Fans to return to Draft Town on Day 2 of NFL Draft
CHICAGO -- NFL Draft Town in Chicago's Grant Park opened to the public at 4 p.m. Friday, with marching bands, players and fans; everything but real football games.
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Even fans who are paying little attention to the actual draft have plenty to do, like get autographs in the Bears tent from Big Cat Williams and Adrian Peterson.
The NFL wanted to turn the draft into a much bigger event, and they seem to have succeeded.
"I'm looking forward to today, just seeing who we are going to pick. I'm a football fan, just like everybody else. So I'm waiting for that clock to start ticking," Kyle Long, Chicago Bears offensive tackle, said. Long was at Draft Town early Friday as children attended a football clinic.
Long said he's happy with the Chicago Bears' first round draft pick of West Virginia's Kevin White.
"New playmaker on our offense. I'll be spending a lot of time with him. So I was very happy for him, that he got drafted."
Even ex-bears like former first-round pick Greg Olsen are getting a lot of attention from fans in Draft Town.
"It did nothing but amaze you, to get this much attention," Olsen said.
About 100,000 people are expected at NFL Draft Town, which is open to the public on Friday from 4 to 10 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
