At the Draft: Strictly Lunatics Now

You know day two of the NFL draft is less operatic and more practical business time: the buffet’s not even up today, and I could have walked through the media entry without pants on without raising an eyebrow.
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↵Those left today are to sports fandom what quants are to financial institutions: the hermetic lunatics who crave running numbers, covering for every possible scenario, and crunching data ‘till it screams. The number of people sporting their own laptops at this point is impressive: it’s like a cadre of little Kiperbots have invaded, all more than happy to tell you precisely why Bruce Davis at the 88th spot was a major reach by the Steelers. (If trapped by one of these people, just nod along. Asking questions just makes it worse.)↵