A parrot will deliver the Tampa Bay Buccaneer’s fourth-round selection Saturday during the 2018 NFL Draft.
The NFL announced Monday that teams would announce picks in unique ways.
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The Buccaneers announced that Zsa Zsa, a parrot from the Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary, will deliver the Buccaneers’ pick to an announcer in the Pirate Ship in Raymond James Stadium.
The Buccaneers hold the second pick (102nd overall) in the fourth round, which starts Saturday at Noon.
Among the other team’s plans:
• Several members of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School football team and the family of former coach Aaron Feis will announce the for the Miami Dolphins.
• Members of the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's Olympic curling team will announce the Minnesota Vikings' picks at the St. Paul Curling Club.
• Director Ron Howard and Star Wars characters, including Chewbacca, Stormtroopers and RD-D2, will name the picks for the San Francisco 49ers.
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