Football - NFL Draft War Room

If you have every watched the NFL draft on television you have probably heard the commentators speak about a team's "war room." The war room is where all of the coaches and team personnel sit while the draft is going on. Often times you will see video shots of the war room during the draft. Each team has a war room that serves as headquarters during the draft.

In the war room each team will have a board on the wall telling them which players have been drafted and which ones are still available. This will allow them to make the best decision when their pick comes due. Remember, teams only have 15 minutes to make a selection when the time comes, so being organized is a very important part of the war room.

The board on the wall will also have each position broken down by players. The players will be ranked from best to worst. And then as a player is taken, there name is removed from the list, and everybody else moves up.

Every team's war room is different, and each team has their own way of setting things up. A system that works for one team may not work for another. But after years of taking part in the NFL draft team personnel usually gets used to doing things a particular way. By the time the NFL draft comes to an end, a team's war room is often filled with papers, chalk boards, and just about anything else you can think of. The draft is two days long, and it lasts several hours each day. Team personnel does not get a lot of rest during this time, but they will tell you that it is well worth finding that diamond in the rough.

While watching the NFL draft this year, pay particularly close attention to the different team's war room.