NFL Draft 2016 Live Stream: Start Time, Schedule and More for 1st Round

Thanks to the NFL draft’s format, fans of 31 teams will enjoy one day of feeling superior to the New England Patriots. 

Forced to forfeit their first-round pick as punishment for Deflategate, the Patriots will watch every other team make a selection Thursday night, barring a trade. While everyone else will leave the first of three days with a bright young prospect, the Patriots will count on Bill Belichick’s sorcery to transform someone else’s outcast or special teamer into a star. 

Most fans haven’t had the fortune of watching an all-time great quarterback annually lead his team into the postseason. For many supporters, they’ll never feel as hopeful as they do on Thursday night when every team is 0-0. But at least the inferior teams have snagged a prominent pick as consolation for their failures.

Just remember this fuzzy optimism when a handful of the players called on Thursday night don’t stick in the NFL.

NFL Draft: First-Round Info

Date: Thursday

Start Time: 8 p.m. ET

TV: NFL Network, ESPN

Live Stream: NFL.com, WatchESPN

Draft Order

Who Goes First: Goff or Wentz?

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There’s something especially thrilling about not even knowing who will get selected with the No. 1 overall pick. When an Andrew Luck headlines a class, the first announcement merely confirms something everyone figured out months ago.

This Thursday night, there isn’t a single guarantee. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Sam Farmer, the league has made efforts to secure such uncertainty regardless of whether the Los Angeles Rams know who they’re taking with the first pick. 

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