I’m not really a conspiracy theory guy, but it doesn’t it seem like the ESPN folks are anti-draft? Like they’re hoping this thing fails so they can reschedule and push it back? It seems like every third tweet from one of their football personalities describes some sort of draft hang up or issue, like folks are worried about being hacked, or the IT guy might contract COVID-19 from setting up Dave Gettleman’s WIFI.

Now “bandwidth” is apparently an issue:

Well, this is why you do a test run. You try to iron out the wrinkles and figure out the issues and adjust accordingly. We’ve all seen the fancy setups of Howie Roseman and John Lynch with his five computer screens, so I can’t imagine that a limitation in resources or technology would be a thing for the all-powerful NFL.

Okay, so you have to mute your line. That’s what you do when you’re not speaking during a conference call.


Do we need to have 15-20 people in “another meeting?” You only need a handful of folks. Get Howie Roseman, Andy Weidl, Doug Pederson, Jim Schwartz, Anthony Patch, and a few other football ops guys on there. That’s something like five to seven people. The scouts have done their work already. You know the players you want. You have your draft board. Let’s fucking go.

Schefty:

I swear he wants this thing to be canceled. He was just out here a few weeks ago contradicting himself and talking about “carnage in the streets” because of the pandemic. It’s almost like he’s been teetering on the edge and now personal opinions are bleeding into his reporting and tweeting, which I don’t think is typically the case from him. I think Schefter is usually pretty fair and doesn’t deviate too far from the middle.

Anyway, we’ll be standing by and waiting to hear of any other draft excuses that hit the timeline. Here’s the list of complaints thus far:

  • cyber security
  • IT guy might get COVID
  • bandwidth issues
  • GMs didn’t know how to mute themselves on conference call
  • too many people involved
  • not important because of “carnage in the streets”
  • not enough time to evaluate players/lack of private workouts

UPDATE: