Personal touch separates Ron Rivera from other head coaches during NFL draft process

So he scheduled as many conversations as he could in his second year with Washington, just as he did as the Carolina Panthers’ coach, focusing mostly on prospects from the scouting department’s top 100 who might be available around each of the team’s first four selections. In the past, before the coronavirus pandemic, the interviews were in-person, either during the player’s visit to the team facility or informally at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. This year, with the combine canceled and facility visits banned, he did the meetings virtually, always from his office, as a reminder to the player that the call was a business interview.