NFL Draft

No one has been more critical of ESPN over the years than me, especially when it comes to their coverage of the NFL draft.
This year, I'll reverse course and praise them.
The reduction from 15 to 10 minutes between picks allowed ESPN to get rid of all of those annoying "features" on players. The quicker pace seemed to focus the talking heads on the main subject,the players and the teams taking them. Great!
I hated the 4 pm start time and the fact that they only did two rounds on Saturday, but the broadcast itself was pretty good.
Steve Young overdid the "quarterback is dominant" angle, it seemed like that was all he was prepared to talk about, but by and large the "heads" kept it interesting.
Kiper was Kiper, which is good, and they really used him. McShay was solid.
Even Berman stayed on the task at hand and gave the overbearing frat boy act a rest. Who'd a thunk it?
This presentation gets a solid B, but it really needs to start by 1 pm. To heck with the West Coast!