Many will start right away.
Others will spend this year being groomed to be a prominent contributor in 2019.
And the majority of this year’s first-round draft picks will land somewhere in between – a rotational player in Week 1 and a starter by Week 10.
What should be expected of the first 32 picks of this spring’s draft? Here is a player-by-player forecast:
1. Baker Mayfield, QB, Cleveland: Will discover two weeks into camp that he’s better than Tyrod Taylor, but begins the year as the back-up and then takes over Oct.