Bell Rips Kipper and Mcshey

Why does he care? Teams don't draft based off of Kiper's and McShay's evaluations.

 

So have I. But as inconsistent as he is at it, it seems he's the only guy we have that can do it at all.

 

bell isn't saying anything that a bunch of us haven't already said about a million times over on this board, but ultimately, he's just coming to the defense of one of his former teammates

 

I'm glad he went after Mayock. That dude just naturally gets under my skin. I hate listening to him call a game because it seems like he has to tell how he "rated" every guy that makes a dang tackle or whatever else.

 

Mayock is a former Steeler, although not for long. I like him and feel that his analysis is generally spot on.

 

Yeah he knows his college stuff for sure. I just don't like his NFL analysis.

 

These experts and I use the term loosely are like weather forecasters as far as knowing where any player is going to wind up. I don't listen to any of them. Talking heads. And Mayock erks me as well calling games.

 

I've came to the conclusion that being a meteorologist is the easiest and most overrated job in the world. Basically you just say "well there's a chance for rain tomorrow". Ok. I know that already. Then when it doesn't rain you just say "I only said there's a CHANCE that it might rain". You can't lose. LOL. Also what's weird to me is why do all these draft analysts even exist? I mean are they merely around for entertainment value? They aren't a part of any franchise and they aren't in the war room with the team. What is even the point of them really? I mean do scouts and GM's set down and say "well I like this guy and think he's a good fit but Mayock said he's probably not good" and then the GM says "well then we will pick who Mayock or Kiper thinks we should take". I just think it's odd that they even exist.

 

heck I don't think half of them look outside BFT.

 

Simply supply and demand. If nobody ever watched meteorologist then there would be no reason to employ them. I'm certain supermarkets have a large interest in them though. Whenever they predict bad weather, those stores double or even triple their sales from a panicked public.

Mayock and Kiper are simply filling a need. The need for the draft geek to sit extensively and watch an opinion. If nobody watched then there would be no need to employ him. He would have to go get a real job.

My wife was complaining about new bathing suit prices the other day and how expensive they have now become. Simply supply and demand. Especially this time of year. My response to her was what is wrong with last years model? I've had the same bathing suit for over a decade but then again I'm not into the latest greatest fashions.

Whats more puzzling to me is why athletes and stars feel the need to express their immediate thoughts onto twitter. How did that work out for Mendenhall?

 

I feel the same about weather men and grocery stores. I also feel the same about twitter and famous people. My buddy told me I could "follow" certain comic book creators on there but I just didn't really understand how it worked and now I don't even have it on my new phone. A lot of social media to me is just people looking for attention. I actually get ticked when people's "tweets" become "news". Who gives a crap what some actor said about another actor? I would love to know if what Mayock or any like him says has any impact at all on our draft plans. If these guys are really such geniuses why aren't they GM's building constant SB rosters?

 

Hopeful fans want to be fed draft information. The teams aren't giving them anything, so those guys get paid to do it.

 

These guys may be morons, but it wasn't them drafting Ricardo Colclough or Alonzo Jackson. They hit and miss just like the guys that do it for real.

 

What happened to the "We should have drafted Eddie Lacy" posts?

I like Bell's command of the english language: "dude be wrong with just about everything"

 

And I'm thinking many of us would take that job.

 

How often do they hit and miss though? Also how did they rate those guys? Wasn't Sweed pretty highly rated as well. I think their biggest misses are the big name dudes that don't live up to the hype. However, they also let guys like AB make it deep in to the draft and would you count that as a miss also?

 

I'll give some credit to Kiper though. The guy was doing it back in the day when no one else was. He definitely was the front runner. Now look at the craziness!!