Stop overthinking these 3 first-round prospects

Stop overthinking these 3 first-round prospects originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The NFL has mastered the art of a year-long news cycle.

From training camp in the summer through the NFL Draft in late April, football discourse has become inescapable. Even the schedule release is a prime-time event! With that perpetual discourse is a pressure to uncover new information, perhaps at the expense of older (and more important) information.

The film on every prospect has existed for months, and the stats haven't changed. As the pre-draft circuit continues, though, the community has found itself re-litigating old takes in hopes of uncovering a more ideal board come April. That's not always the right choice.

For the prospects with the right combination of film, production, and athleticism (and not always all three), the ticket to Round 1 has already been punched. As top-15 prospects, it's worth standing for the table on these guys, even as skepticism grows out of both good faith and boredom. Stop overthinking these prospects Makai Lemon, WR, USC Lemon entered the year as a top-50 prospect whose film suggested an early-season rise was possible.