LabattBlue Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Bronxbomber21 said: Anyone else getting this feeling thats the draft is going to be a disaster ? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 it’ll go smoothly. They’ll have a backup plan in case Zoom (or whatever technology they end up using) craps out on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I'm gonna hack in and draft Akers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 In a head scratchier, Browns select Kim Jung Un. Oops. Hit google News instead of NFL Office. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 35 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: Part of the NFL Memo on the Virtual Draft. "Accordingly, all clubs should dedicate their personnel and technology resources toward preparing for a fully virtual Draft, and preventing the Pats from hacking their equipment, with personnel in separate locations. Our staff in Events, Football Operations, Information Technology and the Management Council will be in contact with each Club and remains fully available to answer questions or assist in your preparations. Our understanding is that many clubs are already well advanced in preparing for a virtual Draft, and the Pats likely have already accessed a back-door in these clubs IT, and we are confident that all clubs can take the necessary steps to make the 2020 Draft a successful event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Keep an eye on Kraft and Belly boy, this reeks of a cheating opportunity, those guys will be hacking Zoom for sure.. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) I hope the NFL is aware that none of the clubs have GMs with Russian accents.... "Zdravstvuyte; Dobrie Dean-- with the 1st pick in the 2020 NFL Draft the Cincinnati Bengals select Tom Flacco, Townson State University." Edited April 6, 2020 by JoeF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 1 hour ago, RiotAct said: Beane should set a cool background when making his pick, like the flying toasters or 3D pipes Remember the show Laugh in? Use their psychedelic background thing and have Beane dress like a hippie ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Probably not because each state has different restrictions right now and the league wants to make it fair across the board. For example in Ohio no one is allowed to leave home except for essential business like groceries, or to walk around in open air apart from others, and no one should be letting anyone in their homes unless they live there. Even relatives. So it would make that type of gathering, even small, impossible until at least may 1 I mean, poop, I have a friend who was asked to fly into Texas for work for some emergency work, he is a transporter (logistics/shipping). His employer called it an emergency and booked the flight so he thought it was OK. As soon as he got off the plane he was greeted by a federal marshal who told him he now was not allowed to leave the state for 14 days. He could have gotten out, but the load he was carrying did not have any DOT numbers (which he did not realize before he took the load), so he could not get an exception for essential personnel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 50 minutes ago, Bronxbomber21 said: Anyone else getting this feeling thats the draft is going to be a disaster ? No, this is technology and functionality that has been around for a decade. Draft boards are pretty much already set. This isnt rocket surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo Montoya Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) I remember watching the videos the Bills released after last year's Draft showing their Draft room. It's going to be quite a challenge to be able to manage all that information efficiently. Taking calls to trade up or down, making calls to trade up or down. It seems like they are always talking to several teams at the same time about possible moves. Keeping track of every team's draft picks and their likely positions of need remaining after each selection. Lots of moving parts. The League might want to give an extra minute or two for each selection. Here's a link to that video... Edited April 6, 2020 by Inigo Montoya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: we’ve had 4 simultaneous VTC over teams, zoom FaceTime etc over our run of the mill internet. (adults working and kids schooling) I’m sure it’ll be fine. using VOIP, too? That's been a miserable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capco Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 So you know how the NFL still uses the card system for draft picks, even in recent years despite all the new technology? For those that don't know, clubs have to physically hand in their draft selection to the NFL even though all the GMs operate remotely from their respective clubhouses. Each team has a representative at the draft whose job is to do just that. The release doesn't explicitly mention this, but is it safe to assume that there will not be any physical club presence for the card thing, even if it's only just 1 per team with no other representatives present? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Maybe TBD can open up the forums to all GM’s around the league and they can have the draft in a thread. You know, when their team is up to draft, their screen name will appear in the thread title, for example, Username, WeNowSuckWithoutBrady and the Patriots are on the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) will they have auto draft to BPA ? just in case the decision maker loses his connection....lol P.S. goodell looking forward to first year not getting booed Edited April 6, 2020 by papazoid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 37 minutes ago, papazoid said: will they have auto draft to BPA ? just in case the decision maker loses his connection....lol P.S. goodell looking forward to first year not getting booed Virtual boos are still boos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I don’t care how they do it; it’ll still be the most exciting sports program during this virus insanity. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 If they give all the prospect green jerseys and hats, they'll be able to put them in team gear. At least virtually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddick Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just to be safe, I think it should be conducted using homing pigeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCelticsAngelsBama Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 So does this mean we won't get log jammed in the 2nd round when we're on pick 46 and they have only announced up to pick 41? Actually preferred it back in the 80's and early 90's when a selection was made, the Comish announced it pretty quickly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Punching Bag Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Mango said: I mean, poop, I have a friend who was asked to fly into Texas for work for some emergency work, he is a transporter (logistics/shipping). His employer called it an emergency and booked the flight so he thought it was OK. As soon as he got off the plane he was greeted by a federal marshal who told him he now was not allowed to leave the state for 14 days. He could have gotten out, but the load he was carrying did not have any DOT numbers (which he did not realize before he took the load), so he could not get an exception for essential personnel. Sounds like Texas is a roach trap - I wonder how pilots get out? 3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said: No, this is technology and functionality that has been around for a decade. Draft boards are pretty much already set. This isnt rocket surgery. Good for these is a shortage of protection equipment all over country except in some warehouses. 