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NFL will practice remote draft Monday to avoid mishaps

AP file photo by Steve Luciano / NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league personnel and team officials are gearing up for the April 23-25 draft, which will be held virtually, by making a practice run Monday.
AP file photo by Steve Luciano / NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league personnel and team officials are gearing up for the April 23-25 draft, which will be held virtually, by making a practice run Monday. AP file photo by Steve Luciano / NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league personnel and team officials are gearing up for the April 23-25 draft, which will be held virtually, by making a practice run Monday.

By BARRY WILNER / The Associated Press 4 min read

The NFL will hold a practice remote draft Monday, three days before the real thing is done in the same way.

Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn spoke Friday about what his team has planned but did not provide details on the overall proceedings.

“We’re going to do a couple internal tests and trial runs here,” Quinn said in a Zoom meeting to preview the draft. “The league is having a mock draft, mock trial run on Monday that we’ll participate in.”

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ordered all team facilities closed in March, then later required club personnel to conduct the April 23-25 draft, originally set to be held in Las Vegas, from their homes. Because of the reliance on free-flowing communication, the league decided to stage a mock draft to ensure all goes smoothly when it’s time to pick live.

The NFL canceled all public events last month as a safeguard against the coronavirus. On April 6, Goodell instructed teams on how they should plan to make selections.