There
has been so little sports news to follow due to the pandemic that last
weekend’s NFL Draft became must-watch TV for many of us. One of the story lines
that interested me happened to come from my hometown Dallas Cowboys.
They
prepared for the draft with the absolute expectation that CeeDee Lamb, the player
they considered the best receiver in the country, would be gone before they
drafted at No. 17. As a result, they made not a single mock draft that included
him. Everyone assumed they would draft a defensive player.
When
Lamb was surprisingly available, however, they threw away their plan and
drafted him.
In the
second round, they were shocked again when Alabama cornerback Trevon Diggs was
still available at No. 51. When asked the chances that Diggs would be
available, the team said later, “All of our studies showed that he was in
the one percentile. Diggs was in the one-percent chance of falling to us there.
One.”
But he did. And now he’s a Dallas Cowboy.
I’m
sure other teams drafted players they did not expect to be available to them as
well. And that’s my point: the finest minds in professional football are seldom
right when they seek to predict the draft. Or anything else about the future of
their game.
When
last year’s season began, the New England Patriots were favored to win the
Super Bowl. Now their quarterback is playing in Tampa Bay. Seventeen teams were
favored ahead of the San Francisco 49ers, who went to the Super Bowl as well.
Lao Tzu
was right: “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict,
don’t have knowledge.”
Listening to God before we speak
Even
biblical heroes were not always right. Remember Peter’s prediction that he
would never fail his Lord…
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