The NFL used to alternate between ESPN and the NFL Network regarding which TV partner got the first TV interview for first round draft picks. That has changed: The league is now giving the onstage first interview of draft picks to the NFL Network. ESPN will get the second interview. “That’s a decision the league made—they wanted all the interviews this year to be available for the people watching live in the theater, and their decision was it should be one interviewer,” Markman said. “They felt that obviously because he’s connected to the league, the interviewer would be Deion Sanders. You can read between the lines how I feel about that.”