Mel Kiper's history

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Originally Posted by celts32

Just throwing in my 2 cents since this thread is going to be filled with people bashing Mel. I love him. I could listen to him talk about football players every day. He is the original and great at what he does. If everyone was as passionate about thier job as Mel is the world would be a much better place.

And there are plenty of people that know football that for whatever reason are not working for an NFL team. I don't know if he would have the overall administrative skills to run an entire football organization but he is more then qualified to be a college scout for an NFL team if he wanted to be. Get his book and read it before deciding he sucks...it's amazing...he doesn't just throw up a half assed list of players...he has researched these guys and knows them like the back of his hand. he details the needs of every team...he even has lists of players to watch out for in the next 2 drafts. If you don't like the way he talks or his hair thats fine...but the guy does his homework.

Good post, and I agree. I didn't read the article, but I think I heard he and his wife basically run their business themselves, and work out of their home in Baltimore mostly. I could be dead wrong, but I think I remember a friend telling me that.

Anyway, he's a solid analyst, and does a great job. I can't stand the way his hair looks, but whatever. That's irrelevant to why I like to listen to him do his breakdowns.

That said, I do like McShay as well. ESPN is lucky to have both of them. Mike Mayock is a beast in his own right for NFLN. I actually really like all three. If I had to rank them, I'd go Mayock, Kiper, McShay (Mayock's lisp kills me, but it's getting better. Maybe he's taking speech classes or something. But like Kiper's hair, it's irrelevant to why I like his work).