When an NFL team puts their draft board together, they do so with an eye on players will be realistically available when they pick as well as some higher-rated players who the team calculates would be worth a trade up for if they slip to a certain point.

The NFL Combine is the loudest, most rumored-filled, exciting week of the NFL offseason, prior to the start of free agency. And with everyone - fans, media, coaches, scouts, agents and players - all in Indianapolis,

This weekend’s NFL combine marked the beginning of the most important period for the NFL Draft evaluation period. Prospects running in shorts on the Indiana is the most football we will get between now and rookie mini-camps in May.