Las Vegas has had to be patient in waiting to host the NFL Draft for the first time, originally slated to stage the 2020 edition to coincide with the Raiders’ arrival from Oakland, until the pandemic necessitated an entirely virtual operation.
But two years on, as the league’s 32 franchises turn attentions to Sin City to plot their futures, it feels a particularly apt location for tonight’s affair, cards having been kept even closer to chests than usual, the sense being that plenty of hands are yet to be played ahead of what is being touted as the least predictable Draft in years.
