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How to watch the 2024 NFL Draft tonight: Livestream options, start time, draft order and top picks
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The 2024 NFL Draft is here. Live from Detroit, star players will leave their college careers behind to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming professional athletes tonight.
The draft order has been set, but anything can happen. Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the 2024 NFL Draft, even if you don’t have cable.
When is the 2024 NFL Draft?
This year’s NFL Draft will take place April 25-27, 2024. The draft will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. All times Eastern.
- Round 1: Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
- Rounds 2-3: Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
- Rounds 4-7: Saturday, April 27 at 12 p.m. (noon).
How to watch the 2024 NFL Draft without cable
If your cable subscription doesn’t carry ABC or ESPN, or you’ve cut the cord with your cable company, you can still watch this year’s draft. Below are the platforms on which you can watch the 2024 NFL Draft.
Watch the 2024 NFL Draft for free with Fubo
You can watch the NFL Draft on Fubo. Fubo is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to ABC, ESPN and NFL Network, in addition to almost every NFL game next season.
To watch the NFL Draft without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to this year’s draft, you’ll have access to NFL football next season, the NBA Playoffs, MLB, NHL, MLS and international soccer games. Fubo’s Pro Tier is priced at $80 per month after your free seven-day trial.
Sports fans will want to consider adding on the $7.99 per month Fubo Extra package, which includes MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, SEC Network and more channels with live games. Or upgrade to the Fubo Elite tier and get all the Fubo Extra channels, plus the ability to stream in 4K, starting at $90 per month ($70 for the first month).
Top features of FuboTV Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with Fubo, you can cancel anytime.
- The Pro tier includes 196 channels, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
- Fubo includes most channels you’ll need to watch live sports, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Sling TV: The most cost-effective way to watch NFL football
One of the most cost-effective ways to stream the 2024 NFL Draft is through a subscription to Sling TV. To watch this year’s draft, and NFL football next season, you’ll need a subscription to the Orange tier, which includes ESPN. For access to more NFL games next season, upgrade to the Orange + Blue tier (recommended), which includes the games played on ABC, NBC and Fox, plus the NFL Network.
The Orange tier is normally $40 per month, but Sling TV has an offer for new subscribers where you can get your first month for $15. The Orange + Blue tier costs $35 for your first month, and $60 per month after that. You can save $30 when you pre-pay for three months of service on any tier. You can cancel anytime.
Note: Because Sling TV doesn’t carry CBS, you won’t be able to watch CBS-aired live sports, including the NFL. If you’re looking for one live TV streaming platform to watch all your favorite sports, we suggest a subscription to Hulu + Live TV.
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue tier:
- There are 46 channels to watch in total, including ABC (local affiliate), ESPN, NFL Network, TNT and TBS.
- Sling TV includes TNT, a channel you don’t get on Fubo.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
Hulu + Live TV/ESPN+ bundle: Watch the 2024 NFL Draft live for free
You can watch this year’s draft with the Hulu + Live TV/ESPN+ bundle. The bundle features 95 channels, including ABC, TNT, local network affiliates and ESPN. It also includes the ESPN+ streaming service. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch today’s game, the 2024 NBA playoffs, MLB this season and network-aired NFL games next season with Hulu + Live TV/ESPN+ bundle.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+. It’s priced at $77 after a three-day free trial.
Watch the 2024 NFL Draft with a digital HDTV antenna
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If you’re cutting the cord to your cable company, you’re not alone; in fact, you are in luck. You can still watch the NFL on TV with an affordable indoor antenna, which pulls in local over-the-air HDTV channels such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision and more. Here’s the kicker: There’s no monthly charge.
For anyone living in a partially blocked-off area (those near mountains or first-floor apartments), a digital TV antenna may not pick up a good signal — or any signal at all. But for many homes, a digital TV antenna provides a seriously inexpensive way to watch NFL football without paying a cable company. Indoor TV antennas can also provide some much-needed TV backup if a storm knocks out your cable (or your cable company gets in a squabble with a network).
This amplified digital antenna can receive hundreds of HDTV channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox and Univision and can filter out cellular and FM signals. It receives signals 360 degrees and delivers a high-quality picture in 4K, UHD and 1080 HDTV, top-tier sound and features a 10-foot digital coax cable. This Amazon best-selling antenna is currently on sale for $15 at Amazon, reduced from $18.
