It’s the time of the year where NFL Draft annuals start hitting the stands. Here’s a look at the Sporting News Draft 2010 magazine. Why? So you don’t have to buy it.
We buy it so you don’t have to: Sporting News Draft 2010
Pages: 152 | Cost: $7.99
Thoughts: This one is pretty. Glossy cover and pages, so slick on my fingers. The front-of-the-book features are solid – particularly a look back on the disaster 2005 draft. It’s written by Pete Williams, author of The Draft: A Year Inside the NFL’s Search for Talent (which I’ve read three times). The other features are nice and quick reads.
The mock draft is kind of a mess. If you’ve followed the comments here at MTD, you’ll know what I mean. Need proof? With pick No. 16, they give San Francisco Thaddeus Gibson. On the next page, Gibson is rated as one of their most overrated players. Another highlight is Maurkice Pouncey dropping to third round. But mocks are unique to the writer, so whatever there.
Two pages are devoted to a chart so you can write in the draft picks. Does anyone ever do that? If so, please comment and let me know why.
Then, there’s the rankings. I had to put this magazine down after seeing Jonathan Crompton rated as the No. 2 overall quarterback. Other notables: Tony Moeaki (No. 2 TE), Jason Worilds (No. 5 DE), Everson Griffen (No. 11 DE), Dan Williams (No. 10 DT), Donald Butler (No. 1 MLB), rating Earl Thomas’ hands as his worst asset.
The back-end is filled with team needs, projected depth chart and 2009 draft overview.
Overall: This is a solid magazine. It feels like I got my money’s worth on it. There is a lot of useless stuff – the draft chart, team needs that are moot following free agency, a history of Mr. Irrelevant. But this is decent.
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