Mercifully, the NFL Draft is here. In just a few days, a couple hundred players will have dreams of becoming NFL players fulfilled and hopefully starting off fruitful careers for them and their families. The draft is an inexact science, but there can be quality players found throughout Rounds 1-7.
However, this 2023 NFL Draft edition of Four Verts starts off with an incomplete narrative surrounding one of the draft's top prospects.
Let’s relax on C.J. Stroud
Every year, there’s a mark. Someone whose draft stock gets wrecked by backward narratives in the weeks leading up to the draft.