re: 2019 Early Departures

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Lawerence is a mid to late round pick. He is good at everything, but doesn't excel at anything. I don't think he is strong enough to play inside in a 4-3 and not quick or athletic enough to play outside in a 4-3.

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The problem Lawrence has is that I have seen NFL prospect rankings that have 25 DL with potential 1st round grades, and some recent mock drafts with 15 DL going in the 1st round. That means there could be 10 DL with 1st round grades available after round 1. So lets say those next 10 get picked in round 2, early 3rd round, that would be 25 DL drafted in top 80 picks. Teams obviously have other needs so the next time there could be DL picks could be 5th-6th round, even if a player has a grade of 3rd/early 4th round grade.

If you are a 3rd/4th round grade this year, you are better coming back next year because you could potentially be a 2nd, maybe late 1st rounder next year.

There are just too many high quality DL prospects for the 2019 grade, maybe the deepest ever with potentially 25 guys having 1st round grades and 15, maybe 16-17 of those going in the 1st round.