(Last Updated On: June 11, 2020)

For most football fanatics, the NFL is an emotional year-round investment despite only 6 months of actual officiated pigskin tossing. While the postseason and Super Bowl act as the last-leg journey to the peak of gridiron success, April’s college draft serves as a hope-inducing restart for 32 NFL team engines and their fans. And with it comes a collection of tears, hugs, and the funniest NFL Draft moments ever.

As most blogs flood readers with superfluous iterations of “here’s another 2017 NFL Mock Draft” – including our own one-shot joke version of this year’s – we mostly enjoying mocking the draft. With the 2017 NFL Draft closer than a two-week vacation away, we scrubbed the record books for the strangest, oddest, most downright colorful moments in history.

The Roger Goodell and Dontari Poe Love Story:

Roger Goodell has been hugging more and more first-round NFL draft picks as the years since 2007 have passed, but this one got a little out of control. Breath mints and prenups, for the win.

Jameis Winston is Almost Famous:

When Florida State’s Jameis Winston said he’d NOT be attending the draft, I thought he’d hang at home with friends and fam. Instead, Winston evidently dreamed of being Meryl Streep and enjoyed his own red carpet event.

Marcus Mariota’s Draft Day Wear:

Oregon quarterback and top prospect Marcus Mariota decided to stay in his native Hawaii for the draft, where he was flooded with flowers and love – and probably challenged by Dwayne the Bartender.

Takkarist McKinley’s Drops the F-Bomb:

The UCLA pass-rusher was certainly emotional when he was taken No. 26 overall by the Atlanta Falcons, considering the promise he made to his late grandmother Myrtle Collins before she passed away in 2011. Keeping it beautifully real.

This is some seriously intense ish from Takkarist McKinley pic.twitter.com/U3mVfeweJw — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 28, 2017

Chicago Bears Fans Don’t Think Much Of Mitchell Trubisky:

I’ll never understand why Da Bears handed Mike Glennon $15 million a year (seemingly out of pure desperation) just to trade three picks to move up one spot to take another quarterback. Especially with a bottom-tier defense. All seems very mishandled and reeks, yet again, of desperation. It now looks like John Fox’s main job is to win games with a career backup, all while productively grooming an untested rookie (13 college starts) who doesn’t know what a hard count is. Good luck.

😲😂 Chicago Bears fans with a priceless reaction to the Bears moving up to draft Mitch Trubisky #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/0gdNHJPTN4 — Fanatics View (@fanaticsview) April 28, 2017

Eli Manning’s Fake Smile:

I’d like to take a shot, Alex. Is the answer “What is spoiled?” [Enter all the screaming New York Giants fans]

When Bill Tobin Took Zero Shit From Mel Kiper Jr:

Agreed, Bill. Fuck off, Mel. Easily among the funniest NFL Draft moments, as Mel Kiper rarely deserves anything more than a good jab.

Will Ferrell Prepares Ryan Kalil For The 2007 NFL Draft:

Will Ferrell is a maximizer of potential, so he naturally finishes with one of the funniest NFL draft moments ever.

Maurkice Pouncey Makes Out With His Brother:

True love with NFL brother Mike, bro. And one of the funniest NFL draft moments ever.

Ezekiel Elliott Competes For Top Crop Top:

Raindrops, crop tops (drop top).

Denard Robinson Gets Photo Bombed:

“My man” – Denzel Washington.

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