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2017 NFL Draft: Sleepers Who Could Climb into Next Year’s 1st Round

July 2, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Early July is the valley of the football offseason. Free agency and the draft are behind us; organized team activities have begun; training camp is on the horizon. In a fairly quiet period, one of the few we have in the year, it's the perfect time to speculate on possible key prospects in the coming offseason.
While free agents do test the market, the vast majority of franchise-changing players are acquired through the draft and don't see free agency before their second or even third contracts. This early in the draft cycle, the same names are repeated over and over, creating somewhat of an echo chamber for watch lists that fans rely on heading into the regular season.
After some deep film-digs over the last several months, though, it's clear that certain prospects aren't getting their deserved shine. We'll go over the five biggest victims to the offseason's monotony and what they can bring to NFL franchises in 2017.
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