Should the draft be postponed?

[cjandrze]

only if they pipe in boos every time Goodell walks to the podium

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[L. G. Dupre]

Or it's a bit of cover to ward off criticsm while they rake in 50 times that amount. Could be either one really.

Maybe they could run it kind of like a Jerry Lewis Telethon. “The Ravens’ first round draft choice will be announced after the DonaMeter crosses the $2 Million mark. That number again is 555-NFL-GIVE. Please call now!”


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[BcRaven]

only if they pipe in boos every time Goodell walks to the podium

Or when Jets fans see/hear their 1st round draft choice... Bc

[John Reglarperson]

i love the idea of having 1 round every night !!!

AGREED. That's BETTER than normal. And if there aren't fans around and whatnot, there aren't costs associated. ESPN and the NFL Network will need to do a better than normal job of getting a lot of video of player number 200. They gotta get lots of footage of DTs playing offense in high school.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Selfishly...no...Draft weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year.

But of course it should be delayed, how many kids are not even going to get a chance to have pro days...a lot of kids didn't participate at the Combine and will be going into the draft without an opportunity to do any drills in front of coaches/scouts and meet with teams at facilities.

[Ravenswintitle]

Selfishly...no...Draft weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year.

But of course it should be delayed, how many kids are not even going to get a chance to have pro days...a lot of kids didn't participate at the Combine and will be going into the draft without an opportunity to do any drills in front of coaches/scouts and meet with teams at facilities.

that's why there is game film

[NjRavensFan]

Selfishly...no...Draft weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year.

But of course it should be delayed, how many kids are not even going to get a chance to have pro days...a lot of kids didn't participate at the Combine and will be going into the draft without an opportunity to do any drills in front of coaches/scouts and meet with teams at facilities.

Good. More decisions will be made based on how they look on a football field, which is how it should be anyway.

Unless you’re just already giving up hope on having a football season this year btw there won’t be much of an opportunity to postpone this thing anyway. Very optimistically maybe everything gets back to normal by July. Have pro days and interviews then, have the draft in August, and then these kids are supposed to learn their playbooks and start playing for their new teams in September? That’s pretty crunched.

Have the draft now, let the kids study their playbooks at home, and then if everything does resume in late summer they can at least have a minicamp and a few practices with their team before being thrown into the fire instead of spending that time running sprints and benching with no clue who they’ll even be playing for.

[Captain Silver]

My opinion is they should run the draft. They have the means to do it and regardless of the outbreak, it will be a long time before they can gather a crowd to do the production they are used to. They should adhere to business as usual as close as they can without any more delays.

[The Excellector]

Yes, the draft should be postponed. You cannot have a draft where you haven’t even been able to get up to date medical and physical examinations of a player you’re about to pay a 6-7 figure salary to.

Yes, there is tape...........from January and back. You need to be able to see what condition these players are currently in. A player can have strong tape, but be currently dealing with an injury or be out of shape and you would never know it. There has certainly been players with great tape who fall into that category, in the past. A lot of players already missed out on opportunities to showcases themselves as it is. At the bottom of the food chain, scouts can only study but so much tape. So, a lot of small school guys rely heavily on these workouts to get noticed.

Free Agency has been negatively affected by the inability of teams to complete physicals. We should not go on with the draft as scheduled, just because some fans are bored or need a distraction during a world crisis.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

that's why there is game film

No question.

However I think there's also value in having kids visit and meet with teams beforehand. I also believe in tape first and foremost, but there's a reason why they do workouts as well. Some kids got 2 shots, some got 1, some got none. Also, what about the physicals as Ex stated?

[NjRavensFan]

Yes, the draft should be postponed. You cannot have a draft where you haven’t even been able to get up to date medical and physical examinations of a player you’re about to pay a 6-7 figure salary to.

Yes, there is tape...........from January and back. You need to be able to see what condition these players are currently in. A player can have strong tape, but be currently dealing with an injury or be out of shape and you would never know it. There has certainly been players with great tape who fall into that category, in the past. A lot of players already missed out on opportunities to showcases themselves as it is. At the bottom of the food chain, scouts can only study but so much tape. So, a lot of small school guys rely heavily on these workouts to get noticed.

Free Agency has been negatively affected by the inability of teams to complete physicals. We should not go on with the draft as scheduled, just because some fans are bored or need a distraction during a world crisis.

So what is your solution Ex?

[The Excellector]

So what is your solution Ex?

My solution is to postpone the draft, much like Premier Leagues have postponed functions either with a later date in mind or until further notice.