MrEpsYtown Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 What I would do to get in on our Bills zoom meeting??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 If your computer fails then use one of the other 17 bajillion ways we have to communicate to send in your pick. Deals get done via hardline phones during the draft normally. Just call, text, use FB messenger, etc. This is easy stuff guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Good thing this isn’t Buddy Nix anymore. You know some team with an antiquated front office will be inundated with penises during their zoom draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeBreton Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Here is a list of the 58 prospects invited to attend this year's virtual draft, usually an indication that there is significant interest in them: A.J. Epenesa, Iowa DE A.J. Terrell, Clemson CB Andrew Thomas, Georgia OT Antoine Winfield Jr., Minnesota S Austin Jackson, USC OT Brandon Aiyuk, Arizona State WR C.J. Henderson, Florida CB CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma WR Cesar Ruiz, Michigan G Chase Claypool, Notre Dame WR Chase Young, Ohio State EDGE Cole Kmet, Notre Dame TE D'Andre Swift, Georgia RB Denzel Mims, Baylor WR Derrick Brown, Auburn DL Ezra Cleveland, Boise State OT Grant Delpit, LSU S Henry Ruggs III, Alabama WR Isaiah Simmons, Clemson LB J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State RB Jacob Eason, Washington QB Jake Fromm, Georgia QB Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma QB Jalen Reagor, TCU WR Javon Kinlaw, South Carolina DL Jaylon Johnson, Utah CB Jedrick Wills, Alabama OT Jeffrey Okudah, Ohio State CB Jerry Jeudy, Alabama WR Joe Burrow, LSU QB Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin RB Jordan Love, Utah St. QB Josh Jones, Houston OT Josh Uche, Michigan LB Julian Okwara, Notre Dame EDGE Justin Herbert, Oregon QB Justin Jefferson, LSU WR Justin Madubuike, Texas A&M DT K'Lavon Chaisson, LSU EDGE Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma LB Kristian Fulton, LSU CB Laviska Shenault, Colorado WR Lloyd Cushenberry, LSU G Mekhi Becton, Louisville OT Neville Gallimore, Oklahoma DT Noah Igbinoghene, Auburn CB Patrick Queen, LSU LB Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn OT Ross Blacklock, TCU DT Tee Higgins, Clemson WR Terrell Lewis, Alabama EDGE Thaddeus Moss, LSU TE Tristan Wirfs, Iowa OT Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama QB Xavier McKinney, Alabama S Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State EDGE Missing - Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Cam Akers, Michael Pittman Jr. Thaddeus Moss is also a surprise invite considering he is most likely a day 3 pick, Jalen Hurts is also listed and I expect him to go a lot higher than projected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Somebody will screw up and draft a girl from porn hub... My money is on Jerruh. If the entire draft is virtual will they have virtual clips of the drafted players ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 11 hours ago, frostbitmic said: Somebody will screw up and draft a girl from porn hub... My money is on Jerruh. If the entire draft is virtual will they have virtual clips of the drafted players ? I think he goes Sasha Foxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Patriots working on electronic espionage for draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 This is the one year I’m actually glad the Bills traded away their 1st round pick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 8:43 AM, thebandit27 said: If your computer fails then use one of the other 17 bajillion ways we have to communicate to send in your pick. Deals get done via hardline phones during the draft normally. Just call, text, use FB messenger, etc. This is easy stuff guys. Exactly. I don't understand all the fear mongering the media is spreading that GM's apparently have. These guys dont Zoom during the season to make trades. They pick up their phone to talk or text. It's not rocket science lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, DJB said: Exactly. I don't understand all the fear mongering the media is spreading that GM's apparently have. These guys dont Zoom during the season to make trades. They pick up their phone to talk or text. It's not rocket science lol Again, If there is apprehension, I think it’s more about the ease and timing of communication/decision making among their own personnel guys, scouts, ownership and coaches during the draft than it is about phoning in the picks or making trades. It’s certainly doable but it’s just different and not what anyone is used to in what is already a stressful period of time. Edited April 12, 2020 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Again, If there is apprehension, I think it’s more about the ease and timing of communication/decision making among their own personnel guys, scouts, ownership and coaches during the draft than it is about phoning in the picks or making trades. It’s certainly doable but it’s just different and not what anyone is used to in what is already a stressful period of time. