By David Scott
BSMW Columnist

Pigskin
My lone three wishes for the 2004 NFL Draft: More Suzy Kolber, less Mel Kiper, Jr. and NO Hammerin’ Hank. . . Who’s gonna be playing here, Archie or Eli? ‘Cuz I sure have got a better feel for how Archie feels than Eli does. This just reaffirms my original statement that the best Manning is Cooper, the one who got hurt early on and settled nicely into a life of being content. . . Since Mel Kiper Jr.’s been hucking me for my Draft Board, I figure you should all see it as well. There’s still room for some movement at the top and huge shifts could occur at picks 6-10 – but the latter half feels about right: 1. Lox, 2. Bagels, 3. Iced C from DD, 4. Veggie cream cheese, 5. Blue Corn Tostitos, 6. Tabouleh/Hummus, 7. Pepto tabs, 8. Baby carrots, 9. Rising Crust frozen pizza, 10. Harpoon IPA, 11. Red and black licorice nibs. More later – stay tuned. . . . . Gerry Callahan did due diligence in Tuesday’s Herlado by bringing up Corey Dillon’s sordid past – especially impressive was Coach Callahan’s initiative in talking to former co-mastheader at SI, investigative reporting guru, Don Yaeger. But when Coach Cal wrote: “Some of Dillon’s story reads like a bad script for ‘Playmakers,’” he lost my full agreement on the piece: Playmakers was ALL bad episodes, I assure you, Cal. Almost as bad as ESPN’s abysmal “Around the Horn”, where I think I saw Bill Plaschke plotz on camera. . . Back to Dillon - I – and key districts in Patriot Nation, for which Ben Affleck is most assuredly not the Spokesman-designee – are willing to give Dillon a chance. Anyway, Jakob Dylan wasn’t a bad kid. I’ll give Bob’s other son a shot. . . Eh? D-Y-L-A-N, D-I-L-L-O-N? Ah. I’ll have to remember that next time. . . 12. Mike and Ikes red, white, and blues (honoring the Pats’ true colors – sans silver), 13. Gosling’s BLACK SEAL