Oh sure, we have tried to convince ourselves there are other certainties in life. Mike Tyson will pulverize Buster Douglas. The favorite at Churchill Downs is going to win. The Colts will pound Joe Namath and the Jets. As you can see, sport is the last place to find a sure thing.
Football is no exception.
And every year, the NFL draft is ironclad proof. If there s one thing to predict about the NFL Draft, it has to be its unpredictability. Now that s a sure thing. That's what's so amazing about the draft, said John Elway, who was chosen No. 1 by Baltimore in the 1983 draft, only to be shipped to Denver a month later. No matter how much work the teams put into scouting, personality exams and all the different things, there's still going to be guys that slip through the cracks, that are late bloomers, that are late maturers.