Watch: NFL Draft coverage and analysis of first-round picks as they come in
Watch our coverage in the video below.
A live sports event will take center stage Thursday. You read that right. Welcome to the first “virtual” NFL Draft in the history of the league.
If you’re a San Francisco 49ers fan, there’s a way to take a front-row seat as the excitement unfolds.
A draft process originally scheduled to play out over three days on the Las Vegas Strip will, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, instead be conducted via Zoom calls and broadcast live to millions of viewers around the world via ESPN and the NFL Network.
Starting about 4:45 p.m. Pacific time Thursday, The Sacramento Bee will be broadcasting live on sacbee.com and via Facebook all evening with many special guests from around the country.
Blair Kerkhoff of The Kansas City Star will anchor a “second-screen” livestream on our Facebook page at facebook.com/sacramentobee. Sacramento Bee reporter Chris Biderman and sports editor Jim Patrick will provide live analysis of the 49ers’ options during the draft.
We will also be sharing this event on modbee.com, fresnobee.com, sanluisobispo.com and mercedsunstar.com.
We’ll be projecting and discussing all 32 first-round picks as they come in, debating who your favorite team should be targeting and analyzing all the trades. San Francisco currently has the 13th and 31st picks in the first round, but general manager John Lynch might want to trade down to get more picks later in the draft.
From the first pick of 2020 (held by the Cincinnati Bengals) to the last (the Kansas City Chiefs), we’ll be with you all night to bring you inside analysis and answer some of your best questions on the air.
What: NFL Draft Live
When: 4:45 p.m. Thursday
Where: sacbee.com and The Bee’s Facebook page.
This story was originally published April 22, 2020 at 4:00 AM.