How to watch NFL Draft?

The NFL Draft is an exciting time for the college players and the NFL teams. The players are eager to get picked by the franchises to achieve their dream of making it to the NFL. The teams look forward to selecting players to create a winning roster for their team for the upcoming season. The weaker teams look to hit the lottery by picking up generational players, while better ones look to solidify their balance and keep the winning culture going.

The 2024 NFL Draft is just months away. The 2023 NFL Draft took place around Union Station and the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. And this time, the 2024 NFL Draft will be going to Detroit. The 2024 NFL Draft will be happening around Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza.

Fans can go and cheer and support their teams live from the Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza. However, those who cannot make it there can watch the NFL Draft from home.

How to watch the NFL Draft: Date and Channel

The NFL Draft can be watched on the following channels:

NFL Network

ABC

ESPN

ESPN Deportes

The 2024 NFL Draft will happen from 25 April 2024 to 27 April 2024. The timings for the 2024 NFL draft have not been officially announced yet. However, going by the previous years’ pattern, here is how the timings will look like:

Round 1: Thursday, 25 April, 8 p.m ET / 5 p.m. PT Rounds 2-3: Friday, 26 April, 7 p.m ET / 4 p.m. PTRounds 4-7: Saturday, 27 April, noon ET / 9 a.m. PT

The three-day mega event will see some of the biggest names at the amateur level get picked by the franchises in the NFL.

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How to watch the NFL draft without cable?

The NFL Draft is one of the most anticipated events in the NFL world. We saw that the NFL draft can be watched on channels like ESPN, ABC, NFL Network, and ESPN Deportes. However, to watch the NFL Draft free without cable, you can watch it on different platforms like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and fuboTV.

ABC: Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV

NFL Network: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV and fuboTV

ESPN: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, fuboTV, YouTube TV and ESPN Plus

ESPN Deportes: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV and fuboTV

How is the NFL Draft selection order determined?

There are a total of 32 teams in the NFL. For every NFL draft, all the 32 teams will receive a pick for all the seven rounds. So how does a team decide when it will draft?

The NFL Draft selection order is determined by the performance of the team. The position in which an NFL team picks is opposite to the ranking they finish in the table. What it means is the team with the worst record from the previous season will get to pick first and the team with the best record, that is, Super Bowl winners, will be drafted last, i.e. 32nd.

A total of 14 teams make the NFL playoffs. 18 teams are automatically eliminated either by virtue of their win-loss record. These 18 teams will be drafting from no. 1 to no. 18 in the draft.

The picks 19-24 will be the teams that were eliminated from the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The next four draft picks in the order, from 25-28, will belong to the teams eliminated from the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

The next two picks in the draft order, 29 and 30 are the two teams eliminated from the Conference championships. The 31st draft pick will be the runners-up of the Super Bowl. And the last pick, 32nd, will be the Super Bowl Winners.

One important factor to consider in this draft order from 21-30 is that the order will be based on the team’s win-loss record from the regular season.

Other factors influencing the draft order will be the draft picks that were awarded to other teams during a particular trade, teams who trade up during the draft for better picks, and more.