"Buccaneers fans aren't just the humans who live in Tampa," the woman says with a chipper voice. "Manatees also like our pewter and silver team. So in honor of the manatees, Milton from the Tampa Zoo will make our next pick."
Workers quickly arrange a large number of printed letters on the floor in front of the manatee tank and Milton moves slowly to the front of the tank to investigate.
"He's pointing at a T," the woman says, and a worker writes "T" on a whiteboard near the tank."
"Now an h."
"It looks like an e."
"Now a space. He's finished a word."
"Okay, T again."
"Now an a."
"An m. I think he may be spelling Tampa now."
Goodell comes to the stage and takes the mic. "Okay, this is taking forever. Just make the pick already."
The zoo worker nods in her manatee costume and offers an embarrassed smile. "With the 161st pick in the 2020 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Tyre Phillips, OT, Mississippi State University."
The manatee in the tank looks disappointed. It points at a letter F. Then a U. The workers quickly employ the crane to move the tank offstage.
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