Sound Smart: 4 Observations as NFL Draft Season Begins to Peak

Henry McKenna

NFL Reporter 

It’s weeks like this that prove the NFL doesn’t really have an offseason.

NFL free agency may have stalled, with teams waiting for June 1 to manage their compensatory picks. But the draft news is ramping up, with the first round next Thursday. Surely, we’ll start to see smokescreens and misdirection. And maybe we’ll see a blockbuster trade or two.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s assess what happened around the NFL this past week. This is “Sound Smart,” where I try to spin forward, dive deeper and think outside the box. If I do my job, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s happening this NFL offseason.

Here’s how Patrick Mahomes’ ascension affected Fernando Mendoza as a prospect, as well as a dive into two top prospects for the NFL Draft who are trying to ease teams’ worries about their injury histories.

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