ONE PREDICTION: At least three former Huskers drafted As we prepare for next week's NFL Draft, I think it's pretty safe to say defensive back Lamar Jackson will be picked. However, after Jackson, things remain wide open. Today, I predict you will see at least two more former Huskers picked, if not three. Both defensive linemen Darrion Daniels and Khalil Davis I think will be drafted, and Carlos Davis should be thrown in there as well. The biggest thing with all three of these players is character. NFL teams have noticed the high level of character in all of these guys, and that matters when drafting. The Chicago Bears particularly appear to be very interested in drafting Daniels and his character is a big reason why. Sean Callahan can be reached at sean@huskeronline.com and he can be heard each day at 6:45 am and 5:05 pm on Big Red Radio 1110 KFAB in Omaha during the football season. He can also be seen on KETV Channel 7 in Omaha during the fall and each week he appears on NET's Big Red Wrap-Tuesday's at 7 pm.

Yesterday, he discussed the plan to roll back social distancing measures and reopen the economy in phases (Fox News).  Details, from the White House (White House).  

From ABC News: “Phase one” calls on employers to telework where possible, return to work in phases, minimize non-essential travel and make accommodations for the vulnerable populations within the workforce. It calls on all vulnerable individuals to “shelter in place,” and when in public, all individuals should continue social distancing. However, a critical piece to this is the “gating criteria” that all states and regions should achieve before they can move on to phase one. This includes a “downward trajectory” of reported “influenza-like illnesses,” “covid-like syndromic cases” and “documented cases” or “positive tests as a percent of total tests” within a 14-day period, as well as the ability for hospitals to “treat all patients without crisis care” and have a “robust testing program in place for at-risk healthcare workers, including emerging antibody testing (ABC News).  

From Peggy Noonan: The hellish thing is that when things open up on some coming Monday in May or June and people start to move around and interact with each other again, there will be an increase in new infections, followed by increases in hospital and ICU admissions. There seems no way to avoid this. On the other hand each day America is closed down more people will be out of work and lose a sense of hope. We have to be attentive to that too. What was most disturbing about the 10,000 people who showed up before Easter at a San Antonio food bank is this: They were people in cars. They were not “the poor.” They were working and middle-class people in line for free eggs and bread in America. Twenty-two million have applied for unemployment since the pandemic began, and it’s going to get worse. This is a never-before-seen level of national economic calamity; history doesn’t get bigger than this (WSJ).  

 Gallup poll shows optimism among Americans is already growing (Gallup).