Four years have come and gone. 2014 was an entire Olympics ago. The conversations we had regarding Teddy Bridgewater’s hands and calves, whether Houston should take Jadeveon Clowney or the hipster’s choice Khalil Mack, Sammy Watkins’ route running, what Cleveland and St. Louis would do with their two first round picks, and who the first quarterback would be selected have reached their end conclusion. Speculation has given way to reality. All of that soothsaying, extrapolation, and scouting is over.
Everyone knows who these players are now. They’ve grown up. The first round picks have had their fifth round options exercised, and everyone selected in the rounds after has either been re-signed, found another team, or is already out of the league to make room for those even younger than them.