NBC Sports Boston

● By Phil Perry
Nobody knows anything. Teams certainly have an idea of who they like in the 2022 NFL Draft. They've had their pre-combine scouting meetings. They've been to the collegiate all-star games. And they may have an idea of where their roster's greatest needs will be in the spring. But at this point in the offseason, they can't be sure. Free agency begins March 16, with a two-day legal tampering window leading up to the start of the new league year. Needs will be addressed with cash. There will be an opening wave when the big bucks fly and subsequent splashes here and there as the Patriots and their competitors fill out their rosters. But it's not until that league-wide spending spree is finished that we can hypothesize on which players will go where in the draft.