15 instant reactions to Day 1 of the 2019 NFL Draft

As deranged as this is to say: at least for one night, Tyreek Hill saved Roger Goodell from bring the most hated man in the NFL… unless the NFL lets Hill off easy.

If preparing Mock Drafts is my most hated practice of the NFL Draft process, then assigning instant knee-jerk grades to what teams did is a close 2nd.

(Remember the time we all panned the Colts for “reaching” for some small school guy named Darius Leonard in the 2nd round of last year’s draft? I know I did. And look who’s the idiot now …

… although it’s ok to go ahead and pan the New York Giants for what they did with the 6th overall pick. Putting my proverbial money where my mouth is — if that guy makes more 2 Pro Bowls in his entire career, i’ll spend 24 hours eating nothing but olives — and I LOATHE olives).

All of that aside, instead of wasting time with that stupid practice, consider this me emptying out the random notes and thoughts of my mental notebook, as we wrap up Day 1 of the 2019 NFL Draft and head into Day(s) 2 & 3 …

1. Credit to my friend Dash K, who called it yesterday evening: I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised if Washington Redskins’ personnel Czar Bruce Allen totally made a calculated leak around the well-documented report of the debate between the Redskins front office and coaching staff around whether to take Dwayne Haskins or Daniel Jones, in order to get some team to panic into taking Jones and thus help Haskins fall to #15 overall.