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Kiper Sacked; Mocks Mocked
Published: 4/23/2010 2:27 PM
Last Modified: 4/23/2010 2:31 PM

After all the guest shots and special programming, hour after hour of charts and graphs, weeks upon end of analyzing, the TV NFL draft experts turned up dopey.

After the obvious first few picks, it was like the "experts" had thrown darts at names on cards.

Thrown for the biggest loss was former draft expert Mel "Count Dracula" Kiper, who listed Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen as the fourth best player in the draft! Thursday night, he was closer to grad school than the NFL. The big draft-expert bust was the latest in a round of flops by those participating in non-jobs -- bracketology, putting stars on high school recruits (refer to OU hoops).

The ESPN crew was horrible as predicted, as most members of the panel spent most of the time sulking and pouting. Only John Gruden showed a spark of originality.

OU's Bradford was almost ignored.

Tim Tebow was glorified. His chance to make it as a full-time NFL quarterback, 2 1/2 percent.


Question for B. Stoops: How could you have had so much talent without winning a stinking big game?

Thunder note: As analyzed here earlier in the week, Laker guard Fisher couldn't cover a pot. Thunder guard Westbrook could send him into retirement.

Unfortunately the Lakers are the pick Sat. night.



Reader Comments 13 Total
ALVY (3 years ago)
Tom Jackson looked like he had Jimmy Clausen in some kind of parlay last night. Kept waiting for him to start crying and stomp out. Poor Steve Young, I think the concussions have run their course and precluded him from putting coherent words together.
The Picker (3 years ago)
It did look like the entire panel was about to start a Senior wrestling match. There for a while, nobody would even talk to Young. Maybe you're right, perhaps nobody could understand what he was saying.
random*hero (3 years ago)
Young was a complete tool last night... No matter how logical the analysis, be it about picks, skill set, NFL ability, etc. lefty always had to argue. Really, Steve?? Really... Gruden was the only person on set who made that watchable. Thank god for the NFL network.
buster (3 years ago)
I rolled off my couch laughing,
spilling my chips and dip when Tebow was drafted and Jimmy[win one for the kiper] Clausen was still out there.
TMS (3 years ago)
Unfortunately, Kiper will be vindicated. Most of the successful QB's come from down the line. The #1 pick was a popularity, I wanna be first contest lacking much common sense. Sam's to easiely bruised and he won't play with pain.

AS for Bob not winning with these...think about it!
willie (3 years ago)
MAYBE JUST MAYBE THE COMPETITION FROM THE BIG 12!!! WIN OR LOSE TO TEXAS AND STILL COMPETE IN THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME... Top 5 recruiting every year for Bob,very talented players,and nothing but praise and ask kissing from the okc media and dave sitter. Ya I texted bob and he said he's not going anywhere. JOKE
Tulsan in Exile (3 years ago)
Prediction: Clausen will win more NFL games as a starter than Bradford (significantly more, though Clausen will never be a big-time QB). The Rams now have one guy with a good arm (for the moment) and one or two other players who could start for another NFL team. During the course of his very short NFL career, we will be seeing more pictures of Bradford x-rays than Bradford TD passes.
DanDDiver (3 years ago)
ESPN's coverage seemed too disjointed and lackluster.

Mel Kiper, Jr. couldn't pick his nose with instructions and a personal assistant. He's become more of a joke than an actual analyst. He continues to lose credibility with each passing year.

After tagging Dez Bryant with "character issues" (which we know Dez has never had issues other than that of maturity -- no drugs, no alcohol, no sexual assaults, no insubordination), now the Cowboys and ESPN are singing Dez's praises.

The whole crew at the NYC desk (Berman, Young,Jackson, Chuckie & Kiper) are really struggling to add excitement to the festivities. However, Coach Chuckie is trying too hard to inject his own excitement and the rest just seem tired.

I don't like many Swooners, but Sam Bradford is too likeable not to like. Still, ou has never produced an NFL quarterback that amounted to much.
Hopefully, Sam will have success.

One thing I've noticed is that the national media is covering OSU draftee's Okung and Bryant better than the OKC/Gooner dominated market.

Why the state's largest paper can't cover sports for ALL state of Oklahoma fans?!
It's like having a middle school paper having to cover their cross-town rivals team.

The World covers OSU better than anyone in the state.

Thanks, World.
justanotherokie (3 years ago)
I was thinking the same thing about Stoops. How could anyone waste that much talent.

I think waste is the keyword here. If Bob raced cars he would have a whole garage full of broken, half repaired cars and nothing left for race day.
Hlywood7 (3 years ago)
Do any of you morons (especially TMS) know what a AC sprain is and how much stronger the joint is now? Last time I checked good ole Adrian Peterson had a few more injury problems than Sam and it seems like he is fine now. I also guess Drew Brees is weak and can't play with pain since the same thing happened to him and his is fine now.
MexiMike (3 years ago)
What in the world were the Denver Broncos thinking??? They have a QB who can't throw so in the off-season they pick up another QB bust who can't throw. They top this off by trading down twice and picking up yet ANOTHER QB who can't throw! So now they have three higly payed QBs and not one of them can throw a football. Simply genius.

By the way Pick, how did that Saturday night Lakers pick work out for you? A 20+ point win going the Thunder's way? Ouch.
dcood (3 years ago)
Nice pick for the Sat Thunder game... The real question is how do the prima donnas from LA ever lose to the Thuder?? Credit the Thunder's great effort as they have no one to guard Gasol or Bynum.
Glenn616 (3 years ago)
"Question for B. Stoops: How could you have had so much talent without winning a stinking big game?"
I think that coaching has something to do with that.
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