NFL GMs have at-home draft ‘war rooms’ and Dave Gettleman’s is absurd

The difference between John Lynch’s war room and David Gentleman’s is hilarious.

The coronavirus pandemic is changing the NFL draft. There will be no gathering of owners, coaches, general managers, scouts and other team staffers. That group typically comes together in what is called a war room, where teams make draft decisions. It’s typically a hectic process, with NFL teams calling one another to make trade offers. The team that’s on the clock has to make a decision, weighing trade offers along with deciding on the different prospects on the board. But with the NFL practicing social distancing, team staffs have to manage these challenges while working apart.

That could make for an interesting — and even more chaotic — draft. But some general managers are doing what they can to prepare for the rigors of a virtual NFL draft. Here’s a look at a few different in-home war rooms.

49ers GM John Lynch

An impressive and organized space in San Francisco.

Bears GM Ryan Pace

Here’s what Pace told Bears.com about his in-home war room:

“I basically have two XOS computers with downloaded video on them,” Pace told ChicagoBears.com. “My third computer is my Microsoft Surface tablet that I’m doing all my reports on and I can access our scouting database and all our Skype interviews. And then I also have an iPad.”

“By the time this process finishes we’ll have done 100-plus Skype interviews with college prospects, each one lasting an hour,” Pace said. “With the inability to have the 30 visits at Halas, we’ve done a lot of things that I think going forward in future years that we’ll take advantage of.”

“During the draft there will be someone from IT here, just if something happens,” Pace said. “But I don’t expect that. We’ve got a lot of fail-safes and fallbacks and preventative measures in place.”

Chargers GM Tom Telesco

L.A. is monitor city, apparently.

Giants GM David Gettleman

OK, what are we doing here? This is supposed to be a technology-driven, virtual draft and Gettleman is working with one laptop and a binder. He is looks like the this-is-fine meme. But what can we expect from him. He may be second-to-last only to Bill Belichick in computer literacy.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid

The photo is at 2:30 in the video.

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