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NFL Rumors: Teams to Try to Negotiate Contracts with Potential UDFA Before Draft

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The 2020 NFL draft will be held virtually and, in some ways, involve unprecedented procedures.

The Athletic's Dan Pompei shed light on how franchises are reportedly feeling about the "scramble for undrafted free agents," made more complicated by being unable to make decisions in-person:

"Some front-office executives are more nervous about what will happen immediately after the draft than during it. The scramble for undrafted free agents always is chaotic and could be more so without face-to-face collaboration.

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"Sources said some teams will try to make deals with potential undrafted free agents before the draft, but that won't be easy because so much will change between the start of the draft and the end of it.