Yes, it's time once more for sleepers, 'tweeners, reaches, playing in space, 40-yard times and Mel Kiper's hair. With the NFL Draft upon us, the 10 Spot picks some great draft moments of the last 25 years:

Dan Marino was the last of the six QBs drafted in the first round of 1983. Rick Stewart/Getty Images

1. The Saints pick Ricky Williams, and only Ricky Williams, 1999
It sounded like late-night bar talk. In the weeks leading up to the 1999 draft, Saints head coach/team czar Mike Ditka said he would trade all six New Orleans draft picks for the chance to draft Heisman-winning running back Ricky Williams of Texas. When the Colts passed on Williams with the fourth pick for Miami running back Edgerrin James (a decision panned by many at the time), Ditka found a willing partner in the Redskins at No. 5. The Saints even tossed in first- and third-round picks in 2000, just to move up two spots. But drafting Williams never paid off. Ditka was gone after a 3-13 season in '99 and Williams lasted just three years in New Orleans. The Saints then traded him to Miami, where he played two seasons before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

2. Vikings whiff on first-round pick, 2003
Minnesota should have learned its lesson in clock management from 2002. After the Cowboys ran out of their allotted 15 minutes at No. 6, the Vikings had a chance to snare the player they coveted, defensive tackle Ryan Sims. But the Chiefs, having traded for the Cowboys' pick, beat the Vikings to the podium (thanks to some boxing out by two Kansas City officials) to snare Sims. The Vikes then settled for offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie. Things got worse the next year. The Vikes let the 15-minute clock run out at No. 7, and the Jaguars (quarterback Byron Leftwich) and Panthers (offensive tackle Jordan Gross) each beat the Vikings to the punch to grab their men. Minnesota finally collected itself and took defensive tackle Kevin Williams at No. 9.

3. "Who the hell is Mel Kiper?", 1994
Draft guru Mel Kiper has become as associated with one day as Punxsutawney Phil and Santa Claus, but his opinions often rankle NFL execs. Never was that demonstrated more clearly than when Kiper kvetched that the Colts should have taken quarterback Trent Dilfer rather than linebacker Trev Alberts with the fifth pick. "Who the hell is Mel Kiper?" thundered Colts VP Bill Tobin. "He's never been a player, he's never been a coach, he's never been a scout, he's never been an administrator, and all of a sudden, he's an expert. He has no more credentials to do what he's doing than my neighbor, and my neighbor's a postman." As a postscript, in 2001 the Palm Beach Post asked mail handler Calvin Falana to pick the top 10 picks, and he got eight of 10 correct (though not in order) compared to six for Kiper.

4. The Year of the Quarterback, 1983
Six signal-callers went in the first round, led by John Elway to the Colts at No. 1. (Elway, of course, threatened to play baseball rather than sign with the Colts, who eventually shipped him to the Broncos.) The other QBs were Todd Blackledge (Chiefs) at No. 7, Jim Kelly (Bills) at No. 14, Tony Eason (Patriots) at No. 15, Ken O'Brien (Jets) at No. 24, and Dan Marino (Dolphins) at No. 27. SI.com's own Paul Zimmerman, doing draft commentary for ESPN, explained Marino's fall by saying the quarterback had poor mechanics, that he was a "pusher" of the ball. Dolphins coach Don Shula reminded Dr. Z of his comment for years until Zimmerman finally waved a handkerchief around a pencil to surrender.

5. The Draft comes to TV, 1980
The NFL wasn't eager to make what had been a sleepy league-only meeting into a national phenomenon. In 1979, the owners voted 28-0 against televising the draft. But commissioner Pete Rozelle and a fledgling year-old sports cable station called ESPN had other ideas. Bob Ley anchored 12 hours of coverage that first year. Kiper came aboard in 1984, and the draft was moved from midweek to the weekend in 1988. Most of the moments on this list wouldn't have been nearly as memorable without the TV cameras and audience.