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Roger Goodell will be announcing draft picks from his basement as the NFL patches together a virtual draft unlike anything pro sports has seen

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By Scott Davis | INSIDER

The NFL is patching together the 2020 draft virtually, and it will be unlike anything pro sports has seen.

The league decided to go forward with the draft as scheduled, despite the sporting world being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, with team facilities shut down, and league personnel told not to gather in a public space, all of the teams will be drafting from home.

NBC Sports' Peter King reported some details on how the draft will play out.
  • Commissioner Roger Goodell will be announcing first-round picks from his home in Westchester County, New York.
  • Team personnel will all be situated in their own homes. King reported that the New Orleans Saints front office, for example, will have two teleconference calls: one with their GM, coach, college scouting direction, and football operations vice president, and another with those four individuals, plus all of their other scouts.
  • There will be a "private and encrypted" Microsoft Teams channel for each team's "designated drafter" to enter to make picks. They can also call the NFL's VP of player personnel, Ken Fiore, personally to make picks. There will also be a teleconference call with all 32 teams, each one muted until it's their pick, to announce their picks. If they do it through the Microsoft Channels chat, Fiore will announce the pick on the teleconference call.
  • The league distributed 58 cameras to draft prospects to film themselves during the draft. There will be reaction shots, and then interviews after they are picked.
  • A performer of "some fame" will sing the national anthem from their home.
It's unclear how ESPN will go about broadcasting the draft.

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