The official onset of NFL draft week means the final wave of mock drafts from experts around the globe.
Mocks as a tool are one of the most useful details surrounding a sporting process. While aimed at being fun for fans to consume more than anything else, they also happen to serve as a general guide for draft order, the current prospect stock market and factor in team needs and how decision-makers in those front offices tend to act.
And that is a rudimentary explanation for the role mock drafts serve. Some experts weave in an understanding of the bigger picture they have gleaned from talking with folks surrounding the event.