nfl draft not on tv

According to people online, there is no agreement in place for espn to show the draft.

I know Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra are covering the draft quite extensively. Dunno whether Sky will show it or not

Can you not watch it online? thats what im hoping to do. Its a pity because i loved watching it on ESPN last year...

Yes.

NFL.com always has a live stream of all rounds

I'm not really of fan of ESPN's draft coverage save Gruden.

So a few months back I signed up to NFL Network via NFL.com. Think it was 3 months for 2 and therefore £6 till May. Maybe that deal is still on.

Looking forward to Mayock, Eisen and co in HD in 12 nights time :-P

do any of you know how to connect a laptop to a tv, my laptop has a hdmi port but the tv is a bit older and so has 2 connections saying pc output and pc audio, does this mean i need a vga cable to connect the two, im truly an idiot when it comes to this stuff

*edit

Just seen the thread has been changed to not showing it.

niner wrote:do any of you know how to connect a laptop to a tv, my laptop has a hdmi port but the tv is a bit older and so has 2 connections saying pc output and pc audio, does this mean i need a vga cable to connect the two, im truly an idiot when it comes to this stuff

What TV do you have? You probably need a VGA or DVI.

niner wrote:do any of you know how to connect a laptop to a tv, my laptop has a hdmi port but the tv is a bit older and so has 2 connections saying pc output and pc audio, does this mean i need a vga cable to connect the two, im truly an idiot when it comes to this stuff

I think it's a VGA cable you need as a google search comes up with the right shaped cable! I connect my laptop to my PC via the "RGB (PC IN)" slot on my TV (3 years old) and the same on my laptop.

Its the same connection pattern on the TV and the laptop. Thus the cable is male-male, with relatively small upside down trapezium shape.

i might just use the tv in my room, is smaller but its still a 32" and my mate has told me I just need to connect a hdmi cable between my laptop and tv and that will give me both the picture and the sound, then i think ill just need to change the display settings on my laptop to the tv output

Yeah that's the simplest thing. I've got 3 hdmi cables for my laptop and other things to connect to my tv. VGA cables only carry the picture, hdmi cables carry the sound too.

yeah, seems as though i should be able to do it easily, i just need to buy a hdmi cable

just got an hd cable and hooked it up to my tv, worked perfect, but dont think i want to mess around with resolution etc, the picture looks fine to me, its my terrible internet connection that will annoy me if it plays up

I think Sky Sports News are supposed to be covering but to what extent I don't know. They might cover the first few and then drop out to something else.

It's life for free on NFL.com so I would prefer their coverage.

I've heard NFLN and ESPN are going to stop showing players about to be drafted on the phone in the green room so Roger Goodell can make the surprises.

what time (in UK) does it all kick off?

1am I think. Knowing how they love to extend the drama, i'd say the first pick is at 1.30am

Yep 1am, as it starts at 8pm Eastern Time which is 5 hours behind us. El Capitan, they've got the 10 minute time limit per pick so the first pick should happen before 1:30.

MockingJay33 wrote:I've heard NFLN and ESPN are going to stop showing players about to be drafted on the phone in the green room so Roger Goodell can make the surprises.

Sounds like a good idea to me. More suspense as Goodell walks to the stage if we haven't just seen them on the phone.

cheers DB.

work friday morning will be interesting

Derbyblue wrote:Yep 1am, as it starts at 8pm Eastern Time which is 5 hours behind us. El Capitan, they've got the 10 minute time limit per pick so the first pick should happen before 1:30.

MockingJay33 wrote:I've heard NFLN and ESPN are going to stop showing players about to be drafted on the phone in the green room so Roger Goodell can make the surprises.

Sounds like a good idea to me. More suspense as Goodell walks to the stage if we haven't just seen them on the phone.

Definitely agree with that, would like to see the players not being informed till Goodell announces the pick, could see some great reactions!

Chat box will be up of course.

Ironic that I'm actually hoping for a Claiborne this year...

I love that they won't be showing the players on the phone, it ruins it. The best moments in last years draft (like Locker at 8) were so great because they were surprises and we didn't know the pick before they were announced

Pr4wn wrote:Chat box will be up of course.

Ironic that I'm actually hoping for a Claiborne this year...

Ha! Very ironic

Chat box was great last year, hope to see as many people again joining in next week

ill try and join in with the discussion on the chatbox this year if there is a decent number of people, will their be a chat box for the next day as well as im probably more likely to get even more involved then

I shall be on for the Chat Box on Thursday night/ Friday morning

ollyrules wrote:I shall be on for the Chat Box on Thursday night/ Friday morning

Should also be... I fluked Friday off work to travel without even realizing it was the draft.

staying up till seattles pick

Argh! Just been told that a uni test that was scheduled for Thursday has now been rescheduled to Friday morning! Everyone celebrated the extra days revision apart from me !

bambamwillis wrote:Argh! Just been told that a uni test that was scheduled for Thursday has now been rescheduled to Friday morning! Everyone celebrated the extra days revision apart from me !

Have to chuckle at that mate!

If the New York Rangers win tonight to force a game 7 it will be on Thursday night. Bummer.

Dual screens...

Both will only be available on laptop

MockingJay33 wrote:Both will only be available on laptop

DRAFT, DRAFT, DRAFT, DRAFT!

I'm gonna try plugging my laptop into my TV and selecting extend screen. See if I can put two different players on fullscreen at the same time.

EDIT

IT WORKS!!!!!! HALLELUJAH PRAISE THE LORD!!!

So now we just need to persuade you to put the draft on the bigger screen

Realistically though the draft is all talk and no action so you should be fine watching the NHL.

The sound carries so the player on my TV will be the one with sound on. Both TV and laptop are HD so there's no worries there.

I was watching MLB.tv and NFLN at the same time last night and I was surprised my processor could handle having both in full HD and it wasn't ever choppy.

MockingJay33 wrote:The sound carries so the player on my TV will be the one with sound on. Both TV and laptop are HD so there's no worries there.

I was watching MLB.tv and NFLN at the same time last night and I was surprised my processor could handle having both in full HD and it wasn't ever choppy.

Draft could get stuttery just because of the number of people who will be watching it.

I watch NFLN through Gamepass and I've never had any problems. Even on Sunday's watching Gameday Morning and actual games.