what turns my stomach about mel kiper is how the ESPN guys pump him up so much. they call him genius at every opportunity, and kiper just sucks it up. He loves it. He adores himself, and it ain't cute.
But what kills me is that Kiper ISN'T a draft genius, let alone a "genius". He doesn't do much in the way of research himself. He doesn't form his own opinions. What Kiper is is an AGGREGATOR of opinion. He created his own law of averages. He'll get the opinion of 20 scouts on a player, find out where they'd take the guy, and then he averages them to create his list. It's a joke. Anyone could do what Kiper does. I would have no problem remembering the names and heights and 40 times if that's all I did for a living.
Don't get me wrong, I'm entertained by the guy because I love the draft. But he's no genius. I've been far more impressed by Mayock, so I agree. Kiper also mispronounces so many names, it's a wonder he isn't chastised by ESPN.
THe funny thing is, some scouts have deliberately given Kiper bad information to see if he'd use it. Lo and behold, he has had MANY guys in his 1st round board that slipped to the 3rd, 4th, even 5th round. Look back through the prediction records of Kiper versus the other guys, and you'll see he's in the low-middle of the road statistically.
The Huddle Report has kicked Kiper's ass consistently.