So we will be picking our teams and draft slot in this lottery?
Nope -- unlike in years past where the lottery determined your pick and team, this year the lottery determines the order in which we'll select our picks and team/coaches in Rounds A (tomorrow) and Round B (thurs.)
Here's how it'll work:
1. In a few minutes I'll run the lottery
2. Starting when I get my sandwich, i'll start announcing the results of Round A starting with #30 and going up to #1.
3. Tomorrow starting at 11 am (pick is due at 11:10 am) teams will pick a draft slot for the first round of the CB Draft. The person getting the #1 pick in the lottery can choose the first pick, the 5th pick, the 17th, the 30th... whatever they want.
4. The person with the 2nd pick from the lottery will pick their draft slot and so on.
Remember (as spelled out in the rules) the CB Draft is a modified snake draft (Rd 1: 1-->30; Rd 2: 30-->1; Rd 3: 30-->1; Rd 4: 1-->30....etc), so the #1 pick doesn't pick again until pick #60 and and #90. Additionally picks are assigned a time, so someone may prefer to have their first pick due at 2 pm b/c that's when they're on lunch break...
5. The order then will reverse on Thursday For Round B where #30 from the lottery gets first pick of Team/Coach combos.
These two Round A and Round B rounds are mostly to make sure everyone who's new gets how to "draft"... rather them mess something up here and get assigned a slighlty different pick and team than a player they don't want.
Gonna run the lottery now.