Essentially, Patriots football operations personnel will gather in virtual "video rooms" this weekend while they're sequestered at their respective homes. This includes head coach Bill Belichick and director of player personnel Nick Caserio, who'll have the ability to insert themselves in any particular room or discussion they so choose, and everyone will be able to see one another, just like they would if they were meeting in person.

To limit coaches and staff talking over one another accidentally, the Patriots will look to IT Specialist Dan Famosi. He's often seen patrolling the sidelines behind or beside Belichick on game days, making sure headsets, tablets, and other sophisticated equipment operate properly.

During the draft, Famosi, according to Israel, will be "acting as the lead moderator with all our coaches, to make sure no one's stepping on each other in terms of speaking, who to mute, who not to mute, trying to make sure they're all working hand-in-hand. He's got direct vision on what's happening within our coaching environment."

Simultaneously, football ops will have access to audio conference bridges with the league and with the 31 other teams, to maintain constant communicate about selections and potential trades. This will involve multiple programs, as well as devices.

"Most of our coaches have five or six different applications running simultaneously," adds Israel. "We have our own internal systems, then the NFL has several key systems that they're operating. There's an NFL website for the teams, an NFL Webex call that only certain individuals have access to, there's a specific trades line that is an open audio conferencing bridge."

Let's say the Patriots want to negotiate a trade with another team, or even a three-team deal. This will still be logistically feasible under the digital WFH arrangement. Teams can contact the Patriots, and vice versa, by phone, as usual. Israel and his team have also created specific lines of communication so that, with one click, the Patriots can reach the 31 other clubs individually.

"Coach Belichick or Nick Caserio can simply touch 'Arizona Cardinals' and he's connecting with his peer over in Phoenix," says Israel. "Nick can conference in Coach Belichick if he has to or other coaches if he has to, and they can work through those different conversations. If it's a three-way discussion – meaning a third trade team is in the mix – they can do that as well. When all is said and done, they hang up, pick up a different phone, and call the league to confirm the trade."

For the league's broadcast purposes (the draft will be telecast by a joint production of NFL Network, ABC, and ESPN), live streaming video of Patriots goings-on will come from cameras positioned at the homes of Belichick, Caserio, and Patriots ownership.

In these final days before the draft, it's been up to Israel and IT to coach the coaches on how to use and optimize these varied devices and platforms.