In about an hour and change, we’ll hear, “With the first pick in the NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans select … Cooper Flagg, from Duke.”
What? Wrong draft? Oh.
Right – this is the grandfather of all drafts, the peculiar US tradition that aims to instill a sense of parity among teams so that the worst team in a given year gets the first chance to improve by gazing upon the talented players leaving college and selecting a Joe Burrow or a JaMarcus Russell first.
The NWSL has started what could become a movement by doing away with its college draft. That seems many years away from happening in the NFL.
In other words, this is the biggest night for pro football between the Super Bowl and the first 2025 regular-season game. Enjoy.
(And wouldn’t Flagg be a better pick than some? He could probably throw pretty well.)
