NFL Draft=Christmas as a kid - New England Patriots Forums

***R_T26*** · 04-13-2006, 05:02 PM

anyone else agree that the morning of the NFL Draft there is an excitment similar to when you were a kid waitng to open up your gifts.

***BelichickFan*** · 04-13-2006, 05:03 PM

Best day of the year for me, not a doubt about it (other than days when the Patriots win the Super Bowl, of course, I'm talking about guaranteed days).

BJ_McWild · 04-13-2006, 05:33 PM

yeah, it's really really really exciting and fun.

I'm stoked. I'll probably have a one day old infant by then too.

Pats726 · 04-13-2006, 05:34 PM

Agreed..always a LOT of fun..a good analogy!!

***maverick4*** · 04-13-2006, 05:59 PM

Great analogy. It's like being a kid, seeing toys and games in commercials, and then being really happy to open them as surprises during the holiday. Of course, with BB, he'd be the kind of dad who bought an XBox 360 one year after it came out, in order to get better value

The NFL draft is so much better than MLB and NBA because football players stay in school longer, and gain more fan recognition, so that by the time the draft comes around, there is excitement and knowledge about the players drafted.

Whenever I find out about who the Celtics or Sox drafted, most of the time I had no idea who they were before that.

***T-ShirtDynasty*** · 04-13-2006, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BJ_McWild

yeah, it's really really really exciting and fun.

I'm stoked. I'll probably have a one day old infant by then too.

We were going to pick one of those up for our draft party too, but decided to go with Nachos instead.

Nah... seriously, congratulations! I remember watching the draft a few years back with our 3 month old asleep in my lap.

F-TheRaiders · 04-13-2006, 06:08 PM

I can totaly relate...If I put as much energy and zeal into my career as I do the draft, I would be writing this message from a yacht in the carribean. Can't Wait!!!!!!!!

BJ_McWild · 04-13-2006, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by T-ShirtDynasty

We were going to pick one of those up for our draft party too, but decided to go with Nachos instead.

Nah... seriously, congratulations! I remember watching the draft a few years back with our 3 month old asleep in my lap.

Thanks much T-shirt!!! Exciting times.

My hope is that we go linebacker and get some Bobby Boucher type...!

mama says, mama says, foosball is the devil!

***T-ShirtDynasty*** · 04-13-2006, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BJ_McWild

Thanks much T-shirt!!! Exciting times.

My hope is that we go linebacker and get some Bobby Boucher type...!

mama says, mama says, foosball is the devil!

Now, are you talking about the draft, or are you and the Missus hoping birth a Bobby Boucher type LB? Either way, I'm with ya, but if it's the fruit of your loins you're talking about, I'd think you'd hope for a slightly higher Wonderlic.

(I mean, the kid can't play foosball forever!)

stcjones · 04-13-2006, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by R_T26

anyone else agree that the morning of the NFL Draft there is an excitment similar to when you were a kid waitng to open up your gifts.

not as a pats fan I don't really.....it's like waking up on xmas morning as a kid and hoping to find that red ryder BB gun under the tree, and finding a book on "How to buy and sell stocks" instead..........it isn't attractive, bums you out a little, but pays HUGE dividends later. That is my analogy on most of the pats drafts in recent years. All my friends who are fans of other teams, are jumping around and celebrating because their team has just signed a big name, flashy player........while BB chooses some guy that NO ONE has on their boards at all....and are sent scrambling to try to find tape on the guy and leaves.....the fan saying "what the #$% was that pick all about??".....but every year, I am more impressed with BB/SP's brilliant drafting skills and although it can kind of be a boring draft in many ways.......almost all of their picks pan out great.........GO PATS!!!!