2 hours ago, papazoid said: will they have auto draft to BPA ? just in case the decision maker loses his connection....lol P.S. goodell looking forward to first year not getting booed So are players looking forward to not getting man handled by him. Do players get paid signing bonus as soon as signed? Some may sign faster now on chance of no season and a team like Bengals, Jets or Cleveland decide they would rather have money than pick if they will not play for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, RobbRiddick said: Just to be safe, I think it should be conducted using homing pigeons. Cats can catch COVID-19, why not homing pigeons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) Gettleman, right? Edited April 7, 2020 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, Limeaid said: Sounds like Texas is a roach trap - I wonder how pilots get out? Good for these is a shortage of protection equipment all over country except in some warehouses. So are players looking forward to not getting man handled by him. Do players get paid signing bonus as soon as signed? Some may sign faster now on chance of no season and a team like Bengals, Jets or Cleveland decide they would rather have money than pick if they will not play for a year. He was picking up a truck and trailer that he assumed was registered with the DoT because you know, it’s his living. Had it been registered he would have gotten out as essential. I assume pilots fall under this. In regards to video conferencing and security. I used to work for RSA, they are booming. For conferencing, I sell this now, Zoom is a mess right now but they are popular. Places like hospitals are having issues. But that’s always been an issue, just more people are aware of it. Use “Vidyo” if you are dealing with sensitive information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCbillsfan Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said: I remember watching the videos the Bills released after last year's Draft showing their Draft room. It's going to be quite a challenge to be able to manage all that information efficiently. Taking calls to trade up or down, making calls to trade up or down. It seems like they are always talking to several teams at the same time about possible moves. Keeping track of every team's draft picks and their likely positions of need remaining after each selection. Lots of moving parts. The League might want to give an extra minute or two for each selection. Here's a link to that video... Curious to see how many trades occur during the draft. Bellichick likes to move around the board a lot and so does Beane. Might keep trades down unless they're worked out ahead of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxbomber21 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Dopey said: I'm gonna hack in and draft Akers. Im thinking if someone really wants to this could happen 32 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Gettleman, right? BoB 19 minutes ago, DCbillsfan said: Curious to see how many trades occur during the draft. Bellichick likes to move around the board a lot and so does Beane. Might keep trades down unless they're worked out ahead of time. Life before COVID19 is almost unrecognizable ? 32 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Gettleman, right? BoB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 How bad does this have to suck for Joe Burrow, Chase Young, and all the high first round draft picks? They've spent their lives up to this point working towards that moment when their name is announced and they walk out onto that stage and Goodell hands them that jersey. Now they're getting Zoom or Skype time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Honestly, if they don't try and get super cute with then this actually could be pretty smooth and easy. That said, NFL will over complicate this in an effort to make max profits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, /dev/null said: How bad does this have to suck for Joe Burrow, Chase Young, and all the high first round draft picks? They've spent their lives up to this point working towards that moment when their name is announced and they walk out onto that stage and Goodell hands them that jersey. Now they're getting Zoom or Skype time Now they'll have to muddle through like every guy drafted until 25 years ago......plus an extra few million bucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Mark Vader said: Very strange. Couldn't they just make it where a select few people are in the same room with each other going through the process of making their selections? With all the video meeting options available its pretty easy to get all the people together in one area. Not a big deal, IMHO. Global Banks conduct business with clients like this all over the world on a multiple times a day basis. Pretty sure they can hold a virtual draft where everyone speaks the same language and can understand each other. Edited April 7, 2020 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 As of this morning when he was on WGR, Beane still thought they would have either a small group at the facility or at someone‘s house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: As of this morning when he was on WGR, Beane still thought they would have either a small group at the facility or at someone‘s house I mean you could still have multiple people on the phones using Zoom or some other video conference software and the people at each end using their phones or special ones for the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 7 hours ago, H2o said: Great, now the Chinese are sitting back just waiting to crash the internet like Foreign powers may fiddle with our elections, but they’d not dare fiddle with our football. ”Comrade, don’t be a fool!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Seasons1992 said: We're gonna end up with 6 kickers! You joke but I wouldn't mind picking a K in one of the last rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 This is going to be an interesting draft. I’m excited to see how it all plays out. Will they be more lenient if a team doesn’t get a pick in on time? At least If there are any issues they should hopefully be worked out before we pick on day 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Krentist Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Beane on draft day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Should be fun with a lot more surprises to the average fan, since the experts will have a lot harder time piece-ing together accurate boards which they’ve gotten quite good at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: If Beane’s Internet goes out, will he go on auto-draft? Lol thinking it through a bit further, it might be good that his team has all of Day 1 to observe how it will look and feel before actually drafting. They can do virtual mock drafts beforehand but the actual thing will be a first for everyone. teams with first time GMs have to be a bit scattered right now Berman's taxi cab driver better be ready.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ManRaid Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I hope they invest in some serious league wide DDOS protection, as well as have protocols in place for if there are other internet issues. But now having said that, I can see a new scandal arising in the Pats pretending to have connection issues to cheese out extra time to call around for trades and whatnot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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