2024 NFL Draft: Top picks
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The Chicago Bears have the top pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. Seven of the last nine first-overall picks have been quarterbacks. USC quarterback Caleb Williams‘ name has been bandied about as the probable top pick this year. continuing the trend of teams using their top pick to draft a quarterback. The 2024 draft class also includes quarterbacks Drake Maye (UNC), Jayden Daniels LSU) and J.J. McCarthy (Michigan), all expected to be chosen in the first round of the draft. Top receivers in this year’s class include Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers (LSU) and Rome Odunze (Washington).
2024 NFL Draft: Draft order
Below is the current draft order for the 2024 NFL Draft.
Round One:
1. Chicago Bears (from CAR)
2. Washington Commanders
3. New England Patriots
4. Arizona Cardinals
5. Los Angeles Chargers
6. New York Giants
7. Tennessee Titans
8. Atlanta Falcons
9. Chicago Bears
10. New York Jets
11. Minnesota Vikings
12. Denver Broncos
13. Las Vegas Raiders
14. New Orleans Saints
15. Indianapolis Colts
16. Seattle Seahawks
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. Cincinnati Bengals
19. Los Angeles Rams
20. Pittsburgh Steelers
21. Miami Dolphins
22. Philadelphia Eagles
23. Minnesota Vikings (from CLE through HOU)
24. Dallas Cowboys
25. Green Bay Packers
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27. Arizona Cardinals (from HOU)
28. Buffalo Bills
29. Detroit Lions
30. Baltimore Ravens
31. San Francisco 49ers
32. Kansas City Chiefs
Round 2:
33. Carolina Panthers
34. New England Patriots
35. Arizona Cardinals
36. Washington Commanders
37. Los Angeles Chargers
38. Tennessee Titans
39. Carolina Panthers (from NYG)
40. Washington Commanders (from CHI)
41. Green Bay Packers (from NYJ)
42. Houston Texans (from MIN)
43. Atlanta Falcons
44. Las Vegas Raiders
45. New Orleans Saints (from DEN)
46. Indianapolis Colts
47. New York Giants (from SEA)
48. Jacksonville Jaguars
49. Cincinnati Bengals
50. Philadelphia Eagles (from NO)
51. Pittsburgh Steelers
52. Los Angeles Rams
53. Philadelphia Eagles
54. Cleveland Browns
55. Miami Dolphins
56. Dallas Cowboys
57. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
58. Green Bay Packers
59. Houston Texans
60. Buffalo Bills
61. Detroit Lions
62. Baltimore Ravens
63. San Francisco 49ers
64. Kansas City Chiefs
Round 3:
65. Carolina Panthers
66. Arizona Cardinals
67. Washington Commanders
68. New England Patriots
69. Los Angeles Chargers
70. New York Giants
71. Arizona Cardinals (from TEN)
72. New York Jets
73. Detroit Lions (from MIN)
74. Atlanta Falcons
75. Chicago Bears
76. Denver Broncos
77. Las Vegas Raiders
78. Washington Commanders (from SEA)
79. Atlanta Falcons (from JAX)
80. Cincinnati Bengals
81. Seattle Seahawks (from NO through DEN)
82. Indianapolis Colts
83. Los Angeles Rams
84. Pittsburgh Steelers
85. Cleveland Browns
86. Houston Texans (from PHI)
87. Dallas Cowboys
88. Green Bay Packers
89. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
90. Arizona Cardinals (from HOU)
91. Green Bay Packers (from BUF)
92. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from DET)
93. Baltimore Ravens
94. San Francisco 49ers
95. Kansas City Chiefs
96. Jacksonville Jaguars*
97. Cincinnati Bengals*
98. Pittsburgh Steelers* (from PHI)
99. Los Angeles Rams*
100. Washington Commanders* (from SF)
Round 4:
101. Carolina Panthers
102. Seattle Seahawks (from WAS)
103. New England Patriots
104. Arizona Cardinals
105. Los Angeles Chargers
106. Tennessee Titans
107. New York Giants
108. Minnesota Vikings
109. Atlanta Falcons
110. Los Angeles Chargers (from CHI)
111. New York Jets
112. Las Vegas Raiders
113. Baltimore Ravens (from DEN through NYJ)
114. Jacksonville Jaguars
115. Cincinnati Bengals
116. Jacksonville Jaguars (from NO)
117. Indianapolis Colts
118. Seattle Seahawks
119. Pittsburgh Steelers
120. Philadelphia Eagles (from LAR through PIT)
121. Denver Broncos (from MIA)
122. Chicago Bears (from PHI)
123. Houston Texans (from CLE)
124. San Francisco 49ers (from DAL)
125. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
126. Green Bay Packers
127. Houston Texans
128. Buffalo Bills
129. Minnesota Vikings (from DET)
130. Baltimore Ravens
