(S14) - PT 1 - Draft Day

[WALDO]

Draft day was a bag of mixed emotions for me. Two teams approached me in the offseason expressing high interest, since I was one of only three kickers to declare. Come draft day, I was the most developed kicker in the draft. All good football teams need a good kicker, so I expected to be drafted somewhere between the 7th and 10th round. Not an unreasonable projection, as there are plenty of positions more game-changing that'll be picked in the earlier rounds, but also so few kickers that the position will be highly valued.

The 1st to 6th rounds pass without any kickers being picked, as expected. 7th round comes. 5 picks in, a kicker is selected. But it's not me. I think to myself "Okay, perhaps all 3 kickers are about to go at the same time." I was wrong.

The 7th round finishes up. The 8th round passes. Then the 9th. 10th. 11th. Then the 12th comes around. Another kicker is selected. But it's not me. the 12th round then passes entirely. At this point I began to panic. 12 whole rounds had passed, and two kickers, one of which hadn't even logged on since being created, had been picked before me.

I quickly reminded myself that there was still one team remaining that wanted me. That team, the Portland Pythons, would go on and pick me in the 13th round of the draft. I was overjoyed to have been picked by a team that wanted me, but also mad that 5 other teams had passed on me. My goal now is to prove to those teams that they made a mistake.

they probably couldn't say your name and just skipped you lmao.