The NFL could probably turn its draft into a month-long event and nobody would mind.
It has slowly expanded. When the NFL broke off the first round into its own separate night, turning the draft into a three-day affair, there was some cynicism over it. But not from fans.
The total television viewing audience tells the story. The NFL announced it had 54.4 million viewers over the three-day event. There was an average audience of six million viewers across ABC, ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and digital channels, the NFL said.