In response to COVID-19, the NFL has shut down team facilities — no draft prospects may visit teams and clubs aren’t allowed to travel to go visit any prospects. That will make this spring a unique offseason for the NFL.
With no visits and no college pro days, the Broncos — and every other team — will have to rely on film to evaluate prospects more than usual.
“I think every year you hear people say — scouts and coaches and personnel people — that 90 percent of the evaluation is off the tape,” Denver coach Vic Fangio said during a conference call with reporters on March 31. “The other 10 percent is the combine and pro days and all the other stuff that goes on with it. This is the year it will really be tested.”
The Broncos did not take their coaches to the combine earlier this offseason, which allowed those coaches to focus on watching film of prospects. Thanks in part to that decision, Denver feels prepared for the draft despite unusual circumstances.
“A lot of times you can guess how fast a guy runs generally speaking,” Fangio said. “It’s more important what the tape is. That’s what everybody says. This will be the year that it is really put to the test.”
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