JASON LA CANFORA
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2015 NFL Draft buzz: Worries over edge rushers; Parker next-best WR?
April 22, 2015 2:51 pm ET
I continue to hear plenty of evaluators I really trust express some real trepidation about the top pass rushers in this draft. Even guys like Dante Fowler Jr. and Vic Beasley carry concerns. Can they keep on weight? Are they tweeners? The recent issues of guys like
Dion Jordan and
Barkevious Mingo to make an impact has definitely scared some teams (to say nothing of
Jadeveon Clowney's lost rookie season and uncertain future).
Will the speed be enough to carry some of these guys at the next level? Are they really complete? I still believe one of these edge rushers who is seen as a top-five pick in many mocks drafts ends up outside the top 10, and I still think Randy Gregory, off-field issues and all, goes in the top half of the first round and maybe ends being the best of the bunch.
More draft buzz
• Hearing a lot of buzz about Utah corner Eric Rowe. Teams like him a lot more than the media realizes. Maybe not enough to get him all the way into the top 32, but then again much crazier things have happened before.
• I still say UConn's Byron Jones goes Day 1. Too many teams think, at worst case, that he is an impact ranging free safety even if he isn't the cover corner (think
Devin McCourty).
• Keep hearing from evaluators who know what they hell they are doing that DeVante Parker is the second-best receiver in the draft, and some think the gap between him and Amari Cooper isn't exactly massive. Not saying he is the second one taken -- Kevin White's measurables probably still make him second to Cooper, but could be more interesting than some think.
• Likewise, the gap between Trae Waynes and some other corners isn't all that great to many people I've talked to. In fact, plenty think Wake Forest's Kevin Johnson might be the best of the bunch. I see him in the top half of the first round as well.
• If you made me do a mock draft right now I don't believe I would have a safety, tight end or inside linebacker in it.
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