The long wait of the NFL's dead zone is almost over. The Kansas City Chiefs' training camp officially starts on July 22, but players will be reporting even sooner than that. So in just a few more days, all the offseason speculation can finally come to an end, and we can start (over)analyzing actual practice reports.
Before the practices kick off, I thought it would be fun to take a shot at predicting the final 53-man roster. I feel confident about 90% of these picks, and I've included some thoughts about where I struggled with my projections the most and which players were the hardest to include or cut.