BB on Pat MacAfee next week on draft night. Will show clips of the potential highly rated QBs. What's good/bad about each
I haven't seen any reference to the McAffee show on these pages after it aired and I will just say that it was like no other
Draft show ever. I was holding my sides laughing at McAffee's sidekick doing a spot-on Mel Kiper Jr. impression
and he never broke character the whole show.
For instance, Bill and Mad Mel argued several times back and forth about the term "edge defender". Bill doesn't
buy that term, but Mad Mel dismissively told him he didn't know what he was talking about, which cracked Bill up. It was a
hilarious bit and I have no idea why the real Mel Kiper doesn't sue the pants off the show. Just tons of fun to
watch. I think it was when Atlanta drafted Penix that Mad Mel flipped out and said "those asshole idiots in Atlanta have absolutely
no fucking idea what they are doing, " and I thought Bill was going to fall off his chair he was laughing so hard.
Bill was simply brilliant, although he got a bit crusty over Drake Maye. I thought it was clear that he is a little sore over
his dismissal from Foxboro. To listen to him, it seemed he would never have spent the 3rd pick on Drake because, and
I thought the point was a bit lame, "You get a guy that only started for 2 years and by the time he figures out the NFL you
only have him for a year or two". Ummm, Bill, that was more or less what happened to Kyle Dugger and some of your other
high picks, so......which is it? Mac Jones started for a year and a half and you drafted him in the 1st, so......
Otherwise, he was articulate, well-dressed and expressed himself beautifully giving succinct statements about prospects
and often displaying an amazing knowledge of the entire process including calling several picks accurately. Every guest from around the League that
was brought in on zoom thanked him profusely for helping them and generally treated him as if he was Mr. NFL. His long tentacles go
everywhere in that league. The respect showed him was that given to a living legend. Even fucking Chris Ballard and he had a little
convo and Ballard asked him to please go coach in the NFC next year.
Fuck sake, even the fans from around the league dressed like it was football halloween gave him several loud ovations and chants of Bill!, Bill!, Bill as if the whole
world loves him now. It was kind of bizarre, but the guy put on a tour de force show and it's just a damn shame that he didn't do it
a little more often when he was coaching here, because he seemed extremely comfortable and came off like a really good guy.
This draft show was a one-time deal, but he's supposed to be back on McAffee's show at some point and I'll go out of my way to watch it. He loves
those guys.