This is a series of interviews of the invited NFL Draft players Darren McFadden, Vernon Gholston, Chris Long, Matt Ryan, and Glen Dorsey at the NY NFL Draft Chelsea Piers Lunch.

My friend, Yahoo! Sports Michael Silver waxes intelligently and hiliariously on the NFL Draft, race and racism in it, Gene Upshaw and the players union, and Cal sports.

Please visit blog.footballreportersonline.com for the Audio Interviews conducted at Thursday's NFL DRAFT MEDIA Lunch. They include: Jake Long, Chris Long, Vernon Gholston, Darren McFadden, Glenn Dorsey, Matt Ryan, and NFL Network's Marshall Faulk.