The NFL draft has zoomed past the point of being simply a major event on the sports calendar. — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 29, 2017Maybe they haven't been told to zip it. — ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 29, 2017This is entirely silly. It’s not like the fifth round of the NFL draft is some sort of sacred television space. If not an orangutan, it would have been some sub-Goodell NFL functionary no one’s ever heard of making the pick.

Source: Washington Post April 29, 2017 18:25 UTC