Each spring, the NFL kicks off its free agency period and has the NFL Draft. Both of those processes often turn NFL players – or soon-to-be-NFL players – into very rich men. In fact, the tens of millions of dollars that many of these players are promised in their contracts are amounts the common person will never see in their lifetime. But as any NFL fan knows: many of these … [Read more...]
The 12 Biggest Mistakes Of 2017 NFL Draft
It’s the question that probably every single NFL team owner outside of the “Show Me State” is asking their General Manager, or the guy in charge of drafting players from college: “How the heck did we miss out on drafting Patrick Mahomes?" The Kansas City Chiefs trading up to take Patrick Mahomes, combined with the teams that passed on him in the 2017 NFL Draft, had a direct … [Read more...]
The 12 Players Selected Before Kobe Bryant in the 1996 NBA Draft
Regardless of how you feel about the player or the Los Angeles Lakers organization as a whole, any objective fan cannot dispute the fact that Kobe Bryant is one of the 10 greatest players in NBA history, and arguably the second-best shooting guard of all time, only behind Michael Jordan himself. So, to consider the fact that Bryant was selected with the 13th overall pick in … [Read more...]
The Greatest Player in Every NFL Team’s History
Fans of every team in the National Football League all know that one guy who, in the glorious – or less than glorious? – history of their team, stands out as the best player in team history. That’s the guy who we all look at as being synonymous with the team overall. Sometimes, if you’re lucky to be a fan of such a team, your team has two (or more?) such players. And other … [Read more...]
The 31 NFL Players Picked Before Lamar Jackson in The 2018 NFL Draft
For the first time in 35 years, the 2018 NFL Draft saw five quarterbacks selected in the first round. And there's a good chance, at least as of right now, that like the 1983 NFL Draft, the very best quarterback among the group could be the last one taken: Lamar Jackson, the 32nd overall pick by the Baltimore Ravens. After leading the Baltimore Ravens to the playoffs as a … [Read more...]