131. Kansas City Chiefs
132. San Francisco 49ers*
133. Buffalo Bills*
134. New York Jets* (from BAL)
135. San Francisco 49ers
Round 5:
136. Denver Broncos (from CAR through CLE)
137. New England Patriots
138. Arizona Cardinals
139. Washington Commanders
140. Los Angeles Chargers
141. Carolina Panthers (from NYG)
142. Carolina Panthers (from TEN)
143. Atlanta Falcons
144. Buffalo Bills (from CHI)
145. Denver Broncos (from NYJ)
146. Tennessee Titans (from MIN through PHI)
147. Denver Broncos
148. Las Vegas Raiders
149. Cincinnati Bengals
150. New Orleans Saints
151. Indianapolis Colts
152. Washington Commanders (from SEA)
153. Jacksonville Jaguars
154. Los Angeles Rams
155. Los Angeles Rams (from PIT)
156. Cleveland Browns (from PHI through AZ)
157. Minnesota Vikings (from CLE)
158. Miami Dolphins
159. Kansas City Chiefs (from DAL)
160. Buffalo Bills (from GB)
161. Philadelphia Eagles (from TB)
162. Arizona Cardinals (from HOU)
163. Buffalo Bills
164. Detroit Lions
165. Baltimore Ravens
166. New York Giants (from SF through CAR)
167. Minnesota Vikings (from KC)
168. New Orleans Saints*
169. Green Bay Packers*
170. New Orleans Saints*
171. Philadelphia Eagles*
172. Philadelphia Eagles*
173. Kansas City Chiefs*
174. Dallas Cowboys*
175. New Orleans Saints*
176. San Francisco 49ers*
Round 6:
177. Minnesota Vikings (from CAR through JAX)
178. Pittsburgh Steelers (from AZ through CAR)
179. Seattle Seahawks (from WAS)
180. New England Patriots
181. Los Angeles Chargers
182. Tennessee Titans (from TEN through PHI)
183. New York Giants
184. Miami Dolphins (from CHI)
185. New York Jets
186. Arizona Cardinals (from MIN)
187. Atlanta Falcons
188. Houston Texans (from LV through NE through MIN)
189. Houston Texans (from DEN through LAR through BUF)
190. New Orleans Saints
191. Indianapolis Colts
192. Seattle Seahawks
193. New England Patriots (from JAX)
194. Cincinnati Bengals
195. Pittsburgh Steelers
196. Los Angeles Rams
197. Atlanta Falcons (from CLE)
198. Miami Dolphins
199. New Orleans Saints (from PHI)
200. Buffalo Bills (from DAL through HOU)
201. Detroit Lions (from TB)
202. Green Bay Packers
203. Denver Broncos (from HOU through CLE)
204. Buffalo Bills
205. Detroit Lions
206. Cleveland Browns (from BAL)
207. Denver Broncos (from SF)
208. Las Vegas Raiders (from KC)
209. Los Angeles Rams*
210. Philadelphia Eagles*
211. San Francisco 49ers*
212. Jacksonville Jaguars*
213. Los Angeles Rams*
214. Cincinnati Bengals*
215. San Francisco 49ers*
216. Dallas Cowboys*
217. Los Angeles Rams*
218. Baltimore Ravens* (from NYJ)
219. Green Bay Packers*
220. Tampa Bay Buccaneers*
Round 7:
221. Kansas City Chiefs (from CAR through TEN)
222. Washington Commanders
223. Las Vegas Raiders (from NE)
224. Cincinnati Bengals (from AZ through HOU)
225. Los Angeles Chargers
226. Arizona Cardinals (from NYG)
227. Cleveland Browns (from TEN)
228. Baltimore Ravens (from NYJ)
229. Las Vegas Raiders (from MIN)
230. Minnesota Vikings (from ATL through CLE through AZ)
231. New England Patriots (from CHI)
232. Minnesota Vikings (from DEN through SF through HOU)
233. Dallas Cowboys (from LV)
234. Indianapolis Colts
235. Seattle Seahawks
236. Jacksonville Jaguars
237. Cincinnati Bengals
238. Houston Texans (from NO)
239. New Orleans Saints (from LAR through DEN)
240. Carolina Panthers (from PIT)
241. Miami Dolphins
242. Tennessee Titans (from PHI)
243. Cleveland Browns
244. Dallas Cowboys
245. Green Bay Packers
246. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
247. Houston Texans
248. Buffalo Bills
249. Detroit Lions
250. Baltimore Ravens
251. San Francisco 49ers
252. Tennessee Titans (from KC)
253. Los Angeles Chargers*
254. Los Angeles Rams*
255. Green Bay Packers*
256. New York Jets*
257. New York Jets*
(*) denotes compensatory pick
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Trump could target Affordable Care Act and Medicaid to help pay for lower taxes, experts say
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, remains popular with the public, garnering the approval of 54% of U.S. adults, according to a recently released Gallup poll. But experts say that may not insulate the federal health insurance program from change as President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans look to renew $4 trillion in expiring tax cuts.
