The Senior Bowl touts itself as the official start of draft season.
Technically, the claim isn't true since underclassmen declarations, the Hula Bowl, the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, the East-West Shrine Bowl all precede the event in Mobile, Alabama.
However, this much is true: The Senior Bowl is still the premier all-star event and features the most future NFL talent on one field compared to its competitors.
Saturday's 20-10 outcome with the National Team emerging as victors over the American Team has less to do with the result and far more with how everyone reached that point.