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The NFL regular season is complete, and 20 teams are now turning their immediate attention to the NFL draft. General managers gaze upon the April event and the available talent like Sauron searching for the One Ring.



As postseason teams prepare for their next opponents, the remaining franchises hope to find answers to crucial questions.

How will elite prospects perform during the remaining bowl games? How many of the top underclassmen will declare? Will the upperclassmen accept All-Star invites, and how will they perform?



All of these queries will be answered in the next 30 days.

Even so, plenty of work has already been done with scouts zigzagging across the country during the past five months. Most of the performances have been evaluated, and with extensive background research ongoing, organizations' initial draft boards are in place.

The needs of each team are obvious after a strenuous 16-game schedule. Click through to see our mock draft with the NFL regular season complete.