The NFL attracts attention no matter what it does.
There's one move the league could make, ESPN's Adam Schefter said, that would garner even more.
Schefter shared his thoughts Wednesday on the idea that the NFL Draft could add a lottery system for the order of the selections, mirroring the NBA.
Adam Schefter: NFL Draft Lottery would be a “home run.”
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) May 14, 2025
He's certainly write that it'd be a "home run." Everyone in the football world would tune in.
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Instead of the worst record automatically getting the No. 1 pick, teams could move around based on the whims of ping-pong balls.
If you think people get upset about the potential of a "rigged" NBA Draft order after the lottery, imagine that noise ten-fold after an NFL lottery.
The most recent NBA lottery had the Dallas Mavericks earn the No. 1 pick (and the right to Duke freshman phenom Cooper Flagg) despite having only the 11th-worst record in the league and a 1.8% chance to end up atop the board.
The equivalent this year in the NFL would've seen the 49ers shockingly earn the No. 1 choice.
Who wouldn't want that drama?
It probably hurts the actual worst teams the most, because they need those top selections more than teams in the middle of the pack.
And Schefter didn't actually indicate it's coming anytime soon.
But if the league's preeminent insider was willing to put his voice to this, it must be something that has been discussed on some level already.
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