With the 2020 NFL draft going fully remote due to COVID-19, the league wants to ensure that its technology platforms will work when the event gets underway next Thursday. To that end, the NFL will conduct a mock draft trial run on Monday, as Lions general manager Bob Quinn told reporters today.
But how exactly will such a dry run work? As Dan Graziano of ESPN.com tweets, no club wants to “tip its hand” during the trial run by naming actual prospects from this year’s draft. NFL front offices, of course, are known for their secrecy, but this level of safeguarding makes sense.
Instead, teams will likely select placeholders instead of actual 2020 prospects. One example Graziano was given could involve the Bengals drafting Boomer Esiason at No. 1, followed by the Redskins taking Joe Theismann at No. 2, etc.
Using such a system would allow the NFL to determine that its system is working and ensure that every club is capable of making its picks known. And teams could rest easy knowing that they won’t be forced to give anything away in advance of the actual draft.
Knowing the Bengals they’d screw up a fake draft. Probably take Akili Smith #1
lmao!!
lol that was good.
And the Cardinals get another crack at Joe Namath.
Ki-Jana Carter would be my preferred knife in the wound just cause that guy got absolutely bengaled in that first preseason action.
That is the best example.
They should televise the mock draft. Be more interesting than what is on now.
They wouldn’t do that, but if they did, it would be best to make it a fun kid friendly event and draft cartoon, comic book and pokemon characters. I think adults might enjoy that too and in these times of covid induced stress, maintaining a sense of humor is important.
I’d hope that the Bengals would take their all world tackle, Munoz & the Skins would pick D Green. But as losing organizations go, they take average players w/ the 1st and 2nd picks.
Bengals should select Tom Brady.
I like the idea of a could of, should of draft. Lol
With the Number 1 selection, in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals select, Chris Collinsworth, Dbag from The University of Asshats.
Miami has to select Dwayne, The Rock, Johnson with their first pick right?? Marino who!?!
they’re gonna pull off a blockbuster and trade their fake 1st and 4th for Houston’s 2021 real 1st and fake 3rd
This is going to look like my online fantasy football drafts where the same people ask the commissioner to stop the clock for their pick because they’re having technical difficulties.
Instead of using college players – just have a mock using current players – it is after all just a dry run!!!
im not 100% sure but doesnt baseball do their draft all remote. so wouldnt they just go off what they do. since it seem to work
Baseball draft does not get any where near the amount of viewers the NFL draft gets. The NFL needs to find a way to make it interesting for the viewer.
make it intersting? you have NFL guys talk about picks and such like any other draft what do they need to change. only thing you wont get is players going up after they are pick n the first.
Drafting 4th, the NY Giants select Homer Jones.
In what world was it assumed that teams would use the actual names of their draft picks in this practice draft? That is beyond silliness!
Is a dry run even necessary? The XFL held a virtual draft without any major issues. This isn’t rocket science. It looks like the NFL is just desperate to find ways of hyping the actual event.