:47pm – FT – This is why you want to run fast at the Combine.
William Jackson – Bengals (24) “SEE YA PACKMAN”
Artie Burns – Steelers (25)
9:56pm – FT – Wow, Burns getting shredded by Kiper & Riddick. Â You shouldn’t draft a project at 25.
10:02pm – FT – Make a Wish is awesome.
Paxton Lynch – Broncos (26)
10:03pm – FT – The best QB in this draft IMO.
10:04pm – JM – “Too bad there’s not a Foundation for all the former NFL players who have brain damage. Thanks Mr. Commissioner.” Ouch.
Kenny Clark – Packers (27)
10:12pm – FT – Crazy that Bama tackles are still on the board. Â I think both of them are better than Clark.
Joshua Garnett – 49ers (28)
10:19pm – FT – Kevin Hogan’s throwing motion is awful.
NKemdiche – Cardinals (29)
10:25pm – FT - We’re 36 months away from this moron’s federal indictment for parrot smuggling. Giving him an apartment with his brother and a few million dollars is a fantastic idea.
10:27pm – FT – Likely taking a pay cut to join the Cardinals…
Vernon Butler – Panthers (30)
10:34pm – FT – Crazy that Seattle already has 2 good starting defensive tackles.
Germain Ifedi – Seahawks (31)
10:40pm – FT -Â Has all the measurables but has unlawfully held more people than Guantanamo Bay. Â Good night everyone.