Another Funny NFL Draft

Well another NFL draft has come and gone and yet again ignorance ruled the day. I always find it humorous that the so-called experts spend so much time discussing players--and the potential draft position debate for players begins well before players end their college playing days--but then are almost always completely wrong come draft day. But the best thing is that they are allowed to then rip teams for viewing players differently then they, the experts, do. That is a great job. Be wrong nine out of ten times and then be allowed to complain that the real experts did not take your advice. I also love it when they have no idea how the player in question and team in question would actually fit in real life. They seem to have finally figured out the difference between a 3-4 defense and a 4-3 but they still mock players that do not fit schematically to teams whether it be the type of blocker and offensive lineman is or the way a DB has been taught to play. And despite all of the knowledge we have now on these players--or perhaps because of that overkill--the draft still produces chuckles when these guys do not know anything about the player when he is drafted. As a New York Giant fan this became apparent when the Giants drafted DB Mykkele Thompson from Texas in the fifth round. As soon as he was drafted he was treated as if he was a backup player from my alma mater Fordham, and not a two-year starting player for the Longhorns. They had no idea who he was and, pathetically, some experts even took to twitter to admit to the world that they did not know the kid. Huh? Thompson was deemed a player unworthy of being selected at a certain time in the process that failed to take in two major bits of information. One is that he was finally fitted with corrective lens midway through this past season, after which his play improved to the point that post-lens he was one of Texas's leading tacklers. He then, after not being invited to the combine because, again, some folks deemed him not worthy of being drafted, he displays excellent measurable at his pro day. In baseball, scouts would have been all over him because they have a reason, his vision, for improved play and they have his 40 time etc to fall back on. But in football he gets lost in the shuffle. But that gets me back to the experts. Okay this kid is off your radar for some reason. But you were watching tape of his teammates, like DT Malcolm Brown and LB Jordan Hicks, who were drafted high. And you were watching tape of Texas's secondary when they tangled with teams like West Virginia and Kansas State, who had sought after receivers. Right? Well Thompson had seven tackles versus the Mountaineers when the entire secondary had to tangle with Kevin White, who did catch 16 balls but did not get much after the catch in totaling "only" 132 yards. And Thompson had 11 tackles against KSU. I could go on and on. The point being is that if you are truly an expert then you should know the name of a two-year starter at Texas who had 11 tackles against KSU. Right?