Copy shortlink: While last year's virtual NFL Draft was wildly different, teams faced a bigger fallout from the pandemic when evaluating the 2021 class, with fewer players than normal available and fewer opportunities to evaluate because of limited access to offseason events and campuses. Former NFL scout Dan Hatman, who heads The Scouting Academy, joined the Access Vikings podcast to discuss. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: Without as much college football, the opt outs for the guys who did play, the lack of practice and medical access, what are NFL teams potentially missing? Hatman: The nice part is we still had games. There's still film. There are still things to evaluate. Now, how much we had with players who opted out – there's less exposures. The leagues that didn't play as much, like the Big Ten, there's less exposure. Generally speaking, less football. We had some testing – pro days, not as standardized, but there's a level of testing.