NFL Draft week is finally here. After months of speculation, rankings and chatter, we’ll all get to camp out in front of our TVs for three days to watch teams decide the fate of the best athletes college football has to offer. It’s basically the closest thing we have to a real-life Hunger Games.
And as much as we’re dying to know which fresh faces are going to turn the Bears around next season, the draft is a long, slow process. It requires a little help to keep things interesting, so we devised a drinking game to keep you hydrated.
Take one drink every time …
ESPN shows a shot of Buckingham Fountain or the Chicago skyline
Someone says a team or player “filled a need”
A player looks like he could not possibly be only 21 or 22 years old
A player kisses his mom
Someone is described as “the total package”
A player’s “football IQ” is praised
A player is sporting flashy shoes
You spot a leather couch
A player is called “special”
Take two drinks every time …
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is booed
ESPN cuts to a fan who is clearly drunker than you
There’s a mention of how a current player is going to feel about a new draftee
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Someone facepalms after a pick
A player is in a white suit
You see someone’s jaw drop
Someone bear-hugs the commissioner
Someone trips onstage
Finish your drink when …
Someone references a player’s past troubles with the law
Deflategate gets brought up
Take a shot if …
Someone references Johnny Manziel
A team fails to make its pick in the allotted time
A name gets mispronounced
You forget the Rams moved to Los Angeles
Round 1: 7 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
Rounds 2-3: 6 p.m. Friday, ESPN (coverage moves to ESPN 2 at 7 p.m.)
Rounds 4-7: 11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN