The NFL's annual talent selection is days away. Here's everything you need — top prospects and their backstories, every team's biggest needs, salary cap context, and how to watch the picks unfold like a veteran GM.
Three days at Lambeau Field in Green Bay — the Packers' storied home hosting the NFL's biggest off-field event.
Everything you need before the first pick is made Thursday night.
The players expected to go in the first two rounds — position breakdowns, college backstories, strengths and projection. Who should your team take? Who will fall? Who is this year's Dan Marino?
Every franchise's biggest draft priorities heading into Green Bay. What positions are they targeting? Who do they already have locked up? Where does each team's draft strategy begin?
Pick order, the draft clock, trading picks up and down, compensatory picks, and the undrafted free agent window. Everything you need to follow every moment of draft weekend.
What each pick slot costs, the rookie wage scale, 5th-year options, and why first-round picks are the most valuable asset in the salary cap era.
The smallest market in professional sports hosting one of the NFL's biggest events.
Built in 1957 and expanded multiple times, Lambeau Field is the most historic active stadium in the NFL. The Green Bay Packers have played here since 1957. The stadium holds 81,441 for football. The outdoor draft setup will transform the surrounding area into a massive fan festival — a unique experience compared to the indoor venues and urban waterfronts of recent drafts.
The NFL rotates the draft to fan-destination cities — Las Vegas, Detroit, Nashville, Kansas City. Green Bay is unique: it's the smallest market in professional sports, but it hosts one of the sport's most passionate and connected fan bases. The Packers are community-owned; their fans have a genuine ownership stake in the team. Hosting the draft at Lambeau is a statement about the league's grassroots identity.