Live from Southern California, this is the Jim Rome show.

All right, so why don't we start first with the slide herd around the world?

I mean, a free fall is so monumental that even though we knew it was coming, it was still stunning to see that thing play out,

like that slow motion train wreck.

And like all the other NFL-related dramas, the fact of the matter is, it's still great for business.

Horribly lonely weekend in that recently constructed Sanders Draft Mansion.

But an incredible weekend for the NFL, though, right?

Because drama rates, drama sells.

Thanks to the entire world getting sucked into Shador's epic plummet.

Viewership for Friday night's draft coverage was actually up 40%.

I mean, remember, this was supposed to be a non-sexy draft without any star power,

lack of big names, franchise quarterbacks, and yet somehow, some way, they get a 40% bump for night two.

And why? Shador. Thanks to Shador and that saga. And the funniest part is, Shador never even got

picked on night two. So all these people show up on the second night, incredibly, for Shador, and he never even

hears his name called. The main event that everybody showed up for simply did not happen,

which just brought everybody back for day number three. Then on Saturday, the assumption was,

it can't be that long, right? I mean, hell.

I thought that was the assumption on day two.

It can't be that long, right?

Well, all of day two.

Then we get to day three, and the assumption is it can't be that long.

There is no possible way this dude does not go in the fourth round, right?

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