You are likely in for a disappointment if you like to watch NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell keep smile draft picks on draft day ( and I have no idea why you would be ).
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN NFL, Goodell underwent back surgery three weeks ago and may not be able to carry on his tradition of giving first-rounders hugs.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently underwent back surgery and is recovering also, but it’s not yet clear whether or not he will be able to give his trademark draft-day smiles. Draft- day decision. photograph. twitter.com/est2W3CXQT
— Adam Schefter ( @AdamSchefter ) April 25, 2024
The next “hug- less” Goodell review occurred in 2020. That was, of course, a digital document due to the COVID- 19 crisis.
Viewers on X responded to the information that they were not as likely to be Goodell draft-spread. In mild of Goodell’s situation, some had some very intriguing suggestions for how an NFL draft pick was cloak himself in fame and notoriety.
Someone has the chance to perform the most hilarious point ever…
— Frank Passalacqua ( @randomfrankp ) April 25, 2024
All it takes is one highly anticipated review get to result in a follow-up operation.
— Ty | Other Kinds of Money ( @OtherKinds Money ) April 25, 2024
Damn his rear broke from carrying the Chiefs all year long.
— 3҉0҉ (@TriggaThirty ) April 25, 2024
Show Goodell that his glass for 21 days has expired. He is engaged evening.
— Matt Owen ( @ProfessorO_NFL ) April 25, 2024
I follow information like this, which is why I follow it on Twitter.
— ACL- Sports .com®–Sports Investor (@TheRealMrACL ) April 25, 2024
If Goodell is really compromised, getting picked up and squeezed by 320- pound people is not the best plan. However, watching Goodell try to avoid being caught up in one of these monsters would be great comedy.

C. J. Stroud hugs NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City, Missouri on April 27, 2023. ( David Eulitt/Getty Images )
The NFL Draft gets started Thursday at 8 P. M. EST.