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NFL offenses are marking a pace never seen before, thanks to rule changes, the next generation of quarterbacks turned into quality beginners, and changes in offensive philosophy. The explosive Monday night game of the Rams and Chiefs was scored with 1,001 yards of offense and a MNF a record of 105 points, pointing out that the most important players in today's game are passers-by and passers-by. The Rams would not have won this match without the defensive doubling of tackle Aaron Donald. The most recent classes have been defined by the quarterbacks, but what the class of 2019 misses passersby, it offsets well with passers.
At our first draft of the season, we had 14 defensive linemen in the first round. The big picture of Albert Breer last week had only two offensive players among the top 20 hopes. At this stage of the season, the situation is still difficult, but the scouts agree that this is the project to select a defensive lineman. "A lot of the teams that are currently struggling to put pressure on the quarter are really excited about April because last year's draft had pretty much no guy to do it," said a scout. "This year's project is pretty busy."
Several scouts agree that it is likely that the first overall pick will be former Ohio State defender Nick Bosa, who left the school in October to focus on rehabilitation. of his injury. "I could certainly see him go first, as long as he is able to perform before the project with some athletic ability," said a scout.
This year's top prospects have the chance to prove that the defense still counts in the league. "The good thing is that they come in all different shapes and sizes in this project," said a scout. "There are guys who have totally different skills, adapt to different diets and have different types of versatility. The teams are really going to have to do their homework. "
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Here is an overview of what scouts say about the best prospects in the defensive line, so you can get to work too …
Nick Bosa, DE, State of Ohio
"He's really identical to his brother for his exceptional size and he's a great athlete. He brings each piece. He is also very effective in running. This is where he separates him from other guys, he is a player in his own right. "
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Ed Oliver, DT, Houston
"Fast, explosive player, lacking in length and size, good football player who is agile with instinct, conscience, on the field more than I expected, and is quite concealed." team is overwhelming him sometimes.It is not Aaron Donald and The teams worry about the transition of his game to the pro level.He is playing against marginal players on the offensive line in conference. "
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Gary Rashan, DL, Michigan
"His size and athletic combo makes him a tough fight because he can win with strength or athleticism. His talent is exceptional but he is a bit incoherent in his temperament. He just does not give everything he physically has. I would be a little worried about this because he is one of those guys who could go both ways. You could see him being a very good player or he could simply disappear because he is not playing with maximum effort. I think he would make a defensive end in 4-3 or 3-4. When you look at him, you do not realize he's so fat until you see him, he's so sporty that he plays like a smaller player. I think you can use it in many ways effectively as long as you make that effort. He is probably the third defensive lineman on the board behind Bosa and Oliver. "
Clelin Ferrell, DE Clemson
"Most of Clemson's defensive endings are overrated, and I think Ferrell is too. I like him because he plays hard, but he's not far from the top 10. I do not think he's a first-round player, because this Clemson defense is ending all the time. [Bills defensive end] Shaq Lawson finished 19th overall and made a full bust. Ferrell is a similar player, a similar athlete, but he plays harder. I gave Shaq Lawson a fourth grade note. Ferrell is a little better than him. But simple tools, they are very similar. There are some schools where positions have a high dropout rate and all of Clemson's defensive ends are productive, they get a ton of unblocked production in that pattern, no matter who they line up. I love Clellin a lot more than some of these guys and I think he's going to be a good solid professional, but you do not name a good solid professional in the top 10. "
Quinnen Williams, DT, Alabama
"He is a one-year producer for them, but he has had an outstanding year. He is slippery, he can win with a speed and power hard to find. Very good technician, he knows how to use his hands and is difficult to block. He set up a great season, I think he and Raekwon [Davis] play each other well. Raekwon is so disturbing with power and this guy can be so disruptive with his speed and power. He's a very instinctive player. He really has a good idea of where the ball is going. He is only 19 years old, but he is only 19 years old. Is he ready to become an adult man and become an adult in the league?
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Jeffery Simmons, DT, State of Mississippi
"He's a strong kid. He is really difficult to move and he plays with a lot of strength and power. He is really a good technician, excellent with his hands. He can play on the three downs. It's so powerful that it can disrupt the inside of the pocket, which is even more important for the moment than warming up a bit because you do not give space to guys, especially smaller ones like Drew Brees . If you press Brees from the edge, he can just slip into the pocket and beat you, while this kid can wreak havoc on the line of attack. He also has a field problem [Simmons pleaded no contest to simple assault in 2016 after striking a woman several times during a fight]. If he did not have that, he is ranked in the top 10 all day. "
Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson
"He is a very good athlete. He is truly a unique athlete for a 315 pound man. He is incredibly agile, really moves like a smaller man. They put it at the back end a few weeks ago against Florida State, but it had the rightful appearance of a huge back half. They used it on the back and they put Dexter Lawrence on the back and then Wilkins scored a touchdown. It was a pretty awesome game. He moves like a smaller human being. He's really athletic on the road and if you're a team that will let him put himself on the field and use his athleticism, you'll have a very good player. The disadvantage is that he tries to overtake the athletes all the time. He does not have enough power in his game. If you ask him to sit down, sit down and take some blocks, that's not his problem. The teams wish it was more physical. It leaves you wanting more sometimes in terms of physics. There will be teams that will not believe it, but teams that let it play, it could be really good. He simply does not show that face and violence in his game at Clemson. Probably somewhere in the second round, maybe the first.
