Bleacher Report

A look ahead to the 2022 NFL draft can be both exciting and depressing at this time of year. The NFL's first-ever 17-game regular season is complete. Excitement can be found in the possibilities of another offseason to improve the roster. Disappointment tends to linger after a team fails to reach its goals, though. So, a full-time move into the latest draft cycle can be bittersweet. Even so, the process actually began nearly six months ago as team scouts got their assignments and hit the road. Bleacher Report's Scouting Department consisting of Brandon Thorn, Brent Sobleski, Cory Giddings, Derrik Klassen and Nate Tice have been working together for nearly as long assembling prospect reports, draft boards and the latest mock draft.