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The NFL deserves a lot of credit for pulling off the 2020 virtual draft

It was hard to imagine how the 2020 NFL Draft, one that would be done virtually, would actually go upon commencement.

Judging by the few Zoom get-togethers I had engaged in during the first five weeks of the pandemic-induced shut-down, I envisioned many technical glitches, people talking over one another, spontaneous bathroom breaks and dogs—lots and lots of dogs.

I also pictured a production with little-to-no personality.

I was wrong on just about every front—well, except for the dog part thanks to Bill Belichick who demonstrated yet another area of his genius—finding a dog that can not only oversee a draft war room, but also keep track of data on multiple computers at once.