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Irv said: Patriots working on electronic espionage for draft. Correction: New England has already worked on electronic espionage for draft. 15 hours ago, frostbitmic said: Somebody will screw up and draft a girl from porn hub... My money is on Jerruh. If the entire draft is virtual will they have virtual clips of the drafted players ? Maybe they just get more advertising/sponsor money and do Madden for all picks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) https://www.nbcsports.com/video/falcons-thomas-dimitroff-gives-peter-king-tour-2020-nfl-draft-war-room?amp&__twitter_impression=true Edited April 12, 2020 by BillsFan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Should have the owners from each team announce their picks. Have them do it from different room or places on their property. It would be like a cribs episode with some drafting mixed in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, CommonCents said: Should have the owners from each team announce their picks. Have them do it from different room or places on their property. It would be like a cribs episode with some drafting mixed in. Problem is when we get to Kraft we might see this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Punching Bag Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 57 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: New bugs from his friends in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 • Making picks will happen like this: Each team’s designated drafter will be connected to the league’s official Microsoft Teams private and encrypted draft channel, and will make the pick through that channel. There are two fail-safes: A GM can call Fiore or a member of his team directly by landline or cell with the pick. Also, there will be a conference call for the length of the draft with club officials muted; the club official designated to make the pick can unmute his/her line and announce the pick. If the pick is made through Microsoft Teams, Fiore or his representative will announce on the conference call that a pick has been made and the next team is on the clock. • Time for picks. Same as in recent years: 10 minutes per pick in the first round on April 23, seven minutes per pick in rounds two and three on April 24, five minutes per pick in rounds four through seven on April 25. There was discussion about expanding the time, but it sounds like the league will be less autocratic about the clock if there’s a legitimate reason (blackout, etc.) for a team to be late with a pick. • Connectivity. Each team will have choices, but I talked to five over the weekend about the mechanics of it. The Saints, for instance, will have two videconferences working simultaneously. One will have GM Mickey Loomis, coach Sean Payton, assistant GM/college scouting director Jeff Ireland and VP/football administration Khai Hartley; the other will have those four people plus every scout. The four-man group will be open for free discussion while the larger group will likely mostly be muted, with Loomis or Payton having the ability to unmute, say, the scouts with the most knowledge about a particular player. Say they want to pick LSU linebacker Patrick Queen in the first round; Loomis could ask the scouts who were at LSU the most in 2019 for their thoughts. Trading. That’s what teams are still working out. One GM told me he’s likely to divide the 31 potential trade partners into four groups. Each one of those groups, with seven or eight teams in it, will be told before the draft if he/she has a trade to discuss during the draft to call the contact person, who will then tell the GM that Team X wants to talk trade. If the GM can pick up right then, he will, and he’ll engage that team. But it won’t be as smooth as having everyone in the same room. As Chargers GM Tom Telesco told me: “If there’s multiple teams involved, that’s where it gets a little tricky. That’s what we have to work through. We’re going to have some people who’d usually be at our draft-room table who will probably be connected by video-conferencing. So I can talk to them while I’m on the phone. If there’s a couple of phones going off, I may have one of my kids pick up the phone. It’s all hands on deck. Could have both of my sons with jobs—keeping track of who’s been picked, the board. It’ll be fun.” https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/13/nfl-draft-rumors-coronavirus-life-peter-king/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 So that is why Microsoft Teams was rammed down computers throats without easy way to turn it off for those not needing. Microsoft wanted the publicity of NFL using it and hoped to leverage it into sales campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) On 4/12/2020 at 10:46 AM, JaCrispy said: This is the one year I’m actually glad the Bills traded away their 1st round pick... yeah between this and a potential reduction in ota and camp stuff, the move starts looking brilliant Edited April 14, 2020 by Over 29 years of fanhood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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