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NFL Planning Mock Draft Dry Run with All Teams to Prepare for Virtual Event

Bleacher Report NFL | April 8, 2020

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Before going through with the real thing, the NFL will hold a mock draft with all 32 teams to prepare for the "fully virtual" 2020 draft.

The report came during NFL Network's NFL Total Access (h/t Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times).

NFL Network's Tom Pelissero shared a league memo Tuesday that instructed teams to prepare for a draft in which they will work remotely away from their official facilities:

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell just informed clubs in a memo that club facilities will remain closed indefinitely and the league will conduct a “fully virtual” draft, with club personnel separately located in their homes.

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