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A different type of draft question

emcca005 : 3/22/2018 9:57 pm
Where do you guys stand on the current draft format of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday? I enjoyed the Saturday noon start and 2 rounds, although the ridiculously long first rounds did get annoying, followed by the Sunday culmination. I know the primetime thing is a ratings grab idea but I do wish they'd go back to the previous format, or at least modify the current one.
Go back  
oreojenkins : 3/22/2018 10:00 pm : link
Strongly prefer the Saturday + Sunday two-day draft format. Entertainment wise, feels like it loses steam after day 1 now.
agree  
mdthedream : 3/22/2018 10:10 pm : link
they ruined it. I made it a long weekend of just the Football draft and Food.
I miss Chris "Boomer" Berman  
GFAN52 : 3/22/2018 10:13 pm : link
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I think it being Saturday and Sunday was awesome.  
allstarjim : 3/22/2018 10:17 pm : link
More of an event. Now on a Thursday night? It's all about more than time and ad revenue, though.
The old format was awesome  
Jay on the Island : 3/22/2018 10:26 pm : link
On Saturday rounds 1-3
On Sunday rounds 4-7

I used to get together with some friends and sit around drinking and eating all day Saturday. The new format sucks.
Just run it nonstop  
idiotsavant : 3/22/2018 10:32 pm : link
Man up, drink coffee. Cigarettes.. 12 rounds.
Old format  
old man : 3/22/2018 11:00 pm : link
Was better. The continuity flowing rounds 1-3, the trades, awaiting the actual announcement and not the pick spied out at Goodells table and on the tv banner before called.
Agree that old format was better.  
Red Dog : 3/22/2018 11:27 pm : link
I used to watch it pretty much start to finish. But not since they changed it. Now I only watch it here and there. I hate the evening sessions, and after not watching much of them, I don't pay much attention to Saturday now either.

They've pretty much lost me as a draft viewer.
The NFL f-cks up everything....  
bw in dc : 3/23/2018 12:42 am : link
They always say they are evolving. But they are devolving.

The rules are impossible, the games in England are brutal, Thursday night football is tragically bad, the preseason is laughable, the idea of an 18 game season is stupid, changing the draft format was idiotic, MNF is mostly useless, pregame shows are unwatchable, and on and on and on...
Being in Europe  
madeinstars : 3/23/2018 2:51 am : link
And having to go to work at normal hours on friday it pretty much rules out any chance for me to see the first round.

First thing I do when waking up is gonna be to grab my phone and check the draft.
I like this format  
ZogZerg : 3/23/2018 6:53 am : link
You get to focus on the first round picks for a whole night. Then, teams "sleep on things" for a night and you get some trades for teams moving up to get guys who dropped.

I like this format better than the old one.
RE: The NFL f-cks up everything....  
Alan in Toledo : 3/23/2018 7:56 am : link
In comment 13881639 bw in dc said:
Quote:
They always say they are evolving. But they are devolving.

The rules are impossible, the games in England are brutal, Thursday night football is tragically bad, the preseason is laughable, the idea of an 18 game season is stupid, changing the draft format was idiotic, MNF is mostly useless, pregame shows are unwatchable, and on and on and on...


Sad but true.
RE: Go back  
Section331 : 3/23/2018 9:43 am : link
In comment 13881511 oreojenkins said:
Quote:
Strongly prefer the Saturday + Sunday two-day draft format. Entertainment wise, feels like it loses steam after day 1 now.


100% agree. The new format blows.
Well, I don't watch anymore  
Hades07 : 3/23/2018 10:03 am : link
Just follow updates on my phone. At first I hated it. Now I love it, I spend time doing other things which I have found I enjoy more than draft coverage.
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