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Here are the opening odds for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.

The phrase 'Speed kills' is often an overused term, but in the NFL, it's about as apt as you can get. An athlete with world-class speed can change a game in a second, and so NFL draft talent evaluators regard it as a must-have. We've compiled a list of the fastest players in the 2022 NFL draft, players who, if you can get the ball in their hands, can strike from anywhere, at any time.

The 2022 NFL draft is still many months away, but it's never too early to be prepared. So with that in mind, we've published our '2022 NFL Draft Buzz Big Board 100 Round-up'.

Defensive tackle looks like being one of the more risky positions to draft.

Fans of struggling teams so often pin their hopes of a quick turnaround in the franchise's fortunes a new star under center (which is understandable as no player in team sports has a bigger impact on a team's success than a QB has on an NFL team) but no matter how great you feel in April it is worth noting that it is a real gamble every time.

Day 1 of the 2021 NFL draft is in the books - so we will take a quick look back and pull out a few picks that we liked and a few that we didn't like quite so much (though it really didn't feel as though there were any absolute howlers this year),

I have long held the view that coaches get too much blame when a team doesn’t do well and too much credit when they do.

In the late 1980s, Jimmy Johnson, head coach of the then-struggling Dallas Cowboys, concluded that trades involving draft picks, with no set currency value for each selection, were complicated at best and almost impossible at worst. Johnson, alongside team exec Mike McCoy, who came from a non-football background and was well known for having an analytical mind - got to work on a system that was the first step on the way to turning draft-day dealing from an art... to a science.

In what could be the most anticipated draft for years, we are going to be grading the draft as the team's picks come in. It kicks off Thursday evening in Cleveland, Ohio. The Jacksonville Jaguars hold the No. 1 overall pick and officially go on the clock at 8 p.m. ET. ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network will air coverage of the first day.

The pandemic has led to the cancelation of the NFL's spring ritual, the NFL combine. It's been replaced with a series of college Pro Days, which happen typically with less fanfare, but this year they are the only way to objectively measure the college prospects. This extra need for these pro days has led to them being attended to a much greater level by NFL scouts than you would normally see. We have now completed the majority Pro Days and with that, the numbers are in, and helpfully provided below.

Pro-day Update
The phrase 'Speed kills' is often an overused term, but in the NFL, it's about as apt as you can get. An athlete with world-class speed can change a game in a second, and so NFL draft talent evaluators regard it as a must-have. We've compiled a list of the fastest players in the 2021 NFL draft, players who, if you can get the ball in their hands, can strike from anywhere, at any time.

The AFC North has home to some of the stronger teams in the NFL over the past decade but it’s a time of change with Big Ben nearing retirement and the Browns moving out of the basement and the Bengals starting to improve with a promising quarterback at the helm.