Time for the talking to stop with NFL Draft finally here

Millions will be watching when their team is finally put on the clock in Cleveland on Thursday night. After a season and offseason like no other, it can’t come soon enough

San Francisco’s selection is one of the most talked about (Getty Images)

“I can’t guarantee that anybody in the world will be alive Sunday, so I can’t guarantee who will be on our roster on Sunday,” San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday. “That goes for all of us.”

Foreshadowing a global apocalypse was as good a sign as any that this year's pre-NFL Draft media cycle had reached its peak.

Outside of the Super Bowl, this is American football's busiest period as the latest class of collegiate prospects finally find out where they will be playing their professional ball after what seems a lifetime of build-up.