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Draft-day disruptions disappointing, but Packers 'very well prepared to attack this thing'

Pete Dougherty and Olivia Reiner discuss the challenges the Packers and other NFL teams may face in the league's first virtual draft this week. Packers News

GREEN BAY - Brian Gutekunst has been building the roster for the 2020 Green Bay Packers from his home for more than a month due to Wisconsin’s safer-at-home order, but over an intense three-day period, beginning Thursday, he will be sitting alone in a room just off his living room conducting an NFL draft unlike any other.

At the beginning of April, the NFL informed teams the draft would be done virtually, with every team, selected prospects and commissioner Roger Goodell all participating online and via webcam instead of gathering with a few hundred thousand fans on the Las Vegas strip.