The National Football League confirmed its phones were down for two picks amid the first round of the 2019 NFL draft Thursday night, but there were no major complications during the outage.
On Friday, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported a source said the phone lines weren't available for about seven minutes, but the NFL provided secondary contact information so teams could continue to relay details to the league about picks and trades.
"The phone system went down for two picks," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told PFT. "As planned, we notified each club via email to switch to cell phone in the event they need to call Selection Square.