The Biggest Disappointment of the NFL Draft Was a Parrot Named Zsa Zsa

On the third day of the NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tried to liven up the broadcast with a little theatrics.

A video board for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft
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A video board for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft

On the third day of the NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tried to liven up the broadcast with a little theatrics. Unfortunately, things did not pan out exactly as many fans were hoping.

A few days into the draft can be a bit boring to watch, even for diehard football fanatics. When it was announced that theΒ Buccaneers would announceΒ this year's fourth-roundΒ draft pickΒ using a parrot namedΒ Zsa Zsa, fans were left a little confused as to how this would logistically work, but also kind of excited for this strange idea.

Important Bucs draft update: The parrot delivering Sunday’s picks to pirate ship at Raymond James is named Zsa Zsa, and she’s from the Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary. Adjust your mock drafts accordingly.

— Greg Auman (@gregauman) April 23, 2018

Well, Tampa Bay announced their fourth round draft pickΒ on Saturday and viewers were still leftΒ a little confused and quite frankly, disappointed. While draft picks were announced, ZsaΒ ZsaΒ (aΒ Catalina Macaw parrot)Β sat silently on the shoulder of a pirate, who was surrounded by a plethora of other pirates in a pirate ship. The parrot perched while the pirate under the bird announced Tampa Bay's draft pick of Jordan Whitehead from Pittsburgh. Okay, the bird wasn't completely silent: it squawked once, ensuing a bit of laughter from the pirates, but fans were left very upset and naturally took to Twitter to express their rage.

#Buccaneers tried to get a parrot to announce #NFLDraft pick, but the parrot didn’t cooperate pic.twitter.com/IjoeykZOFY

— Jeff Fedotin (@JFedotin) April 28, 2018

1: Parrots terrify me.
2: This parrot has caused more anger and disappointment than I’ve seen in a long time. #NFLDraft

— Drea Blackwell (@KSBWDrea) April 28, 2018

i was promised a parrot announcing a draft pick, not a parrot sitting on someone's shoulder while a human announced the pick

i demand a refund @nfl

— Jordan Heck (@JordanHeckFF) April 28, 2018

that parrot nfl draft pick was the most disappointing animal-sports crossover since michael phelps was supposed to race the shark

— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) April 28, 2018

Day 3 and we're all mad at a mute parrot

the draft is amazing

— Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈 (@ArifHasanNFL) April 28, 2018

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