NFL draft is rarely worth watching

Aside from a handful of years, I've never been that interested in the NFL draft, which starts Saturday. In that handful of years, I'm usually only interested in a few players.
This year, I can't think of any compelling player. The quarterbacks are young, inexperienced or had relatively shaky college careers, which makes them completely overhyped. I really don't think this is a very good draft class at any position.
Furthermore, I don't really understand why people would waste a Saturday watching it unless there are invested feelings in a player. For example, it was cool when Port Arthur's Jamaal Charles was in the draft last year.
Otherwise, I don't see the point. It's boring television. It's an all-day affair of commentators arguing about something they will have no real proof of until three or four seasons down the road. I mean as hyped as Darren McFadden was going into the draft last year, he was basically forgotten and will continue to be forgotten until he does something notable.
It also seems the general managers are getting smarter and smarter. Teams seem to be using the top picks for defense, offensive lineman and other big necessities rather than just drafting the high profile names.
I like that teams are doing that but it makes for extra boring television.
Basically, I feel I can read about the draft later and be just as satisfied. And it is important for me to see what players the Cowboys took and even the Texans. Plus, it is never too early to start thinking about Fantasy Football.
I'm sure this short rant on the draft was very heartbreaking for some of you to read. I may have lost more respect from some of you. Then again, if you have been reading since I started this blog, you should have little to no respect for me by now anyway.
I do appreciate the comments and find that part more fun than coming up with the stuff to write each week.

One last thing about the NFL draft; I am completely against teams being allowed to sign players before draft day. That is absurd and bad business for the NFL.
If you are trying to sell your business for a random day in the spring, trying to top ratings against the NBA playoffs and baseball, why on earth would you allow teams to do this?
It completely takes the mystique out of the first pick, maybe even the second and third picks as well.
I don't care if that first pick is an absolute no-brainer, there is still that small window of speculation. And, if the first pick can be signed, then what about the second and third. There might be some years where the top five are completely gone days before the draft.

In regard to last week's Rockets blog, I hope some of you took notice into how dominate Yao is when the team gets him the ball. In Game One, he played about two quarters and scored 24 points, going 9-for-9 in the field. He had 16 points in the first quarter alone and scored 11 of the Rockets' first 13 points. To put it straight, Houston fed the big fella the ball every time down the court. They built a lead and coasted to a victory.
That was far from the case on Tuesday night. He shot six times. He was 3-for-6 (50 percent is pretty good) from the field and scored just 11 points. WHY? Why would a team only get the ball to its best player six times? Rick Adelman should be removed from the coach-of-the-year discussion immediately. A friend of mine decided it would be good if the Rockets would fine the team for every trip down the floor that Yao does not get the ball. I could not agree more. Doesn't mean he has to shoot but if he doesn't touch the ball, fine them and fine them hard. When the game is within reach of a win and trips are made down the floor without Yao touching the ball, fine the team double, even the bench players. I say fine Yao as well. Maybe he will start demanding for the ball if he is also fined.