ESPN vs NFL Network Draft Coverage

ESPN does a much better job covering the draft. They have been doing it for years so its smoother. Also cut away to NFL Live which mixes it up.

NFL Network is great during the season but ESPN has the draft locked up for now.

NFL network has one of the smoothest new analyst that i enjoy listening to. Charles Davis teams up well with Mike Mayock who really seems to know players because he was at the Senior Bowl, combine, and everything else and it doesn't feel like he had to cram to learn everything. I agree with the statement that ESPN had a better looking set though. Im also glad i was able to change channels during commericals. Steve Young and Keyshwawn Johnson, and the dude with the glasses are waay to annoying. Next year NFL network will get the top vote this year is ESPN though for quality and having Kiper at the top of his game

I used the Warpath as I was not home this weekend very much so I just caught up here what the Skins did! Hail to the community for keeping me up to date!

I think both had adequate coverage. Kiper and Mayock are a wash for the most part although I get the feeling that Mayock is bs-ing a lot of the time. For me, Chris Berman's monkey shines are starting to wear a little thin. Rich Eisen is much easier to take in eight hour doses.

Kornheiser may has well have been getting coffee for all the insight he added.

One thing ESPN messed up on was the ability to not understand if a player didnt get the "call" he wasnt gonna be drafted.

They were so sure Quinn was going to the Fins that they had Suzie talk to Quinn less than 5 mins before the Fins had to pick. I think Quinn realized by that point he wasnt going, but he spoke well about Miami. Also after that they had a freaking camera on him the whole time. Someone should have realized he wasnt getting picked, but they were all shocked and zoomed into Brady's reaction, which wasnt really too surprised.

Stupid on ESPNs part. I will be watching NFLN next year.

ESPN is second to none. and as much as i hate to say it, keyshawn was very good. especially when the panthers were up, and he said they would probably go wide out, to start phasing him out


I thought Keyshawn was good as well. I thought he was objective, well spoken, and appeared to have done some homework on the picks.

I thought Keyshawn was good as well. I thought he was objective, well spoken, and appeared to have done some homework on the picks.

My problem with Keyshawn was that he seemed to put being right in front of everything else. Personally I hate people like that, theres a difference between being objective and yelling louder then everyone else so people percieve that you're winning a debate.

I felt like he started out all right but after a while you can just see he was pissed off that everyone wasn't worshiping the ground he walked on. I was also surprised that Jaws spent most of his time in arguments that added nothing to the draft coverage. That disapointed me to because I feel that Jaws is one of the best analyst out there right now.

Mayock also annoyed me when he got into a pissing match with Adam Schafter over the Randy Moss story, claiming that we should pay more attention to the 5th and 6th round picks. Come on Mike, everyone isn't a football junkie, to keep people around on the second day you have to keep them hooked and the Randy Moss story did just that.

In conclusion I say that we move Mel Kiper to NFL Network and Mike Mayock to ESPN. I think someone else pointed out on this thread that Rich Eison is a lot easier to take then Chris Berman, which in my opinion is right on the money.

i cant stand mayock. wanna be mel kiper

ESPN does a much better job covering the draft. They have been doing it for years so its smoother. Also cut away to NFL Live which mixes it up.

NFL Network is great during the season but ESPN has the draft locked up for now.

For now being the key word.

ESPN's Quinn and Moss coverage was simply over the top and unbearable

I personally hate how Berman tries to sound smart by 'predicting' the pick right as the commissioner goes the podium.

I can't stand him anymore. I think I'm making the switch to NFL network this year.


Which network do you prefer?