The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is underway and, yeah, it didn’t take long to see and feel just how different this one is going to be than any other draft before it.
Because it started in Roger Goodell’s basement, which is just weird.
This draft, of course, is being done virtually as we all do our best to battle the coronavirus and keep people safe.
That means Goodell will be announcing all the picks from his basement, instead of on a stage in Las Vegas where this was thing was originally scheduled to be held.
Goodell gave a tour of his basement before the start of the draft:
Happy Draft Day, NFL fans. Good luck to every team. A quick tour of my basement where I’ll be announcing picks for the 2020 #NFLDraft.
See you tonight! pic.twitter.com/ZtepCqPYz5
— Roger Goodell (@nflcommish) April 23, 2020
And then fans watching on TV had lots of jokes about his basement:
Roger Goodell for sure makes you take your shoes off when you walk into his house. pic.twitter.com/U0Ih5maZVa
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell’s home looks like a 1991 Sears catalog
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell having wood paneling in his basement cashes in a -750 favorite. #NFLDraft
— Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) April 24, 2020
Ya’ll Roger Goodell still uses Kinect pic.twitter.com/HZsApdGCou
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) April 24, 2020
I knew seeing Roger Goodell in his basement would be weird, but this is weirder than I expected.
— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) April 24, 2020
One reason I was looking forward to #NFLDraft2020 was to see Roger Goodell’s basement. Doesn’t he make like $30 million a year? It looks like Wayne’s World.
— Bill Goodykoontz (@goodyk) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell has the type of library where you pull on a book and it leads to the secret library of an evil lair, which to be honest, is pretty fitting. #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/deyrEF4csT
— Drew Auger (@DREWAUGER95) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell's basement looks like a Showcase Showdown set.
— Mo Egger (@MoEgger1530) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell hosting the #NFLDraft2020 from his basement is giving a Rupert Pupkin feel to the event. pic.twitter.com/jkLIs9z8yj
— 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 (@seantbrown87) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell opening the #NFLDraft from his basement is the most 2020 thing ever.
What a time.
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) April 24, 2020
Now broadcasting from his mothers basement our commissioner Roger Goodell. Sorry I had to 🤷♂️🤷♂️
— Tom Gillis (@tcgillis) April 24, 2020
If Roger Goodell had a sense of humor he’d have his family in his basement booing him #NFLDraft
— Seth Tow (@SethTow) April 24, 2020
Roger Goodell making 30 mil a year but he got a basement that looks like its straight out of the 80’s
— Tweet About It (@NotoriousNewman) April 23, 2020
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