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Here's the thing about using the CEH pick for a stud defender. These are the non-safety (we had to be set with Thornhill and Mathieu at the time) defenders chosen between CEH and Willie Gay Jr.:
DE - Yetur Akkub Gross-Matos: 14 solo tackles and 3 sacks in his career so far. PFF grade 55-58.
DT - Ross Blacklock: stats are hard to measure on DTs, but his PFF grade for 2020 was 30.2. Looks like he's doing better so far in 2021.
DE - Marlon Davidson: 7 tackles, 1 sack in career. PFF grade around 60.
DE - Darrell Taylor: zero production in 2020, but is kicking ass in 2021 - 4 sacks, PFF grade 71.5
CB - Jaylon Johnson: PFF grade of 55 last year, looking better this year at 74.
CB - Trevon Diggs: there's your diamond, 9 INTs in career so far, but lol PFF only has him at 62/67.
DT - Raekwon Davis: PFF 71 last year but 28 so far this year
OLB - Josh Uche: PFF 78/61
For comparison, Derek Nnadi had a grade of 75 last year, Ward had 65.
They probably didn't have an idea about Jones moving to DE yet. So they would probably have felt set at DT. Also if they liked Gay Jr. they might not go for LB. So it seems like DE and CB would be most likely.
Taylor was injured so that's a one year wait. The other two DEs have been kinda meh but would still be an upgrade to what we have now.
Trevon Diggs definitely looks like the guy we should have gone for.
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