Bleacher Report

The NFL draft remains the most necessary gamble of all time in sports. Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn't have a choice but to pick between quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota. Early returns suggest both will work out. Other top-tier prospects such as defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. and wide receiver Kevin White, though, got off to rough starts thanks to the injury bug. Those guys have plenty of time to turn it around, sure. But they serve as just the latest examples of the draft being the ultimate gamble, even after the research, scouts zipping around the nation and lack of sleep. The 2016 class will feature all the same things, which isn't bad for an outsider looking in at the action. In the early throes of the process, here's how the draft projects to shake out.