![]() ![]() Even Goodell’s TikTok dance with Denver Broncos first-round pick Jerry Jeudy won positive reviews. ![]() Goodell hosted from his basement the first two nights of the event, which shattered viewership records on ESPN, NFL Network and ABC, and amazingly despite more than 200 remote connections, went off without any major hitches. so the two could be in constant communications. He had a live video call monitor going at all times between him and the basement of commissioner Roger Goodell’s home in nearby Bronxville, N.Y. “There’s something great about the experience of people being together physically and the moments and the interactions,” said O’Reilly, who monitored the draft from his wife’s home office in Westchester County, N.Y. While sponsors, like Bose, might have enjoyed some product placement attention in quick remote shots of draftees’ living rooms, they’d rather sell to the throngs that would have attended in Las Vegas if not for the new coronavirus. Kansas City won the 2023 draft.Ī big part of what attracts cities and sponsor to the draft is the shot of hundreds of thousands crowding a municipal square, and the top prospects walking from the green room into the bear hug of the commissioner. Cleveland is hosting next year, and Las Vegas, which lost this year’s, has the 2022 iteration. ![]() Cities now bid on the event, which pre-pandemic would attract more than 500,000 in the three days, delivering a big boost to the host community’s economy. Before this year, the draft had emerged as the league’s second-biggest event behind the Super Bowl, and the NFL is not going to give that up.Ī sleepy event for decades in New York City, the draft moved in 20 to Chicago, where it became a fan celebration and a marketing opportunity as much as a player selection exercise. That’s not to say elements of the virtual draft won’t live on in a traditional one in future years, though those who hoped the league might recapture all the 2020 magic won’t get their wish. ![]() “The draft room is probably the preference, and maybe it’s not the place you’re going to have family or prospects.” The stars could be aligning for Brady to head down to Nashville, as much as that would be a painful reality for Pats fans.“ I’m sure draft rooms, war rooms, will be the preference,” said Peter O’Reilly, the executive vice president of events for the NFL. If Brady has made up his mind on leaving New England, Tennessee would be able to provide him with a playoff-caliber roster from top to bottom, more weapons on offense than he had in New England, and a head coach Brady is friends with in Vrabel. Mike Vrabel calls Tom Brady to Titans rumors 'a unique situation' - The Titans Wire March 1, 2020 With Tannehill also a free agent, Brady joining Tennessee as the starting quarterback could help the Titans maintain all the momentum they've picked up, and he could be that missing piece they need to join Kansas City and Baltimore at the top of the AFC. Vrabel is 2-0 against Brady as a coach, as he helped Marcus Mariota bludgeon the Patriots in 2018 before guiding Ryan Tannehill to a stunning playoff upset last season. It must be noted that Tennessee was thrown out as a potential free agent destination for Brady.īrady to the titans confirmed ? /siEQxjoSXM- Nick Pappy February 29, 2020īrady and Vrabel have been friends for some time, going back to Vrabel's days as a linebacker during the first half of the Bill Belichick dynasty. Those fans probably don't want to see that Brady was on the phone with an NFL head coach that wasn't Bill Belichick, however - Brady and Edelman were caught FaceTiming with a man who appears to be Tennessee Titans head coach and former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel. Patriots fans finally gained some confidence that legendary quarterback Tom Brady could return to Foxborough next season, as he was spotted with wide receiver Julian Edelman at the UNC-Syracuse basketball game last night. ![]()
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