Makai Lemon was on the phone with the wrong team during NFL draft
Confusion at the NFL Draft left wide receiver Makai Lemon on the phone with the Steelers while the Eagles were trying to draft him.
The NFL draft is not always a tightly choreographed production. Sometimes it’s unscripted comedy. Take a snafu during the first round Thursday night, as reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The Dallas Cowboys were on the clock with the No. 20 pick and were expected to draft a defensive player. So the Pittsburgh Steelers, who owned the No.
21 pick, acted on their anticipatory skills. They called wide receiver Makai Lemon out of Southern California – the player they intended to draft at No. 21.
But there was a problem. The Philadelphia Eagles had traded over the Steelers to the No. 20 pick after completing a deal with the Cowboys.