I know the Thursday start of this year's NFL draft has left a lot of folks wondering what exactly the change means for the annual Drafsgiving celebration. Fear not; Not even ESPN can take all of the fun out of sports and holidays (although they're trying hard.) Here's a list of do's and don't's for this year's celebration:
DO -- start drinking on Thursday. Sure, the real celebration still starts Saturday at 11:55 am, but it doesn't hurt to watch the first round of the draft with a beer in hand.
DON'T -- assume that you can skip watching the 4th through 7th rounds on Saturday. Just because the big name guys are gone, that doesn't mean you can celebrate without watching the monotony. It's not called "Whatever-else-is-on-TV-giving" after all.
DO -- write difficult NFL trivia questions for your partygoers. Here's a good one: Name Philadelphia Eagle who isn't DeSean Jackson. McNabb? Westbrook? Sheldon Brown? Wrong.
DON'T -- Trade your franchise QB for a second-round lineman. That's just straight up dumb.
DO -- Start your official festivities at 11:55 am. Saturday's draft coverage starts at 10 am, but 9:55 am is a little too early to start drinking on any holiday (except Christmas, of course).
DON'T -- buy presents. Have you learned nothing about the spirit of Draftsgiving? If anything, you should probably steal something. How about a franchise QB for a second rounder?
DO -- root for your team to pick Roddick Muckelroy in the 6th round. First, the Texas LB is terribly underrated. Second, it'll confuse everyone at the party.
DON'T -- mention Tim Tebow. Just don't. We've all heard enough already.
One other note: Since every Draftsgiving celebration at Fort Awesome in Maryland so far has featured Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia, we thought it was only right ot move the celebration up to Philly since Donovan is now down here in Mayland. So, if you'll be in the Philly area this weekend, check in with me for more details.
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