Football M Col. The NFL draft is much like Opening Day in baseball.
Hope springs eternal.
There isn't a team in the NFL that, in the aftermath of the draft, doesn't feel good about itself and its chances for the upcoming season based on the players it has selected. Like baseball teams viewing the upcoming season through rose-colored glasses in April and thinking World Series, every NFL team believes it's upgraded itself through the draft. The fact is, though, that some have vastly improved themselves and some haven't at all. One of the true winners at last weekend's draft was clearly Seattle, which seemingly improved both sides of the ball with N.C. State receiver Koren Robinson and guard Steve Hutchinson along with cornerback Ken Lucas. All three were projected first-round picks and all three could end up starting.