10 Types of Reactions You See at the NFL Draft
Reactions during the NFL Draft can be as entertaining as the selections themselves, especially when ESPN milks every second of commercial that they can. If you watch enough, you'll notice a number of player and fan emotional responses that can be found on a consistent basis, based on circumstance.
For starters, we all know that Green Bay Packers' GM Ted Thompson lives for the draft, so it's only fitting he kick us off. This is a sneak peek at Thompson when the draft officially begins each year...
He may also be applauding his picks or the return of Jordy Nelson. Either way, that's a GIF that will live on forever - at least amongst Packers' fans.
So without further adieu, we bring to you the 10 types of reactions you see at the NFL Draft reactions every year from across the league - in GIF form.
1) A player has the troubling misfortune of being drafted by the Cleveland Browns
First comes the combo of angry disbelief and thoughts of a wasted career...
then your body completely shuts down.
2) Fans' reaction when their team trades up into the 2nd Round to take a kicker
As you're looking forward to seeing what your team moved up for, confusion ensues and you double-check...
only to realize your team did the unthinkable.
3) The reaction of all other 31 teams when that club trades up into the 2nd Round for a kicker
The initial response is pure, unadulterated shock...
until the rest of the NFL's management personnel can no longer hide their true feelings.
4) How a player looks as his stock drops leading up to the draft and he keeps falling
When you fall out of the top 15 or 20 overall, it gets a little nerve-wracking...
but once Day 1 of the draft ends, things get a bit more serious.
5) Every time the New York Jets draft someone, their fans response is always consistent...
6) When a guy is drafted by a Super Bowl contender and a strong franchise, like the Packers
It's important that a draft pick play it cool with the cameras on him in public...
but once he's behind closed doors, there's no reason to hide the emotion.
7) There is a certain conflict when you are drafted by a team you've hated your whole life
Try to hold it together and be "happy" you were even drafted...
and that includes rocking a fake smile when reporters ask you about your thoughts on that team taking you.
8) As a fan, seeing your team draft a player from "Directional State College" (e.g. Northwest Missouri State)
The initial reaction to a player you've never heard of when big-name guys are left...
and then watching as the team explains that you'll love this guy in a few years.
9) A top-tier team is about to take you, but a bottom-feeder trades up and grabs you instead
The player and his buddy can't believe this is happening to him...
while the rest of the players approve, knowing they dodged a bullet.
10) The emotional roller coaster of being an agent and watching your client get drafted
It's a thrill to see your guy put on the hat of a new team - dancing, laughing - ...
but it turns to pure terror when he starts to talk about drugs and taking money in college.
