The original plan for the 2020 NFL draft was to have top pick Joe Burrow ferried across the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas where he’d hug Roger Goodell as fireworks exploded overhead. It would begin a night of celebration that, considering the location, could have gone in multiple directions.
Instead, Burrow got word that Cincinnati had selected him while sitting in his parent's small-town Ohio living room. He later slept in his boyhood bedroom, which was still partially "Star Wars"-themed (the bedspread was gone, but the curtains and a couple posters were still up).