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8:00 – Wake up, only 12 hours left until the NFL Draft, I better check my Twitter, Facebook and every single Football Blog I’ve ever heard of.
8:25 – Only 11:35 hours until the NFL Draft, time to get dressed and get supplies.
8:50 – 11 Hours until the NFL Draft, head to the local store for beer, chips, pizza and beer. Did I mention beer?
10:00 – 10 hours until the NFL Draft. Everything bought, and brought home. Time to arrange the supplies around the TV in the perfect arrangement to stop any need of getting up for the duration. Spend 45 minutes aligning chairs around the TV in the perfect way so no one will get in the way.
10:45 – 9:15 hours until the NFL Draft. Better check Twitter, Facebook and every single Football Blog I’ve ever heard of, it’s been almost three hours.
12:15 – 7:45 hours left until the NFL Draft. I just lost 1:30 to Twitter arguing about wide receiver will be taken first. I still claim it will be Tavon Austin. I better go get some fresh air because I won’t be seeing daylight for a while.
13:00 – Seven hours left until the NFL Draft. I just spent the last 45 minutes walking to the end of the road and back, checking my Twitter the whole way. I got into another argument, this time about whom the Cincinnati Bengals will take at pick number 21. General consensus is SS Jonathan Cyprien or TE Tyler Eifert. Someone guessed Ryan Nassib …
14:00 – Spent the last hour re-arranging the seats in the sitting room so my seat is closest. Starting to consider pulling a ‘sicky’ so that I don’t have to share my beer.
14:15 – 5:45 hours left until the NFL Draft, time to make one last first round prediction to kill some time until the draft. I think this time I might suggest Matt Barkley at number one, just to see what happens.
16:00 – Four hours left until the draft. Article didn’t go down so well, I lost 40 followers. Better check Twitter again.
17:00 – Three hours left until the NFL Draft. Just finished checking Twitter. Time to turn on the NFL Network and leave it on in the background until the draft starts. I’ll just test one beer, make sure they’re not gone off.
17:45 – 2:15 hours left until the NFL Draft. I better check another beer. Just in case. Time to check Twitter again too.
18:00 – Two hours left until the NFL Draft. Call up my friends and fake an illness so I don’t have to share my beer and chips. Finishing off ‘Test Beer’ number two.
18:15 – 1:45 hours left until the NFL Draft. Deep into ‘Test Beer’ number 3. All I’ve eaten since breakfast is chips, maybe I shouldn’t have shotgunned the last two beers. Time to check Twitter again.
19:00 – One Hour left until the NFL Draft. Laptop and note pad set up by my draft chair, Twitter open on my iPad, Twitter open on my desktop PC, Twitter open on my girlfriend’s laptop. NFL Network on the TV. Time to crack open beer number five and watch the pre-draft coverage. Getting kinda tipsy.
20:00 – Draft time! I’m a bit bleary eyed from the seven beers. I forgot to put the pizza in the oven, it’s probably too late now. I’m writing an article for the Cincinnati Bengals, and number 21 is ages away, I might take a little nap.
03:00 – Four hours since NFL Draft day one ended. I missed the whole thing. Better check Twitter and write an article so I don’t look left out.
Simon Greene – Cincinnati Bengals Writer. Follow Simon on Twitter @simongreene88
