Things That Piss Me Off

1.)The Hair: Some say it is his trademark others say its just fucked up and I would be in the middle. It looks like Mel has not cut his hair in say about 10 years, maybe it just keeps folding in on itself. Mel get a fucking damn Hair cut its really not the 80’s anymore.

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2.)The Jr. part in his name: Honestly what is the point of including this part of his name when hes announced to people. Are ESPN viewers going to say “Oh man Is that Mel Kiper Sr. Or Jr., Man I don’t know.” If there really is a Mel Kiper Sr. on ESPN, I would be surprised not because of the similarity but because he hasn’t quit in shame from his last name.

3.)His Stubbornness: I have not seen his “Big Board” much the last few months maybe even more like 6 to 8 months. And I’m not really surprised by this because like I said hes stubborn. Really McFadden followed by Glen Dorsey at the top still, what are you in September Mel?

4.)He has a very loud mouth: I think they might actually have a shout feature on Mel Kipers microphone, much like the crowd sound blocker for the headsets for NFL Coaches its primarily the same for Mel except it must block sound in higher amounts. In the 6th round you DO NOT need to shout about an offensive lineman getting picked.

5.)Honestly what does this guy do?: Does he just watch video of college games and certain players and go to pro days/combines and just report back on ESPN.com and ESPN? If so boy would I love to have that job, At least Chris Mortensen and John Clayton try to figure out breaking news, Kiper just basically reports whats already known.

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6.)There are far better talent evaluators: Usually those talent evaluators are people who either run websites or just write about it in a magazine or newspaper. For example Scott Wright of NFL Draft Countdown, He usually updates his draft page once ever day and he is usually right but he gets paid way less than Kiper. Maybe we could see how Kiper would do on the web and Wright on the TV, in the battle of the NFL Draft Experts!

7.)I’ve seen computers have better mock drafts: Theres a site called Draft Tek that uses a computer model to predict the Draft and is does 7 rounds of it. More than kiper will ever do, that could take him more than one day *shocked*. Currently the Draft Tek Mock draft is different from Kipers newest one. We’ll see draft day who is superior!

8.)Hes a Douche: Well he doesn’t act that way all the time but generally he puts off the vibe like Yeah! I’m from Long Island and I’m a douche. But with all the criticisms of players that were false will come back to bite him on the ass and reprehend him for his douchiness (did i create a word?).

9.)Mike Mayock Vs. Mel Kiper: Currently it is a dead heat between who is the worst draft scout and really its kind of pathetic. One guy is the face of NFL Network, the other the Face of ESPN. And thats not saying much about either channel and their draft coverage. Mayock is an up and comer, I heard about him last year and he is certainly in competition with Kiper for the worst. He think McFadden will drop to the 20’s or 30’s and that his counterpart Felix Jones will go ahead of him. Thats horrible and its really horrible somebody would be compared to that.

10.)He ♥’s certain players: In this years draft it is Aqib Talib, In the 1999 draft it was Akili Smith and look how that worked out. He needs to start looking at what other people do so hes not left behind on new decisions that are being made because he is extremely uninformed.