Odd question about future draft

[starfan1]

so i believe the 2020 season will play out but what if it doesn't? Whats the draft order for 2021?

 

[Carson]

Season will play out.

 

[starfan1]

Season will play out.

I believe that too.and seriously hope that. I'm not sure i can handle another off season of threads like this off season. That being said if it didn't what would the draft order be? Just like it is this year? or would they even have it cause college football would be impacted as well.

 

[Carson]

I believe that too.and seriously hope that. I'm not sure i can handle another off season of threads like this off season. That being said if it didn't what would the draft order be? Just like it is this year? or would they even have it cause college football would be impacted as well.

It would roll over and be the same draft order. Players will be paid for the year and the draft order remains the same.

Imagine being the Bengals having the #1 pick and tanking. Only for Goodell to say "We are having a draft lottery"

 

[EST_1986]

I'm curious also what will happen if the season isn't played. Maybe its just a random draw?

 

[MonsterD]

If there is no 2020 season, I guess they could duplicate the order or use a RNG.

 

[starfan1]

If there is no 2020 season, I guess they could duplicate the order or use a RNG.

ok Im slow whats RNG?

 

[MonsterD]

ok Im slow whats RNG?

Random Number Generator

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

ok Im slow whats RNG?

Random number generator.

 

[bewp7]

probably a weighted lottery or aggregate standings

 

[ClappingCarrot]

I think what's really helped the NFL so far is that this broke out in the off-season. I think we will still have a season.

I feel like the other organizations shuttered down temporarily because all of these NBA players were testing positive for the virus. Otherwise, I think it's likely they'd be playing fanless games right now.

 

[garyo1954]

Seems to be undecided at this point.

 

[cowboyec]

if this year is a virtual draft....i vote for the virtual commissioner to replace the real one.

i would love for a hacker to change the virtual commish to Pete Rozelle...that'd be AWESOME!!!!!

 

[The Fonz]

Prob

If there is no 2020 season, I guess they could duplicate the order or use a RNG.

If it is 2 drafts in one the problem you are going to face is how many players you will be able keep and what about the salary cap?
I think the 2020 draft will be on time or maybe a little later.

 

[SSoup]

If, in some unlikely hypothetical, they canceled the season, the league wouldn't use the same draft order as the previous year.

They would create a "draft lottery" televised event they could sell to the highest bidder to generate extra money for themselves. Hockey and basketball's lotteries are decent events, but if the NFL did it (and did it after being away for a whole season so fans were starving for football content), it would be a monster TV ratings event worth a lot of money.

But the league won't cancel the season unless they're forced to. They'll play without crowds and give up the concession/parking/ticket money before they cancel altogether.

And if they get a late start, they'll just play a shortened schedule (say, a 10-game schedule where each team plays their normal 6 home-and-aways with their own division and then also plays one other division for an addition 4 games to fill out the schedule). Make no mistake, the league thinks the show must go on. There's too much money to make by putting their product on TV this season. Especially if the TV landscape is hindered with interruptions to TV productions, leaving the NFL to be an even bigger ratings monster than usual because they're the only game in town.

 

[beware_d-ware]

An RNG determining who gets Trevor Lawrence would be insane.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I'm curious also what will happen if the season isn't played. Maybe its just a random draw?

Seems like the most fair thing to do is to factor in how teams did in 2019 and the draft order of the 2020 draft. A random draw where the Chiefs can get the 1st overall pick in the draft would be a problem.......

 

[cowboyec]

bring back helmet phones.

 

[lkelly]

ok Im slow whats RNG?

The opposite of RKG.

 

[EST_1986]

Seems like the most fair thing to do is to factor in how teams did in 2019 and the draft order of the 2020 draft. A random draw where the Chiefs can get the 1st overall pick in the draft would be a problem.......

Do a lottery draw like the NBA with all 32 teams based off how they did in 2019