The 2017 draft can be called the "big year of the defensive group", look closely, in addition to the slightly weaker defensive interception position, the outside rusher, cornerback and security guard positions are completely worthy of the "super big year", at least 20 people have the first round of talent, the following is my carefully selected 11 members of the fierce players, and even you combine them together, is a perfect set of three-stop defensive pass lineup:
Myles Garrett, Texas Farmer, outfield defender
Body: 6'4", 272 lbs
Pros: A quick first step can break into the backfield to interfere with opponents. Various ways to win the rush pass victory. On the outside, he has an excellent explosive power to beat the interceptor. The inner pressure is also good, and the inner pressure is as much as the outer side: 20 lateral pressure, 20 internal pressure, 10 bull punches. Defensive performance on both the left and right sides is relatively average. Can quickly recover from injuries and return to peak levels.
Disadvantages: It is likely that he is not a strong runner, and it is easy to be entangled by opponents when defending. Not only does the defensive need to improve, but it also needs to adapt to the offensive front line at the NFL level.
NFL templates: Jedwin Kearney (Texan), DeMarcus Well (Cowboy)
Future prediction: Athletic talent of the outside rush passer every year, but such as Garrett such a five-year or ten-year-old genius is indeed rare, in the Texan Coney for example, such a tortuous career start until last season also waited for the outbreak, I believe Garrett from the rookie season will become a stable output of more than 10 kills per year monster man.
Potential "parallel cargo" reason: consecutive major injuries.
Jamal Adams, Louisiana Big, Strong Guard
Body: 6 feet, 214 pounds
Pros: After three high-level seasons in Louisiana, the efficiency of running and passing is frighteningly high, with a 31% chance of playing slot cornerbacks last season, and even really can be on the outside like cornerbacks. Last season, an average of 11.1 grapplings were thrown before a grappling was lost, which was a good grappling efficiency. Ability to quickly read opponents' offensive movements. Last season, 5 interceptions and 9 destroyed passes, a prolific security guard. They can even clash with the opposing offensive front near the front.
Disadvantages: The range of anti-pass is slightly narrow, and it is difficult to guard the backcourt alone. There is still room for improvement in the grappling section. It is easy to be pushed down by a big man when running.
NFL templates: Langton Collins (Giants), Darren Woodson (former cowboy)
Future prediction: Adams can't guard the backcourt alone, but his versatility is there, he can put it on the defensive, grab and make the ball like a linebacker, he can strangle the mid-range front alone, and his enthusiastic personality can quickly become a dressing room leader, which is simply a perfect backcourt leader.
Potential "parallel cargo" reason: Encounter the wrong use of their own defensive coordinator.
Solomon Thomas, Stanford University, inside/out defender
Body: 6'3", 274 lbs
Advantages: Whether it is a rush or a run, it can play multiple positions on the inside and outside of the front line, and even play defensive spikes in college to defend two gaps. The ultimate combination of strength and speed. Last season's 394-gear rush made 10 tackles, 12 impacts and 22 hasty passes. Both transposition punches and bull punches have good abilities, can quickly attack gaps, and the legs are also very powerful.
Cons: The 273 pounds is too light to play defensive interceptions, only one season of rushing passes is prolific, easy to be killed by double bags, and it is difficult to beat the interceptors with pure speed on the outside to win the rush.
NFL templates: Aaron Donald (Ram), Justin Smith (49 bc)
Future prediction: In terms of comprehensiveness, Thomas can play all positions inside and outside the front like J.J. Watt, allowing him to single out the inner shoulders of front-line players, both defensive and rushing passes are very dominant, although it can not guarantee a stable output every season, but it is definitely a cornerstone of the rebuilding of the bad team.
Reason for potential "parallel goods": Technology is too average to be outstanding.
Jonathan Allen, University of Alabama, inside defender
Body: 6'3", 286 lbs
Advantages: Has enough strength to push the cover, can play multiple positions on the front line, and can tear open pockets on both the inside and outside. The hand movements are very efficient, and the first punch is rarely empty. Rarely plays in the No. 6 position (cutter outside position), but is a very dominant defender. Last season, he played 746 defensively, which means that both the defensive run and the rush can stay on the court.
shortcoming:
It is easy to expose the chest to the opponent to attack, and if the first punch is empty, it is easy to be entangled by the opponent, and it cannot quickly attack the gap.
