Bleacher Report

The NFL draft serves as the lifeblood for professional football. As soon as one cycle ends, the next begins. It's all part of the process. Front offices look ahead to next year's projected draft class before the current one even starts. An understanding of what's available a year later could impact what an organization does in the moment. So, the idea of previewing the 2022 NFL draft while the '21 version remains fresh in everyone's minds is merely the circle of life. Moving forward, this projection and its slotting are based on DraftKings' current odds of winning Super Bowl LVI at the time of writing (a coin flip broke any ties, just like it does as a last resort to determine playoff seeding).