1st - OLB - jarvis jones, mingo, moore, dion jordan, or Ansah. 1 of them will fall and i think it will be jarvis or dion jordan due to medical conditions, will play SOLB for us since both excel in pass rushing and coverage
NFL comparison - Jarvis jones - less explosive von miller
Dion Jordan - weaker aldon smith
Mingo - Demarcus Ware/Jevon Kearse
Moore - slower dwight freeney
Ansah - JPP/Michael Strahan
3rd - FS - bacarri rambo - natural athlete, 4.5 speed, definition of a playermaker, has WR hands and not scared to hit. Perfect deep FS playmaker for Rob Ryan's Defense, incredible leaping ability. Ballhawk.
NFL comparison - Jairus Byrd
Another option is brandon jenkins or chase thomas if they drop this far. Could possibly go sylvester williams for Dline depth if they are confident with IAQ.
4th - CB - Robert Alford - 6"1 190 lbs, very aggresive and physical at the line of scrimage, excels at press coverage, and was at times dominant his senior season, he will fall due to lack of competition. Perfect CB for rex ryan's bump and run scheme
NFL comparison - Leon Hall
If unavailable, sean porter, corey lemonier, jamie collins or william gholston could be options
5th - OT - I couldnt decide between terron armstead of ricky wagner, armstead is a high risk high reward player, incredible athlete with rediculous speed and strength, reminds me of a more raw Tyron Smith
Ricky Wagner however is a dependable low ceiling right tackle, Great in the run game, decent in pass protection, reminds me of Stinchcomb
6th - CB - Sanders Commings - 6"2 222lb hulking CB, rare agility and speed for a CB his size, said to run a 4.49, very physical and a great press corner. Shows off his agility when using his body to contort in air and great hand usage when using his long arms to deflect multiple passes down the field. just how the patriots needed a tight end and drafted gronk and hernandez in the same year we do the same with alford and comings
NFL comparison - Brandon Browner
Tyrann Mathieu is a possible option also if commings is gone.
7th - OLB - Michael Buchanan - A pass rusher, violent hands and decent subpar 4.7 speed. Falls because after whitney mercilus left was supposed to be their go to pass rusher but failed to live up the the hype, also at 6"5 250 he has reached his max size with a not so wide frame wont be able to add weight, has tons of potenial, had 5 sacks and 6 pass deflections showing his athleticism in coverage. Great value in the 7th because of his rush and coverage ability. If he can add some pass rush moves to go along with his violent active hands he could be a steal.
NFL comparison - Brooks Reed
Quanterus Smith is another option if buchanan is gone. I like buchanan more though because of his ability to cover.
Jarvis or jordan would give us a pass rusher and coverage OLB which is a must
rambo will give us the playmaking FS we need and more depth at safety with him and IAQ, could even be reason to move jenkins to nickel cb where he could also play press coverage.
Alford and commings would be the exact kind of CB's rob ryan looks for and would give us insurance between patrick robinson, alford, commings, mack, and jenkins
armstead or wagner would give us a servicable tackle
michael buchanan would be worth the pick because of his pass rush potential
I see this draft giving us depth on defense and allowing for the best players to compete, one of them at the position will excel.
Im confident lofton and hawthorne will be great 3-4 ILB's but I'd also like us to sign Grant from the 49ers who looked great in patrick willis' replacement.
If all this comes together I see a top 15 defense.
I would like to sign a backup DE or NT to compete also.
But if somehow the bears gave us a great trade so they can land lane johnson LT or cooper OG I could see us trading back and having a draft as follows:
1st - alex okafor - rolb
2nd - jordan poyer/desmond trufant - cb
3rd - bacarri rambo - fs
4th - brandon williams - nt
5th - armstead/wagner - rt
6th - sanders commings - cb
7th - michael buchanan - lolb
I think this would also be a great draft, hopefully our front office and scouts are putting in work.