This article is about Round 1. For updated info on tonight’s Round 2 and 3, visit here. The NFL Draft 2014 starts tonight with the first round airing in prime time on two different TV channels simultaneously, offering coverage from multiple angles. The Houston Texans have the first pick, and have yet to telegraph their intentions for who they’ll take number one overall. Depending on who they take and how the Rams respond with their number two pick accordingly, tonight’s draft could quickly become a free for all. But hopes run high for all thirty-two teams (for draft order click here) to boost their roster with new top tier players out of college, even as those players wait to find out which NFL team they’ll be reporting to work for. For now, fans just want to know how they can tune in for it tonight. And we’ve got the details below…
The Draft provides particular hope to forlorn NFL fans each spring because the teams who just finished the worst seasons get to pick the highest, delivering some degree of potential parity for the following year and increasing the possibility that a bad team can turn things around quickly. While the NFL Draft usually takes place earlier in the spring, for 2014 it’s been shifted back to May 8th through the 10th. That means the action starts on TV tonight…
Tonight’s NFL Draft 2014 begins at 8:00pm eastern time and airs live on ESPN and on the NFL Network. That’s TV channel number 206 and 212, respectively, on DirecTV. For a list of first round draft order for all 32 teams, go here. Or watch the NFL Draft live stream online.
Once the NFL put games or the draft on cable television (ESPN, NFL Network) and left the little guy out who can’t afford cable, I stopped watching. I used to love watching Monday Night Football on ABC. Now I can’t because I don’t have cable. Screw the greedy bast*rds. I’m done with it all.