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On Football: Evaluating college players is NFL's challenge

The cancellation of college football games will have a far more significant impact on the NFL beyond giving the league an opportunity to play Saturday games this fall.

Evaluating players for the draft will be among the biggest challenges.

“I think until you understand exactly what the landscape is going to be then you, a little bit, have your hand tied behind your back,” Dallas Cowboys executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said. “But, at the same time, I think we’re going to have to be prepared to go back on the tape from last year on some of these players because the way it’s headed right now, some of these schools may not play.