If you are like most NFL fans, you have grown to love the event that is the NFL draft. But this year, things are going to look very different for teams as well as the fan experience. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the entire fan event of the 2020 NFL draft to be canceled and now teams will be forced to make their picks via a virtual environment from their homes.
This means Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert will run the draft from his basement and likely via Zoom video conferencing. What could possibly go wrong? Here are some predictions.
Fewer trades
Even though Colbert will be able to communicate via the telephone with the rest of their staff, the lack of a legitimate war room for the Steelers means we shouldn’t expect any big trades like we saw last year for linebacker Devin Bush.