NFL Template: Fletcher Cox (Eagle)
Future predictions: Adapting to the 4-3 and 3-4 defensive fronts, being able to control one or two gaps, being equally good as a defensive interceptor, rushing and running, not as well as Solomon Thomas in positional versatility, but I think the likelihood of choosing Jonathan Allen as a parallel cargo is lower.
Potential "parallel cargo" reason: Pure strength is not enough to deal with the scheming defenders in the professional arena.
Marshon Lattimore, Ohio Big, Cornerback
Body: 6 feet, 193 lbs
Advantages: Not afraid of running, can use their hands to fight. Ability to keep up with your opponent's various routes, even short routes. Opponents were only received 2 times when they ran the vertical route to his defensive zone 12 times. Good at taking advantage of his stature, he was 41 passes last season and completed 6 destructive passes. There were 37 tackles last season without missing anything, and there were only two fouls in the entire season last season.
Disadvantages: Easy to stare at people without staring at the ball. Only good at people staring at people and not good at areas. He only played one season to start and could hardly keep the slot.
NFL templates: Janoris Jenkins (Giants), Desmond Truffant (Falcon)
Future predictions: Slender stature, excellent talent to keep up with opponents, good at destroying passing routes, dominance of the staring defense so that quarterbacks dare not pass, Ratimer has the potential to become a new generation of "island cornerbacks", you can even let him stare at the opponent's number one outside takeover from day one, such a cornerback who does not want?
Potential "parallel cargo" reasons: slower than the speed type external takeover, thinner than the tall large external receiver.
Malik Hooker, Ohio, Islegate
Body: 6 feet 1 inch, 206 pounds
Advantages: excellent speed and athletic talent, terrifying defensive area, a good field of vision when intercepting and attacking, can carry the ball straight to the Huanglong to complete the touchdown, the judgment of the offensive trend is the best of this year's rookies, even if the judgment of the wrong offensive trend can be quickly adjusted back.
Disadvantages: The hand movements are not efficient enough when tackling, sometimes it is too easy to throw out and cause missed grappling, the inside defense is general, sometimes the judgment is too aggressive, the area defense sometimes leaves its position, and the people staring defense needs to be strengthened.
NFL Templates: Ed Reed (former Raven), Reggie Nelson (Raider)
Future prediction: Strictly speaking, the only guard who can defend the backcourt of the cover1 area this year, such a highly rated ranger is rare in recent years, you can see the shadows of the former Ed Reed, the current Earl Thomas and Devon McCourty in him, everyone else is on the defensive, rest assured that the backcourt will be handed over to him!
Potential "parallel cargo" reason: Being teased by the ingenuity of an NFL-level quarterback.
Rueben Foster, University of Alabama, linebacker
Body: 6 feet, 229 pounds
Advantages: enough speed from the back side to the strong side to complete the defensive tackle, shorter height can achieve a body balance advantage, can fight with the big man on the offensive front line, can find the ball holder after a series of physical confrontations, and can accurately find the direction of the pass when preventing the pass.
Disadvantages: Gap discipline is not perfect, need to improve the punching skills of raids, too aggressive to miss 16 tackles last season, and too aggressive to fight and punch too aggressively and easy to save.
NFL Templates: Patrick Willis (top 49), Bobby Wagner (Seahawks)
Future prediction: From the template point of view, Foster does not belong to the new type of anti-pass small linebacker, but belongs to the traditional type, the leader of the inner linebacker who can stay on the court for the whole game, which is too valuable for the defensive team in the reconstruction period.
Potential "parallel goods" reason: too many mistakes lead to mixed reputations.
Derek Barnett, University of Tennessee, outside defender
Body: 6 feet 3 inches, 259 pounds
Advantages: The outside has a good sense of body balance when rushing, also has excellent upper and lower limb strength when around the cover, the kickoff reaction is very fast, can quickly attack the gap, can use rotation action to go around to the inside of the interceptor, and can create pressure on average every five strokes, ten percentage points ahead of the NCAA average level. Defending runs can constantly solve the near end and the second place cover.
Disadvantages: Not a good runner, easy to be clamped down very early in the face of area cover, the efficiency of the bull punch is very low, and it is not good at the inside rush pass, and it is also helpless when facing the double bag clip.
