No crowded stands packed with diehard fans cheering and booing every pick. No green room full of decked-out prospects congratulating each other as their names are called. No three-day traveling circus-festival of football.
Things will be dramatically different Thursday night when the NFL draft instead sets up its virtual tent, with everyone taking part remotely.
Thanks to coronavirus, the NFL’s glitzy spring showcase this year will look more like draft night for your brother-in-law’s fantasy football league, with team representatives making picks remotely from the comfort of their respective homes.
The league’s first virtual draft comes with technological and logistical challenges for all parties involved.