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Cornerback: P.J. Williams (3-78), Saints, and Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (7-241), Browns
The concept of an undervalued cornerback is an oxymoron these days, but there are a couple who managed to fall through the cracks. Williams slipped in part because of a DUI arrest, but those charges were recently dropped, and he should be an interesting candidate for a Saints team that appears to be moving toward more press-man coverage after adding Brandon Browner. Williams isn’t the sort of powerhouse former Legion of Boom member Browner is, but he’s a willing run defender who was able to lock up smaller receivers at the line of scrimmage at Florida State. He could end up as Browner’s replacement in 2016 or 2017.

Mays: "Breaking Down the Top 4 Edge Rushers"
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Pass-Rushing Nerd Addendum: Hau’oli Kikaha, Washington

OK, I know I said I was only doing the top four, but give me this one. When I was sitting in a barbershop with Danny Shelton a couple of weeks ago, we were watching Beasley’s episode of Sport Science on ESPN. We got on to the subject of pass-rushers, and Shelton, admitting his biases, said Kikaha was still the best one he’d seen in this year’s draft. It was enough to send me back to Kikaha’s tape, and after watching it, I agree with him.

No pass-rusher in college football was more productive over the past two seasons than Kikaha. He had a Division I–best 19 sacks last season after racking up 13 the year before. He didn’t impress during the draft process — not after running a 4.9 at his pro day, while facing questions about the two ACL surgeries he underwent in college — but the guy just knows what he’s doing.

Kikaha

The respectable club-rip of Beasley has nothing on the one Kikaha throws out every once in a while. An ex-judo champion, he wastes no movement with his hands, often tossing aside a tackle’s arms without much effort. Add those talents to an insane amount of balance and the most natural bend back toward the quarterback that I’ve seen among this group, and for my money, you get the best pure pass-rusher in this draft. Seriously, just go watch the highlights. He’s an instructional video. There was another guy in the 6-foot-3, 260-pound range who led the nation in sacks his final year of college before running a 4.84 in the 40 before the draft. His name is Terrell Suggs. Kikaha will fall because of the sprint times and the injury history, but if I were picking a single pass-rusher from this draft — and again, Oreos for dinner recently — it would be Hau’oli Kikaha.

Optimistic Comparsion: Terrell Suggs

They have both talked about these two over their last two podcasts. The fist podcast (coming after the first round) involved Mays talking about his favorite edge rusher not being drafted yet. The second podcast (talking about all NFC teams) had Mays reiterating his love for Kihaka, and Barnwell talking about how he thought PJ Williams was a really good pick. Barnwell sort of ragged on the Grayson pick.

This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 11:06 am