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2020 NFL draft to happen on schedule, events in Las Vegas cancelled

Amid concerns over the novel coronavirus, the 2020 NFL draft will still take place, but the big events in Las Vegas have been cancelled

As expected, the long list of sports event changes due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached the 2020 NFL draft.

This year’s three-day extravaganza in Las Vegas is off, but the draft itself will still take place as scheduled:

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement Monday regarding the league’s plan for the three-day event:

“This decision reflects our foremost priority – the health and safety of all fans and citizens,” said Goodell. “While this outcome is disappointing both to the NFL and to the Las Vegas community, we look forward to partnering with the Raiders, the City of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for a future NFL Draft as well as evaluating opportunities for other major NFL events in Las Vegas in the future, including the Super Bowl.”

Much like so much of the current major sports landscape, this year’s draft will look much different than we’ve seen it in recent years.

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Tua Tagovailoa says Cowboys would be his ideal landing spot

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wants to play for the Cowboys, and learn behind Dak Prescott

If given his pick, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa would love to be wearing a star on his helmet the next time he takes the football field.

In an exclusive interview with NFL Network’s Steve Wyche, Tagovailoa was asked what his ideal scenario would be for landing with a team at the next level. His answer might come as a surprise.

Tagovailoa, who is still rehabbing from a season-ending hip injury, says the Dallas Cowboys would be his ideal landing spot, for multiple reasons:

If you’re saying to me, if I can choose what team I want to play on, as far as my favorite team growing up, then I probably tell you the Cowboys.

I’m not trying to bump (Dak Prescott) — I’ll learn under him. I’d handle it the way that the coaches there want to handle it. Honestly, I just want to be able play again. I wouldn’t mind learning under whatever guy that’s the starter. Give me a whole year to rest up and then go back out and compete, but I just want to go back out and play.

Prescott is set to become a free agent this offseason, but conventional wisdom says the Cowboys will end up striking a long-term deal to keep their franchise quarterback. Adding Tagovailoa as insurance or even an understudy would obviously be a wonderful scenario for Dallas, but considering they currently pick 17th in the first round, it’s highly unlikely they’ll come anywhere close to where Tagovailoa will come off the board.

So, unless the Cowboys make a huge move and decide to move on from Prescott and make a massive trade into the top five of the 2020 NFL draft, Tagovailoa’s ideal scenario will likely have to remain in the dream world.

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