Dexter Lawrence, DT, Clemson
"Lawrence has a positive pass, but for the moment, he really stands as a great defender with two setbacks. This is where he will slip into the repechage, as some teams will question how quickly he could get to the field in third place. I think he has the potential to do it, but college runners do not work much. He is a gigantic human being. As a real freshman, he looked like an adult man. His body type is really hard to find and he is athletic. He has a chance to be a force, he just needs to develop his skills. His band is much better than last year, he only played about 50% in the second year because of an injury. His cassette was up and down and before I knew about the injury, I thought he was over excited. Then Clemson coach said he was really injured last year and that he played and played, but he was not about to be right. His band is much better this year. "
Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn
"Really talented. The only blow is that he is a bit of a linear athlete. He is really explosive and can really run for a big guy. He is a low three player and only scratches the surface. I think he has a lot of good football in front of him. He has all the tools. In recent years, many talented defensive line players have gone through Auburn and, from a pure talent perspective, he could be the best. Guys like him do not grow on trees, so he will not come out of the second round. He is in this mix at the end of the first round, beginning of the second round. Auburn defensive line coach Rodney Garner had some very good players in Georgia, Richard Seymour and Marcus Stroud, two top-ranked players, who put Brown in the men's mighty and mighty category. The good thing about Brown, is that he's really motivated, he wants to be great. It has a very high ceiling. "
Sweat Mount, DE / OLB, State of Mississippi
"Talented player, he's really long and he looks like a little striker. He has a natural pass ability. He has a long stride, it does not always look like him. He is powerful and he can precipitate the smuggler. He plays very hard at the point of attack and plays much better than in the past. It is not just a hustle. The trickiest part involves the characters, he has to clean up some parts of the field and show the teams that he's rehabilitated. [Sweat started his college career at Michigan State in 2014 and was suspended for a violation of team rules after the second game of the 2015 season that caused him to miss the rest of the season. He left Michigan State the following spring, and played a season at junior college before joining Mississippi State in 2017]. He is probably late in the first round, at the beginning of the second round. If someone projects it higher, they do not take into account the character's preoccupations. "
Raekwon Davis, DL, Alabama
"It's a man-child. Gigantic human being. Junior college college, so he's still learning to play, but he's playing with such natural strength and he's very long, so it's hard to block. He plays like all Alabama defensive linemen, like Jarran Reed, Dalvin Tomlinson, he is next. He is another guy with a huge ceiling. The production of his passes is a little behind this year, but it can really affect the inside of the pocket coming out of the ball and pushing it. He is a really high-end player. "
Dre'Mont Jones, DL, Ohio State
"He's a very good indoor player. It would be a really good 3-4 or 4-3 inside. He is really good from the technical point of view. He uses his hands very well and he is very fast. He is also very strong. He could probably be more aggressive against running, but he is very good in space, he is very sporty but he is not so aggressive and tenacious. The league is becoming more and more inward oriented and it certainly has this ability. Just by watching him on tape last year, he definitely took a step and I think he could take another step. He would be an intriguing guy to take because he has advantages. Gary and Bosa, I'm not going to say that they are at their ceiling but they are closer to him. Historically, his type of talent would probably be a first-round choice. "
Zach Allen, DL, Boston College
"It's a really versatile guy. He plays really hard. He is a very good athlete. He can play 3-4 or 4-3. What strikes him is the effort. Not too sporty, but a lot of effort. Much of his precipitation comes from his engine. It has versatility, it could be a 3-4 goal in some arrangements that move their forehead. He's a bit like a Ryan Kerrigan, just in regards to body type. He will probably go somewhere in the second round, maybe the first. "
Jerry Tillery, DL, Notre Dame
"He is really very talented. For a guy his size [6′ 7″] he is really fast. It is explosive, it can precipitate the smuggler. The teams will really be seduced by its size and length, as well as by its ability to rush to the quarterback. Most guys his size are exhausted players and he can affect the quarterback. This is a very good player. He is a player in the making with a lot of potential. His thing is that some scouts worry about the kid because he has a lot of interests outside of football. They are going to be people who are wondering how much dog he has in him. You want to find defensive linemen who are just mean, and I do not know if he is this guy. He could go anywhere from the first to the third round.
