Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Though the Bill Cosby/Quan Cosby/Erin Andrews debacle had the blogosphere all atwitter this weekend*, those both involved with and detached from the NFL Draft were plenty plugged in.
*And really, what segment with Erin Andrews isn’t these days? Search the tags “ERIN ANDREWS,” “HOT,” and “OMG” and you’ll soon have all you need to start your own blog.
Commissioner Roger Goodell “tweeted” between announcing teams’ draft selections for the first time while some teams made their picks public via Twitter before Goodell popped open the envelope.
But as Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported, Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel enticed a Twitter war with a sports talk host from Washington, D.C. as the completion of a free agent contract with the Redskins neared.
As the seventh round wound down Daniel “tweeted”*: “Hearing redskins possibly! Who knows! Free agent might be better!!”
Apparently interpreting this as an affront to the ’Skins, WJFK talker Chad Dukes invited Daniel to come on air and defend his comments.
*I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Tweet is one of the silliest words you can use but what choice do we have?
I almost believe the Twitter suits did this by design, so when we want to report on the latest tech darling, we can’t do so without sounding preposterous. Whatever comes next, please don’t use the word “moxie” in your name. PLEASE!
But as Florio observed, the comment was more of a compliment to Washington than anything else. Undrafted free agents are allowed to choose among a number of teams and select the best fit for them.
In suggesting free agent might be better and subsequently inking a deal with Washington, Daniel effectively indicated his preference of competing for a spot with the Redskins.
BORDER (SHOWDOWN) SHENANIGANS
One year after the Jayhawks saw four players drafted in the first round, the Missouri Tigers were better represented. With six selections in the draft, the Tigers saw more players drafted than any Big 12 team this year. The Kansas City Chiefs selected tackle Colin Brown in the fifth round.
Now, I generally don’t advocate scanning the comments sections of local newspaper Web sites for insightful analysis — crap flinging at the Topeka Zoo suffices as analogy — but one post in rebuttal to Tiger fans’ boasting proved especially astute.
We’ll give this poster the hypothetical handle ChokeDaniel69. Mr. Daniel69 observed that, in essence, Mizzou’s hopes of a Big 12 title and BCS contention now reside on NFL rosters. With enough talent to see six players drafted, including wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (19th overall) and defensive tackle Evander “Ziggy” Hood (32nd), the Tigers were routed in consecutive Big 12 title games and eked out an underwhelming Holiday Bowl win against Northwestern to send off the class. Oh, and last November’s date at Arrowhead ensured bragging rights would stay on the right side of the border for at least a year.
And to a pair of undrafted free agents who, to my knowledge, have yet to have their comments misinterpreted by a sports talk radio host, James Holt and Mike Rivera best of luck.
That’s all for now. I guess we must put draft behind us and move on to other things that don’t involve sitting and watching people sit and talk for eight hours.
— — Edited by Brandy Entsminger
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