Many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a signature law passed during Trump’s first term, are due to sunset at the end of 2025. Republican leaders are now strategizing on how to extend the cuts, while the president-elect has also pledged to slash corporate taxes and eliminate taxes on workers’ tips and overtime pay.
But renewing the TCJA tax breaks alone without reducing federal spending would add nearly $4 trillion to the nation’s deficit through 2035, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, an advocacy group focused on reducing the nation’s debt.
Trump has already taken two of the biggest government programs — Social Security and Medicare — off the table for potential cuts. Reduced defense spending is also viewed as unlikely, meaning nearly half of federal spending would be protected, Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation,) said in a recent JAMA article.
That leaves “Medicaid, which is the next largest source of federal spending, and the ACA as prime targets for spending cuts. The math is inescapable,” Levitt stated.
Will Trump repeal the ACA?
By contrast, an outright repeal of the ACA is unlikely. While Trump has continued to criticize the health care expansion measure, he has retreated from his previous vows to axe the ACA entirely.
“President Trump will deliver on his pledge to make his highly successful tax cuts permanent and ease the financial burden on families across the country. He will also end the drain on our health care system so that our country can continue to care for Americans who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security,” Trump-Vance Transition Spokesperson Anna Kelly told CBS News.
Support for the ACA hit a record 55% in 2017, the first time a majority of Americans approved of the health care law since Gallup started asking about it in 2012. That high watermark came a month after failed efforts by then-President Trump and the GOP to repeal and replace the law.
“The Affordable Care Act is still politically divisive, but overall more popular with the public than ever,” Levitt told CBS MoneyWatch. “It’s unlikely Republicans will try to repeal the ACA again, but cuts to the ACA and Medicaid are quite possible if Republicans are looking to pay for tax cuts.”
Brad Ellis, senior director at Fitch Ratings, noted that Trump and Republican lawmakers have expressed interest in changing how the ACA operates, including introducing high-risk participant pools and possibly reducing subsidies for public exchange business. Such changes could hurt enrollment, he said in a recent report.
During the presidential campaign, Trump said he had “concepts of a plan” to replace the ACA.
“Obamacare stinks,” Trump recently told NBC News’ “Meet the Press. “If we come up with a better answer, I would present that answer to Democrats and to everybody else and I’d do something about it.”
Big cuts without lifting a finger
Republicans can make big cuts to the ACA simply by standing pat. That’s because enhanced ACA premium subsidies, which were enacted after President Biden was elected and the Democrats took control of Congress, are scheduled to lapse along with the 2017 tax cuts at the end of 2025. The drop in financial aid ACA enrollees would increase out-of-pocket premiums by an average of $705 a year, or 79%, according to a KFF analysis.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that letting the additional ACA subsidies expire would reduce the federal deficit by $335 billion over a decade, relative to extending them permanently.
Enrollment in the ACA nearly doubled to a record 21 million after the enhanced subsidies went into effect. The CBO estimates that 6.9 million fewer people would be enrolled in ACA Marketplace plans without the subsidies, and 3.4 million more would be uninsured.
The impact would be felt nationwide, but particularly in Southern states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility under the ACA, according to Levitt, who noted that the five states with the fastest growth in ACA enrollment since 2020 are Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
“Health care was not a big topic during the campaign, so I can imagine that voters could be surprised to see cuts to Medicaid and the ACA that they didn’t hear about during the campaign,” Levitt said. “As frustrated as people are with the current state of health insurance, disrupting the status quo makes them nervous.”
