Earliest draft day memories

I've enjoyed the NFL draft for as long as I can remember. It's almost like Christmas for a lot of NFL fans. I hate that Goodell has postponed the draft from April to May this year. Christmas is in December. Thanksgiving is in November. Independence Day is in July. The Draft should be in April!!!

At any rate, for you youngsters out there the draft has not always been the primetime event that it is today. I remember when the draft used to be held on Tuesday morning. That's right. Tuesday morning. Worse yet, until ESPN was founded in 1978 you couldn't watch it on TV. The NFL draft was first televised in 1980 by ESPN but there was one problem. I didn't have ESPN!!! My older brother had ESPN and I remember going over to his house on Tuesday morning to watch the draft the year the Steelers drafted Louis Lipps. Another year I remember calling the local radio station to see if the Steelers draft pick had come across the wire. It had. They drafted John Rienstra.

It's interesting to see what the draft has evolved into over the years. It's now must see TV for me and other NFL fans. I'd be interested to hear some of your earliest draft memories.

 

you old man. you and I both know we can remember back to things that happened a long time ago but we can't for the life of us remember who we drafted last year, or five minutes ago.

 

I remember Ed Conway doing the draft...a half hour highlight show on W.T.A.E. radio back in the late 60's. He had a young reporter who had a profile of each of the Steelers 17 picks, by the name of Myron Cope!

 

Who me?

In all seriousness there are times I have to think really hard about who we drafted last year. The other day it took me forever to remember that we drafted Jarvis Jones in the first round last year. Of course my excuse is that his first year was somewhat forgettable.

 

That's great!

Keep 'em coming guys.

 

it was different back then. I remember hearing them on wtae news that evening. there were a lot of rounds then and we didn't have the FA movement like today. we kept our good players from past drafts. it was a big deal around here in the 70's because they just kept hitting HR's every year. the 80's came and we wanted the 70's to continue. it got to be a fun time watching who our next stud player was going to be because we knew this year gets us back to 1970's. joe greene. who the heck is joe greene?

well, this noll guy seems to do a pretty good job. that got me hooked.

 

One other thing I remember about the Ed Conway draft radio show: He always talked to the Chief. The Great Old Man said the exact thing about every kid we ever drafted: "He's a good kid, He's a tough kid"! We could have drafted charles manson and the loveable Chief would have said:"He's a good kid, He's a tough kid!"

 

The attached article and YouTube video gives you some of the flavor of the draft coverage in the early days. If you're not claustrophobic check out the video, lol.

http://www.shermanreport.com/weeken...rst-nfl-draft-questioning-why-giants-took-lt/

 

I am in a world of Chit, I will be traveling
starting the 8th,might be unavailable
the whole weekend. This really sucks,
thanks GOODELL.

 

I hate that they moved it to May also, the NFL is just looking to be in the headlines in the month of May they just want to take away from the NBA and NHL playoffs. I actually liked the old format of Saturday and Sunday, instead of dragging it out over three days and into primetime.

 

The Rockettes pulled rank.

Radio City is their official home, and they had originally had a spring show slotted in.....http://heartandlights.com/2015.html

Now it is postponed until 2015; when we will go round and round again!