Hello, Cleveland: NFL takes 'blended' draft back on road

Joseph Toliver, 4, plays on one of the 32 NFL team helmets on display, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in downtown Cleveland. Forced to cancel last year's NFL Draft in Las Vegas, the league is using lessons learned while plowing through an unprecedented, socially-distanced 2020 season and holding the Super Bow in Tampa, to have a draft that will look much more like normal — well, the new normal — with fans wearing their favorite team's colors and required masks.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

The Cleveland skyline is shown, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day NFL Draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with an outdoor event and thousands of fans. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

People walk past the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame where the red carpet for the NFL Draft will be held, Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Cleveland. Forced to cancel last year's event in Las Vegas, the league is using lessons learned while plowing through an unprecedented, socially-distanced 2020 season and holding the Super Bow in Tampa, to have a draft that will look much more like normal — well, the new normal — with fans wearing their favorite team's colors and required masks. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties, and whether they've been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

People walk past 32 NFL teams' helmets displayed for the NFL Draft, Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Cleveland. There will be a limit of 50,000 fans per day —- the league estimates it would have drawn up to 400,000 over three days in a non-pandemic year _ allowed on site to watch and enjoy the interactive NFL Draft Experience, which gives fans a chance to go inside the Browns’ stadium and attempt a field goal or take a photo with the Lombardi Trophy. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Banners hang in downtown Cleveland announcing the NFL draft, Saturday, April 24, 2021. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with an outdoor event and thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties — and whether they've been vaccinated. Back on the road in Cleveland, this draft will be unlike any other.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

A man takes a picture where 32 teams' helmets are displayed, Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Cleveland, where the NFL Draft will be held April 29-May 1. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties, and whether they've been vaccinated.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties, and whether they've been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Workers continue preparing the NFL Draft Theatre for the 2021 NFL Draft, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Cleveland. After going all virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day draft, which has grown into one of America's biggest, non-game sporting events, returns with thousands of fans who will be separated by their loyalties, and whether they've been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)