[Direckshun]

OLB Darron Lee, Ohio State -- Lee is a perfect example why Combine numbers are not to be blindly adhered to when evaluating prospects. This guy is going to blow the doors off the Combine amongst the linebacker group. He has great speed that he gets from his long strides that'll give him a ton of potential in coverage as well as short-area quickness that could benefit him in the passrush or at the line of scrimmage. Lee is a specimen that will get drafted on Day Two solely for that reason. Matter of fact, the more coverage you ask your linebackers to do, and the less you ask them to do up against the offensive line, the more effective and valuable he's going to be. The problem is that he is a complete liability against the run. Lee's biggest issue is that he simply cannot get off blocks, not from offensive linemen, tight ends, or even some receivers. He gets his tackles in the run game by effort alone, but that's not going to get him far against NFL caliber blockers. His passrush, as a result, is useless, and at 6'2", 235 lbs, he's purely a 4-3 OLB, and of no use playing the middle in a 3-4. It might not be a terrible idea for a team to have him lose a little and play as a box safety? Lee's athleticism has him in first round consideration for some, but I like my linebackers to be at home in the mess of the line of scrimmage. I wouldn't touch him.