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The league's draft will be virtual as teams draft completely online. You can watch it all live, no cable TV required.
How to watch the NFL draft 2020 tonight without cable
Tonight's NFL draft marks perhaps the biggest night in sports since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. With the suspension of March Madness and the NBA, NHL and MLS seasons in the US, the NFL is moving ahead with its annual player draft on schedule with the first round tonight, Thursday, April 23 at 8 p.m. ET. The league scrapped plans to host the event in Las Vegas this year and will instead hold a fully virtual draft
with team executives making picks and last-minute trades online.
Commissioner Roger Goodell will announce the results from his New York
home.
To viewers it will look kind of like a fantasy football
draft in a league where your buddies are scattered across the country.
General managers and other NFL team officials are usually huddled
together in a war room at the team's facility for the draft, but this
year they'll be drafting remotely from their kitchen tables or
basements. Hopefully they won't miss making a pick because they're
putting their kids to bed or grabbing another beer from the fridge.
Most draft experts predict the Cincinnati Bengals will select quarterback Joe Burrow from LSU with the first overall pick, and Ohio State's dominating edge rusher Chase Young is expected to be the next player taken. Three other quarterbacks could be picked in the first round: Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa, Oregon's Justin Herbert and Utah State's Jordan Love. You can check out mock drafts, prospect rankings and seven-round draft predictions for all 32 teams from CBS Sports.
Without players walking across the stage to shake hands with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the NFL draft
will look drastically different this year. But it'll be broadcast on
the same channels over three days as in past years. Here's everything
you need to know to watch the NFL draft without cable.
When is the NFL draft?
The NFL draft will be broadcast simultaneously on ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and NFL Network. Here's the TV schedule:
- Round 1: Thursday, April 23, 8-11:30 p.m ET (5-8:30 p.m. PT)
- Rounds 2-3: Friday, April 24, 7-11:30 p.m. ET (4-8:30 p.m. PT)
- Rounds 4-7: Saturday, April 25, 12-7 p.m. ET (9 a.m.-4 p.m. PT)
ESPN and NFL Network will team up for the first two nights of the
draft for a single broadcast on both channels featuring Trey Wingo, Mel
Kiper Jr., Louis Riddick, Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter from ESPN
and Rich Eisen, Daniel Jeremiah, Michael Irvin and Kurt Warner from NFL
Network. ESPN's College GameDay crew, including Rece Davis, Jesse
Palmer, Maria Taylor, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Todd McShay,
will head up coverage on ABC on Thursday and Friday. For Saturday's
coverage of the final four rounds of the draft, all three networks will
share coverage.
ESPN Deportes will have Spanish-language
coverage of the 2020 NFL draft featuring Eduardo Varela and Pablo
Viruega from Monday Night Football.
What's the order of the draft picks?
The Cincinnati
Bengals hold the first pick, followed by the Washington Redskins,
Detroit Lions, New York Giants and Miami Dolphins. You can track all of
the picks with CBS Sports' NFL Draft Tracker.
How can I watch the draft live?
Watch live for free: ABC will air all three days of the draft. If you have an over-the-air antenna hooked up to your TV and get your local ABC station, you can watch for free.
Live updates and analysis for free: If you want to stay on top of the draft as it unfolds, tune in to CBS Sports HQ for ongoing coverage starting at 7 p.m. ET Thursday. (Disclosure: ViacomCBS is the parent company of CNET).
Subscription options:
The NFL draft will be broadcast on ABC ESPN, ESPN Deportes and the NFL
Network. There's also a livestream on WatchESPN app or the NFL Mobile
app (or ESPN.com or NFL.com). One caveat: You will need to prove you
have a TV subscription (typically from a cable or satellite provider)
that includes ESPN or the NFL Network in order to watch live on either
app.
Cable TV cord cutters have a number of options for watching the draft via a live TV streaming service, detailed below.
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