© Kim Klement | 2020 Feb 3
If you thought NFL GMs might have issues with the move to an all-virtual draft, you were correct.
Monday’s trail run of this Thursday’s festivities sounds like a nightmare according to those with inside information. There were issues right from the start at 10 PM PST, when the Bengals dealt with a technical glitch while making the first pick. The communication and bandwidth issue continued throughout, notably when the 32 NFL general managers had their mics on simultaneously.
Text from a GM during this mock draft “there are early communication issues because 32 of us GMs are on conference call and we didn’t hit mute. Sounds awful”
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) April 20, 2020
The circumstances surrounding Thursday’s remote draft were already going to make the event the most bizarre in NFL history, but the significant-sounding issues with Monday’s trail run open up the possibility for an absolute mess.
As a reminder, all NFL front office staffers — including the 32 GMs — with be at their homes, alone, during the draft.