Monos' Draft Memories: Why did Stefon Diggs fall to the fifth round?

For most of two decades, Jim Monos lived in NFL war rooms. He explains why the NFL missed on Diggs, relives a great receiver debate in New Orleans and dishes on the prospect Rex Ryan loathed.

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Go Long Podcast co-host Jim Monos, a former personnel man with the Eagles, Saints and Bills, continues to share some of his best stories from behind the curtain. This week? The draft.

This time of year always brings up memories both good and funny in terms of the build-up to the draft. I don’t know what blows my mind away more, those who create a seven-round mock draft or the people who actually pay attention to mock drafts. Mel Kiper and Todd McShay do an incredible job with draft coverage and they are tied in to a lot of front offices so they are worth paying attention to, but they have never been in a draft room and do not have the stories that we are able to share with you here at Go Long.

Here a few memorable tales to tell from my time as a scout with the New Orleans Saints and director of personnel with the Buffalo Bills…

During draft meetings in 2016, Rex and Rob Ryan lost their temper with us that was better than any episode you could see on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.”