Hugging Roger Goodell at the NFL draft is back in 2021.
Yes, that’s a very weird thing to say this year, but it’s a known fact: on a conference call with reporters, it was revealed Goodell has been vaccinated and has the green light to give out hugs and handshakes in Cleveland when the draftees make it to the stage after their names are called.
So it’s a good time to look back at some of the all-time greatest hugs and handshakes draft picks have handed out to the commish, starting with the perhaps the man who first hugged Goodell 11 years ago: