You might want to go grab a jacket -- it’s starting to feel a bit drafty in here!

If you’re like me, you’ve been counting down the 356 days, 8,544 hours, 512,640 minutes, or 30,758,400 seconds between Mr. Irrelevant Lonnie Ballentine being selected to close out last year’s festivities and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially going “on the clock” to begin this year’s NFL Draft. I can’t get enough of it, and I usually behave like a kid on Christmas morning when those first few selections are “unwrapped” for the first time.

Whether you’re a die-hard draft connoisseur like me, a casual fan just wanting to check out the new faces on your favorite team, or somewhere in between, here’s a list of 25 things to watch for at this year’s NFL Draft, beginning this Thursday April 30th at 8 PM Eastern. Enjoy!

1. The draft will be held outside New York City for the first time in 50 years. The first two days will be at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University and the third day will be outside at Grant Park, with a Draft Town complex set up splitting Grant Park and Congress Plaza. How will Chicago fare as a host?

2. Most people believe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will select quarterback Jameis Winston from Florida State with the number-one overall pick. However, he does have major maturity and off-the-field concerns, and Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota is about as clean as they come. They must take a signal-caller, as their Adjusted Passing bro-hug from Roger Goodell?

6. The 2014 draft produced one of the best wide receiver classes that the league has ever seen, which included tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Combine, and Missouri’s Shane Ray was charged with marijuana possession just this Monday. Once, both were considered to be potential top-five picks. How far will these two pass rushers fall?

10. A running back has not been selected in the first round since 2012. This year’s class is extremely deep. Will we break the streak and finally see a first-round running back again?

11. Even if that does end up happening, we don’t know who it will be, as Georgia’s Todd Gurley and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon are both competing to be the first running back selected. In the past couple of years, the presumed best prospect at the position didn’t end up being the first one taken. Which one will go higher, Gurley or Gordon?

12. Two words: Chip. Kelly. What will he do next?

13. As one of two teams with multiple first round picks, the Cleveland Browns have to start getting some of these picks right. This is the third year in the last four that they’ve had multiple first rounders, but the last two haven’t gone so well -- 2012 draftees for arguing with assistant coaches and Green-Beckham for three incidents including two marijuana arrests and allegedly pushing a young woman down several stairs. Will NFL teams let their talents outweigh their personal issues, or will they fall far because of them?

15. Alabama has become the new Miami, a draft pick factory, currently maintaining a five-year streak of having at least two players selected in the first round. We know Amari Cooper will be one, but will safety Landon Collins stay in the first round and allow the Crimson Tide to continue the streak?

16. For most of the year, Cooper has been the overwhelming favorite to be the first receiver off the board. However, West Virginia’s Kevin White had a phenomenal season and is now considered a 1B to Cooper’s 1A. Will White end up leaping him in the end or will Cooper still be the first wide receiver selected?

17. The New England Patriots have the last pick in the first round, but have been known throughout the years to make several draft-day trades to maximize the value of their selections. How many trades will Bill Belichick make this year?

18. Three more words: Mel. Kiper's. Hair.

19. Ryan Grigson has been very aggressive since becoming the general manager of the Colts, with an all-in attitude and a propensity to trade draft picks for established NFL talent. They dealt their 2013 second-round pick to Miami for cornerback even more surprisingly -- retired at the age of 24, leaving San Francisco with a gaping hole in the middle of their defense. Who will they bring in during the draft to replace their two retired studs?

24. Even though the Super Bowl runners-up have the latest first pick of any team this year at number 63 overall (thanks to the Jimmy Graham trade), the Seahawks strangely also have the most selections in the draft with 11. This gives Pete Carroll and John Schneider the flexibility to maneuver a bit to their liking. Will they trade back into the first round with all of their ammunition?

25. There were an abundance of new coaches -- Dan Quinn in Atlanta, Rex Ryan in Buffalo, Gary Kubiak in Denver, Jack Del Rio in Oakland, Jim Tomsula in San Francisco, John Fox in Chicago, and Todd Bowles in New York -- and general managers -- Scot McCloughan in Washington, Ryan Pace in Chicago, and Mike Maccagnan in New York -- hired this offseason. They’ll all be looking to make their mark and establish an identity, so keep an eye on these teams. How will they approach their first drafts with their new organizations?