Todd McShay was supposed to be in Bristol for a meeting on Feb. 6. But once word spread that the NFL draft analyst would be on campus, McShay's afternoon was shot. Producers at SportsCenter, NFL Insiders and NFL Live grabbed McShay, got Mel Kiper on a remote and made the pair explain their recently released "Mock Draft 2.0."
Just four days after the Super Bowl, McShay had Jadeveon Clowney at No. 1, while Kiper had Johnny Manziel in the top spot (Kiper has since moved Clowney to No. 1). They agreed on No. 2 -- Auburn left tackle Greg Robinson to St. Louis, but still have to make a point. "He's the most explosive blocker at the point of attack I've scouted," the 37-year-old McShay said. "I'm not a dinosaur like Kiper and wasn't around for Orlando Pace."
"Settle down you two," interjects the host, but there's not much friction this early in the offseason. McShay maintains that the 53-year-old Kiper, widely considered the pioneer most responsible for popularizing NFL draft coverage, could have made life very difficult for him as the new kid on the block, but was actually very helpful. (McShay says he gets more questions about Kiper's hair than the actual draft, and he claims it's real and he's seen it stand up to hurricane-like winds.)
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