The future. It waits for us at every turn, bearing unexpected surprises and answering unanswered questions. But where questions beget answers, answers sometimes beget new questions, and where the future will become the present, there will always be a new future awaiting.
The New York Jets thought they had their future sorted out when they selected outside linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin with their third-round pick in the 2015 NFL draft. It turns out they may, indeed, know the direction of that position for the future, but when that future will come about is what remains a mystery.