CLEVELAND – All those boos aimed at Commissioner Roger Goodell that have become an NFL draft tradition will be slightly muted this year.
At least they'll be heard. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with an outdoor event.
Thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties — and whether they've been vaccinated. Back on the road in Cleveland, this draft will be unlike any other.
Forced to cancel last year's event in Las Vegas, the league is using lessons learned while plowing through an unprecedented, socially distanced 2020 season and holding the Super Bowl in Tampa, to have a draft that will look much more