Understand how the NFL Draft works

The draft is in the spotlight in the NFL’s offseason, also known as the offseason. This season, recruitment will take place from April 28-30, with all franchisees taking part in the event, where future players will be selected to be part of their teams.

Just like every year, the first round takes place on the first day. On the second day, the players are selected for rounds 2 and 3, thus ending on Saturday, when the last four rounds take place.

But what is an NFL draft anyway?

As mentioned earlier, it is nothing more than recruiting players who play games in universities across the American country. But then franchisees analyze the best pieces for their reps, as well as define a strategy for selecting some pieces that might be important on another team.

Since 1936, the draft has been carried out with the goal of balancing the rolls, and bringing in new pieces. The event is always held in different places, aiming to attract more audience. In some cases, fans have long lines to win a ticket, as there is no fee. One of the greatest expectations of fans of the oval ball is who will be able to succeed in Major League Soccer, as well as who will only stay on the promise. Examples are repeated on both sides, and in some cases, players don’t even play for perks in the regular season.

Understand how you will work this year and your options

This 2022 season, 262 picks will be drawn from 32 franchises in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, some teams will make their choices in other countries, and Brazil will also be a part of this moment. The Miami Dolphins, the team that competes in the AFC East region, will make their choices at Cristo Redentor, located in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to the “dolphins”, Great Britain, Germany and Mexico were chosen to announce the options. Check below where the locations will be:

Germany: Carolina Panthers, Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Munich, where the first game in NFL history will take place in Germany;

Brazil: Miami Dolphins – will be the only franchise to recruit its players in a country that has never hosted an NFL game;

Mexico: Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers – The neighboring state of Americans has announced that it will hold games in its territory, especially the Cardinals;

United kingdom: Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets – The venue is famous for hosting some games during the season at the traditional Wembley Stadium.

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In principle, the franchise that performed the worst season last season would have the first overall pick. It’s a moment of great anticipation, as the player to be recruited is taken as a great promise that they can take revenge in the future. However, for many analysts this year, the category of players in some positions is much lower compared to recent years, but anything can happen.

But in addition to following the order of the campaigns from worst to best, there is another important factor: exchanges for players or also for future choices. This happens naturally, and it may also happen that some franchisees do not select players in some rounds, due to these exchanges.

That’s the case for franchises such as the Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers, as well as Super Bowl champions, the Los Angeles Rams, who will only be running from the second round.

Where do you track the NFL Draft?

Across the three-day event, ESPN and Star+ will broadcast all footage starting at 9 p.m. this Thursday (28). Rounds 2 and 3 start on Friday at 8pm, while on Saturday it starts at 1pm. In addition, the NFL Game Pass platform will make the event free-of-charge, exclusively on picks that will take place on the third day.