Today is Earth Day. Please reduce, reuse and recycle. Also, make sure you you check out Go Green Tailgate packs for a better way to tailgate eco-friendly. Now that we have that out of the way, today is also one of my favorite days of the year. The NFL Draft. The NFL has decided to mix things up a bit this year holding the first round of the draft on Thursday night in prime time. In years past the draft was Saturday and Sunday. But with the NFL being the 800-pound gorilla in the sporting universe and TV driving the bus on many decisions, they changed it because the draft has evolved into a TV event. No matter what they do to the NFL Draft, I love it none the less.

Forget the slogan “Hope and Change” that Obama paraded in front of the electorate in 2008. The NFL Draft encompasses Hope and Change for football fans. The hope comes into play that we all hope that our teams pick the player we think would be a good fit. If they don’t, we hope we are wrong and hope that the General Manager knows more than we do. The change comes in the form of these new players represent the future of the franchise. No NFL franchise opens a new season with the exact same players that were on the team the previous season. Free agency, players retiring, players get traded and cut all ensure that new players will make the new team. It is that constant turnover and change that makes NFL fans hopeful this will be their year. So with that in mind, why not offer up Jessica Burciaga in a Chicago Bears jersey to provide a little hope that your teams’ changes will be all good. Links to follow:

(Photo of Jessica Burciaga originally spotted on Don Chavez)

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