2004 NFL draft at a glance

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 | 10:33 a.m.

WHAT: 69th annual National Football league Player Selection Meeting.

WHERE: The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday (rounds 1-3); 8 a.m. Sunday (rounds 4-7).

TELEVISION: ESPN and ESPN2 will televise the draft in its entirety, on ESPN until 7 p.m. Saturday and then for the remainder of the third round Saturday on ESPN2. On Sunday, it's ESPN from 8-10 a.m. with ESPN2 doing to the rest of the draft.

FORMAT; Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs will make the selections after telephone communications with team general managers, scouts, coaches and ownership.

TIME LIMITS: Each team has 15 minutes for a first-round selection, 10 minutes for a second-round selection and 5 minutes for each subsequent selection.

WHO GOES FIRST? Unless they trade it away, the San Diego Chargers own the top spot thanks to a 4-12 record in 2003 and a tiebreaking, league-worst strength of schedule of .504. They will be followed, in order, by the other three 4-12 teams -- Oakland, Arizona and the New York Giants.

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