The stage is set.
Pictures of the NFL draft stage in Detroit were released Tuesday, and the venue is nearly ready for Thursday's opening round:
The future of the league will be decided by who walks across that stage to be welcomed to the league by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Caleb Williams is widely expected to go No. 1 overall to the Chicago Bears, but the draft's intrigue will shortly follow.
Players such as Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Marvin Harrison Jr.