After an all-virtual 2020 NFL draft, commissioner Roger Goodell and the league are able to embrace a return to regular.
Goodell has been vaccinated and given the go-ahead to hug, high-five, shake palms and dap up gamers chosen in subsequent week’s draft.
Final 12 months, the COVID-19 pandemic compelled gamers to have a good time the draft at their very own particular person setups, whereas Goodell introduced picks from his personal basement.
Vaccination efforts and a soothing of COVID-19 restrictions will enable this 12 months’s draft to look extra like those of years previous.
Cleveland will host the 2021 draft, with the primary spherical of the three-day occasion starting at eight p.m. on Thursday and aired reside on ESPN and the ESPN App.