The NFL Draft for 2014 is starting up with the first round on Thursday and the TV channel coverage on the schedule will be on ESPN and streaming online from the WatchESPN website and the primetime show for the league will be at Radio City Music Hall and starts up at 8 pm ET with full coverage from the ESPN crew on Thursday.
The draft has gotten bigger and bigger on TV every season and the league has made it even more anticipated by pushing the date back two weeks. Writers and team execs have been complaining about the draft being pushed back, but it likely will make it even more of a success on TV and names like Johnny Manziel and Jadeveon Clowney could be the first ones called for the Houston Texans on Thursday night.
Manziel will be one of the most interesting players to watch, as he could go in the top five or he could fall out of the top 10 or even the first round depending on who you ask. The rumors and mock drafts are starting to wrap up and finally on Thursday, Roger Goodell will get things started with the Houston Texans at the draft.
The NFL draft for 2014 is finally on the schedule for next week and on Thursday, May 8 the NFL will have their first round of the draft in primetime on ESPN and the TV broadcast will start up at 8 pm ET from Radio City Music Hall in New York City and below is a list of all 32 teams and the draft order by picks in the first round and a link to the full draft order.
The Houston Texans open the NFL draft, as they have the number one overall pick after going just 2-14 in 2014 and in the top five they are followed by the St. Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. The first picks of the draft are expected to be Jadeveon Clowney, Khalil Mack, Sammy Watkins and Blake Bortles and players like Johnny Manziel, Greg Robinson and Jake Matthews also could be in the mix in the top 10.
The Falcons pick sixth followed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. The Titans pick ahead of the Giants and the Rams, while the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals round out the top 20.