I've been going to the draft since 2001, and haven't missed one since, minus the covid year.
During the downtime I mostly just talk to other fans. I ask them who they want, and we just go back-and-forth on other players available. Just a bunch of people talking about football, it's great.
I don't really get any information. They used to give us little radio earpieces to listen to the ESPN & NFL Network coverages, but that changed a few years back.
Now we have to sit and be forced to listen to our hosts on the stage or whatever local band is playing.
Which is terrible because the hosts offer almost no insight.
I get that they are trying to keep the masses entertained and not indulge the fans like me, who actually care about the draft.
Nevertheless, I still have fun, although I really miss the draft being a two day event centered around Saturday & Sunday. Now I have to ask for more time off from work.
I've never been to Green Bay, so this will be an experience, and I also get to hang out with my other diehard draftniks who have been going to the draft even longer than I have.
@CowgirlsFan will be joining me as well. She's been going with me ever since the 2018 draft in Dallas(Arlington).
It would be a lot of fun if the draft went to Buffalo. I know that next year is in Pittsburgh, after that, I don't know.