The 2020 NFL Draft was certainly a unique one, both in terms of the process through which it was planned for and the manner in which it was conducted and disseminated. Overall, it was received pretty well, though, and it leaves many involved wondering, quite simply, if we shouldn’t be doing it this way all along.
At the very least, many expect the NFL and teams to adopt some of the approaches that they took in preparation for this year’s draft and apply it to the future, something that Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II acknowledged while speaking on Steelers Nation Radio during the draft.