One of the ironies of the NFL Draft is that in the final two weeks before the big day, most fans around the world are only just now familiarizing themselves with the players whose names will be called out in Vegas this year. At the same time, NFL teams have had scouts track and evaluate players for months and months.
Unlike fans, most NFL teams aren’t anxiously glued to every second of the combine or microscopically measuring each hundredth of a second for a prospect’s 40 time. Teams have formed their opinions on players already by this point, their draft boards are pretty much set, and the last piece of the puzzle for them is just sitting down and talking to their favorite prospects.