[simple simon]

Looking for a streamlined, more manageable and maybe ready-for-primetime NFL draft? Apparently, so is commissioner Roger Goodell.


Perhaps as a precursor to eventually presenting the first round as a primetime event, likely on a Friday, Goodell is expected to broach the subject of reducing the time limits for making selections in the first two rounds when owners convene next Tuesday in Nashville for the league's annual spring meeting.


This year's draft included the longest first round in history, at six hours and eight minutes. It also had the longest first day, with the first three rounds stretching 11 hours, four minutes.

The current time limits are 15 minutes for the first round, 10 minutes for the second, and five minutes for the final five rounds. The competition committee is expected to recommend time limits of 10 minutes for the first round, seven minutes for the second, and five minutes for the remaining rounds.ESPN.com: Goodell might propose shortening draft time limits

[simple simon]

the draft is way too long now ...... 10 minutes per pick is plenty

[Lefty Noob]

10 minutes for the first and 5 for the second and subsequent rounds is plenty. These guys have months to make up their draft boards... there's no reason they need all this time to actually make the physical pick.