NFL Templates: Greg Hardy (former Panther), Nick Perry (Packer)
Future prediction: Simply put, the talented outfield rusher has every year and will always be a sought-after commodity for teams to pursue, especially in the "passing era", I believe he will soon get the main position of a team's weak side rusher, but the future is really difficult to predict, the typical "explosion or parallel cargo" player.
Potential "parallel cargo" reason: A rusher who relies purely on speed to go around the cover is too easy to become a parallel cargo.
Jabrill Peppers, University of Michigan, security guard/linebacker
Body: 5'11", 213 lbs
Advantages: Terrifying athletic talent, can maintain the peak speed in sharp turns and stops, can deal with large coverers at attack points, reacts very quickly against short passes on screens and can kill coverers, too aggressive problems have converged a lot last season, and can play countless positions such as security guards, slot corner guards, outside corner guards, interior guards, running backs, and return attackers.
Disadvantages: Weak in defense near the starting line, lack of discipline in the area defense but think of chasing the ball, regional defense when the reaction to offensive movements is slightly slower, if you want to play in the NFL line guard body is small, it is easy to suffer physical losses against the near end of the front, and when the raid rushes, always think of bypassing the coverer instead of directly attacking.
NFL templates: Troy Pollamaru (former Steelers), Eric Weddell (Crows)
Future prediction: The trend of the defensive backcourt in this era is that the linebacker is getting smaller and smaller, the cornerback and the security guard are getting bigger and bigger, which can be summed up as the position of the defensive backcourt is becoming more and more vague, requiring players to be multi-functional, Peppers's burst talent and qualified body may make him the only player in the league who can play all the defensive backcourt positions, or even become an "epoch-making" figure.
Potential "parallel cargo" reasons: Although all-powerful, but with the defensive running body can not attack the front line confrontation, the ability to change direction is not as good as the external takeover, may only be able to become a security guard.
Haason Reddick, Temple University, Linebacker
Body: 6 feet 1 inch, 237 pounds
Advantages: Burst talent, quick first step and ability to change direction, can use talent to solve a lot of problems, kickoff response quickly, play 3-4 outside guards can also complete a lot of anti-running tackles, last season 22 passes were only 8 times received, chasing the ball carrier from the back side is very fast, entering the NFL can change to playing inside the guard.
Disadvantages: 150 tackles in the last three seasons have tried to lose 28 grapplings, too aggressive and easy to be thrown away, the efficiency of the pass from the right is very low, the confrontation may be too thin when facing the NFL interception, it seems that it will only use talent from the left to get the opponent, and the passing skills need to be improved.
NFL templates: Ryan Shazel (Steelers), Jamie Collins (Browns)
Future prediction: If he is placed in the position of an outside guard in a 4-3 formation, he may be as powerful as von Miller; if he can transform perfectly into an interior guard, then his ability to surprise will make some radical defensive coaches very satisfied, but I think the success of the transition is related to his future future, "explosion or parallel" players.
Potential "parallel goods" reasons: the university period rarely retreated to the guard, and now it is necessary to quickly transform the inner line guard,
Gareon Conley, Ohio Big, Cornerback
Body: 6 feet, 195 pounds
Pros: Standard NFL cornerback stature, excellent man-eyeing technique to put pressure on receivers near the starting line, 40 yards sprinting 4.44 seconds is enough for him to keep up with receivers who run deep, can quickly shrink the space between him and receivers, averages only 0.51 yards per gear (the fewest draft players), and completed 4 interceptions and 7 broken passes on 42 passes last season.
Disadvantages: Freshman and sophomore year performance is ordinary, may become a "one-year parallel goods"? The area is more difficult to stare at, there is room for improvement in tracking the ball landing point, not a good defender, and it is easy to lose the tackle.
NFL Template: Achibu-Taleb (Mustang)
Future predictions: strong stature, outstanding vertical speed, in terms of physical talent, Conley is not worse than alumni Rattimore, but in terms of ball skills, Conley is rougher, and more eager to brush data by interception, which is not the attitude that a professional cornerback should have, so I think his chances of becoming popular in the future are not as good as Ratimore.
Potential "parallel goods" reason: The staring skills are too rough, and the rookie season is destroyed by elite takeovers.
Columnist of the NFL Chinese official website: Fang Ling
(Editor: Yao Fan)