For months, the NFL Draft has been beginning after the Chicago Bears select USC quarterback Caleb Williams No. 1 overall. And with the selection process set to kick off Thursday, nothing has changed. If anything, it has come full circle, defying a a relentless mill of speculation that has produced little more than a marathon of aspirin, temple-rubbing and enough mock drafts to challenge the infinite blank space of the internet.
With only a few ticks of the clock left this week, the draft still starts behind Williams. And nobody in the league is quite sure what is going to happen.