Brian Burns, OLB / DE, State of Florida
"The worry is going to be his weight, he's in the high 220 right now, so he's a little muscular. Bruce Irvin and Vic Beasley are the two guys I've picked from the top 220, and he's probably a looser athlete than those two. Really fun to watch on a tape, because when he knows that he is going to have the QB, he can go get it. He can change direction, he has very good counter-movements, his takeoff is great, he can win at a higher speed. The question will be what he will do on the first or second run. he will have a bull's eye on his chest until he inflates himself and can withstand the race. If you write it, you know that it can play an immediate role as a junior player. "
Jalen Jelks, DE / OLB, Oregon
"He is a tweener. He's going to be a designated guy for 4-3 passes because I do not know if he really succeeds in a 4-3 on tries. But as an outside linebacker 3-4, he will have length and contraction. He's really nervous for a guy with a long body. Oregon does not play him how he will play in the pros. They reduce it to the inside, play it inside and still have his hand on the ground where I think it could be more a guy standing at the next level. He does not do many things like the outside linebacker, like falling in the blanket, and that's what he will have to prove. We have no first round odds on it yet. "
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John Cominsky, DE, University of Charleston
"It is one of the most unique stories of the project. Shaquem Griffin was the story of last year's draft, but this year I think it will be John Cominsky or Gardner Minshew this year. Cominksy came in as quarterback, 6 "2", 210 or something like that and now he's 6 "5", 275. He's really athletic for a child of this size, so he's a shift compared to the guards because it's so sporty. He can really run. At the moment, the teams are really intrigued by the athletes and the tools. How fast can he set it up to face the opportunity against a better competition? But it is dominated at D-II level, as you would like. A guy in D-II. The teams are thrilled with his athleticism. "
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Auburn's defense is filled with talented players like Derrick Brown, Nick Coe, Marlon Davidson, Dontavius Russell, Daniel Thomas, Jamel Dean, and Javaris Davisbut the glue of the unit that keeps everything in order and gives the taste to everyone is the captain of the unanimous team, the linebacker Deshaun Davis.
Although it may not meet the height / weight / speed thresholds of some NFL teams, there is someone in the country who can challenge the odds and be the only one in the world. exception, it is Davis. All of the high school and high school coaches we spoke to say that he is the hardest and most instinctive player that they have ever existed, and it does not take long to watch his movie. It is obvious on tape that Davis played the position of linebacker all his life. He has already acquired many subtle tips for maneuvering around the box and timing his blitz that you can not expect to see coming out of veteran NFL players.
A lost art for many linebackers in college football and in the NFL today is the ability to tackle blockers in the lead with strength. Davis has all the physical strength and talent he needs to thwart the backs and offensive linemen on the second level. Efficient player in short-area coverage and a reliable tackle, Davis is a person for whom the NFL's baseline coaches will fight to make a list.
A player charged with blocking Davis Saturday will be the center of Alabama Ross Pierschbacher. During the summer, we were certainly lukewarm in his film as a guard and thought he was fighting against powerful players lining up around him. However, this season as a center, Pierschbacher impressed us with his vigilance and competitiveness. He has become very adept at helping his guards and is working effectively at the second level with good angles on combo blocks.
At the end of the day, Pierschbacher is a four-year starter and a key trainer for Alabama, who has position flexibility inside the offensive line. Bradley Bozeman was a sixth round pick in the NFL draft in 2018 and eventually became part of the Baltimore Ravens' 53-man squad. We see many similarities between the two.
While many will overlook Davis and Pierschbacher in terms of NFL potential, they have the experience, tenacity, competitiveness and intelligence that football has to succeed in the league. We are excited to see them face and use their subtle abilities that have made them outstanding football players in the SEC.
OTHER MATCHES TO WATCH
Mississippi State CB Jamal Peters vs. Ole Miss WR DaMarkus Lodge: Peters recovered from his injury early in the season to showcase his potential as a leader. He will try his first interception this season against the ball of Lodge.
Kentucky Lonnie Johnson, Derrick Baity vs. Louisville WR Jaylen Smith: Smith faces a rare challenge this week: facing the cornerbacks that can compete in size and length, so we'll call his representatives against Johnson and Baity.
South Carolina CB Rashad Fenton vs. Clemson WR Hunter Renfrow: If Renfrow, well placed, is allowed to play, he will get a good match against a half-corner sharp and nickel in Fenton.
Syracuse DT Chris Slayton vs. Boston College OG Chris Lindstrom: Slayton has shown lightning as a disruptive home crowd and will get his most difficult test of the season against the extremely consistent Lindstrom.
Florida OG Fred Johnson vs. Florida State DT Demarcus Christmas: Big-on-big match in the trenches between two strong players who excel in the race to race their respective sides of the ball.
Notre Dame RB Dexter Williams vs. USC FS Marvell Tell: Tell is a varied and versatile security that will have intriguing head-to-head opportunities with Williams, whose vision, body control and balance of contacts have led to a highly productive senior season.
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