Its a little bit like Mel Kiper. Although I DEFINITELY appreciate Mel’s draft coverage, he is probably about as accurate at predicting the success of college players going to the NFL as a well-informed JETS blog commenter is. The exception is that he is super-prepared for all teams and all position players coming out of college. It is otherwise a crap-shoot and he knows it.

On the other hand, King has a superiority complex and doesn’t even offer what Kiper does: analysis that you can’t come up with yourself; and not b/c we are incapable, but moreso because it takes forever to get as informed as a guy like Kiper is.

In King’s case, he is essentially blogging his opinions and they’re often moronic, but more than anything else, they aren’t unique and anyone here could do something very similar. Its like abstract art (my 5 year old could have done that!)!

I guess HBO thinks he still credible because he hobnobs with the owners and coaches but as a journalist he is about as appealing as a mouthful of pre-chewed popcorn.