The disruptions and travel restrictions created in reaction to the novel coronavirus pandemic have upended the process leading up to this year’s NFL Draft, a series of events, workouts, and meetings that seems to produce wildly different results from team to team anyway. Each NFL franchise employs its own scouts and puts together its own reports and grades, but the added difficulties from the coronavirus could send more shockwaves through the draft than we typically see.
That could help the New Orleans Saints in a big way. With just two picks in the draft’s top 100 selections, the Saints must make the most of their resources.