Medicaid a target for cuts?
Medicaid accounts for more than $600 billion a year in federal spending and covers 81 million people, according to KFF.
“There are indications that support for Medicaid will decrease under the new administration, suggesting lower enrollment and revenue headwinds for this program,” stated Fitch’s Ellis.
Trump was silent on Medicaid during the 2024 campaign, but his budget proposals during his first administration included a plan to cap federal spending on Medicaid. The Project 2025 plan prepared by the Heritage Foundation and a coalition of conservative groups, is recommending changes to Medicaid including a limit on federal spending.
“The centerpiece of several prominent plans — Project 2025, the Republican Study Committee fiscal year 2025 (RSC) budget and the fiscal year 2025 House GOP budget resolution — is to cap and deeply cut federal Medicaid funding,” Edwin Park, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families, noted in September.
Trump sought distance himself from Project 2025 in the months leading up to the election, criticizing some of its policy proposal as “abysmal.”
But Levitt said the ACA and Medicaid could still end up facing cuts as the Republicans, who will control the White House and both houses of Congress, hash out their fiscal plans after President-elect Trump assumes office.
“So much depends on whether there is pressure to pay for tax cuts with spending reductions. If Republicans are willing to cut taxes and increase the deficit, we may not see big cuts to the ACA and Medicaid,” said Levitt. “There are Republicans who may insist on spending cuts to offset tax cuts. If that’s the case, the ACA and Medicaid are very likely to be on the chopping block.”
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Dozens of Britons were “killed and butchered” and then cannibalized after Bronze Age massacre, research shows
New research suggests that dozens of Bronze-Age era Britons were killed in an attack unlike any previous known to archaelogists studying that time period and location.
The research on human remains from Charterhouse Warren in southwest England, conducted by a team of researchers from multiple institutions including Oxford University, was published in Antiquity, a journal of world archaeology. It found that at least 37 Bronze Age-era men, women and children were “killed and butchered” and then cannibalized, with their bodies then thrown down a nearly 50-foot deep natural shaft. While archaeologists have found the remains of Bronze Age and later Britons who died violently, those incidents were largely isolated. Mass graves from this era have also been found, but the remains were laid to rest respectfully, unlike those studied.
Researchers first became aware of the shaft in the 1970s. Two excavations were conducted in the 1970s and 1980s. The human remains, as well as some artifacts including a flint dagger, were found at multiple spots in the shaft during these digs. More than 3,000 individual human bones and bone fragments have been recovered overall. Those bones were used to estimate that at least 37 individual sets of remains were in the shaft. Different bone lengths show that the people killed were both male and female, and ranged in age from infants to grown adults. Ongoing research is working to determine how the people were related to each other.
The way the remains were disposed of made the detailed examination possible, the researchers said. The shaft helped preserve the bones and keep them grouped together.
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The bones “display clear evidence of blunt force trauma,” according to researchers, suggesting that many of the people in the shaft “suffered a violent death.” Other injuries, including removal of the scalp and severed muscles in the jaw suggesting removal of the tongue or lower jaw, also likely occurred, evidenced by marks on the bones, the researchers said. Some of the victims may have been beheaded or dismembered.
It’s possible that the victims were held captive or ambushed, because of the severity of the injuries, the researchers said. It’s not clear who could have carried out the attacks.
There is also evidence that the bodies were cannibalized, the researchers said, including human teethmarks on the bones and indicators that marrow, the soft tissue inside bones, was removed. The researchers said the cannibalism was likely conducted “within a context of a violent conflict, in which individuals are dehumanized and treated as animals.”
“Some 37 men, women and children—and possibly many more—were killed at close quarters with blunt instruments and then systematically dismembered and defleshed, their long bones fractured in a way that can only be described as butchery,” the researchers said.
Later in the publication, the researchers referred to the scene as a “massacre,” and suggested it may have even been a “political statement” of violence so brazen it would have “resonated across the wider region and over time.” However, it’s not clear what could have led to the violence: “Neither climate change, ethnic conflict nor competition over material resources seem to offer convincing explanations,” according to the researchers, leaving the only likely option that the violence broke out as part of a pattern of revenge or violence between communities.
“At this stage, our investigation has raised as many questions as it has answered,” the researchers said. “Work is ongoing to shed more light on this decidedly dark episode in British prehistory.”
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Dozens of Britons were “killed and butchered” and then cannibalized after Bronze Age massacre, research shows