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The NFL Draft really does hold a special place in the hearts of sports fans. The NBA and NHL Playoffs are in full swing, baseball hasn’t gotten boring yet, and MMA and Boxing are hitting their summer blockbuster stride. Yet the NFL Draft lauds over these puny institutions as though it were some overwhelming force of nature; unavoidable and unignorable.
The other rule, at least for this first mock draft, is that this is a determination of what I think these teams should do with their picks. I will likely get a lot of this wrong but as it currently stands, it feels too early to accurately predict what some of these insane organizations will do with their picks. Maybe after the combine I will update this with trades and randomness. For now, let’s do some mocking. With the First Overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts select:
The 2022-2023 NFL season kicks off tomorrow. One day until the world emerges from months of lonely, dark wandering through the barren wilderness that is the “off-season.” I kid, of course, this website wouldn’t have a purpose if I only cared about one sport; that said this is still the best time of the year. The NFL is hard to top in terms of excitement and intrigue and this year will be no different.
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On May 8, 2022, Kendrick Lamar released The Heart Part V, just five days before his upcoming fifth studio album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. More than five years between major releases. I cannot contain my excitement because nothing about this pre-album loosie disappoints.
With the release of his new song “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” Lil Nas X received his first true hit of public outrage. The outrage stems from the video to his song. However before I get too deep into the meaning of the video and the backlash, it would be a good idea to inform those who may not know of how we got here.
Brackets are fun. Click this to check out the bracket that we did on my podcast and fill out the very same bracket for yourself.
Lupe Fiasco burst onto the scene with his debut album and the Chicago native showed everyone why Kanye and Jay-Z had been so taken by his rapping. Lupe Fiasco combined pristine story telling, complex rhyme schemes, varied flows, and hard hitting one liners to put out an album that was an instant hit.
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This year’s NFL Draft is one of those ones we may look back on in 10-15 years as an NFL turning point. There is the potential for seven different QBs in this class to be legitimate starters for teams in the near future, with up to three or four being high impact, franchise defining guys.