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Is there enough discussion about...Derrick Brown - DT/Auburn

Sy'56 : 2/25/2020 12:39 pm
I won't be diving too deep in to prediction posts until April - when I start posting the position previews and grades - but the little I do get on here right now I see most talk revolving around Okudah / Simmons / Young / OTs. All very good prospects...but does the current NYG DT situation cause a reason to stay away from a player that could very much end up being the highest graded player in the entire class?

Derrick Brown would have been top 15 last year - and his 2019 tape was on a completely different level. He lost some weight and played with as much twitch and explosion as any DT in the class. He is the definition of an every down threat. A guy that can get you 8-10 sacks per year, 16-20 pressures per year, while providing top shelf run defense.

Dexter Lawrence + Derrick Brown + Dalvin Tomlinson + (maybe) Leonard Williams gives NYG a rotation of DL that very few in the NFL could match. And the thing about getting a DL like that - it makes other players better. The LBs, CBs, edge guys...they get elevated with a dominant front.

If NYG didn't want to re-sign Williams - they could go get a top shelf edge rusher or cornerback with the money and the DL still has a dominant outlook.

In no way and I saying this will happen - but I don't think the possibility is being discussed enough. He has a good chance at being the top, or number 2, graded player in the class and he should be there at 4.
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The issues with targeting Brown as the guy to draft  
LBH15 : 2/25/2020 8:06 pm : link
are plentiful. While uber-talented, you almost have to talk yourself into drafting him because of how many other needs there are on this team, the investments made on the DL already and ol' Leonard sitting out there as well.

Offensive Tackle needs a solution and if this is not addressed this offseason (free agency and/or draft) then the next decade of NY Giant football will kick off much like the last decade ended.
I'd  
AcidTest : 2/25/2020 10:03 pm : link
be surprised if we took him, but if he's far and away the BPA, then it's fine.
Im a huge propenent of him. I'd put him in same class as Okudah and  
Zeke's Alibi : 2/25/2020 10:08 pm : link
Young, just I'd have Okudah and Young ahead strictly on positional value and contract. If we sign Leonard Williams I think you have to pass. I'm big time BPA propenent, but he plays a lesser positional value position and we already have a bunch of similar guys that are pretty good but prob not as good as he will be. Total monster, adds some pressure but definetly not a sack guy.
RE: It's been discussed in certain pockets of threads...  
MeadowlandsMike : 2/25/2020 10:19 pm : link
In comment 14818580 bw in dc said:
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Brown is a very good DT prospect. But considering what we need most on defense, a, edge FINISHER, Brown doesn't really bring enough. If he was Aaron Donald-ish, it would be more compelling.

But Brown's career high in sacks was 4.5 at Auburn. Donald had 11 sacks at Pittsburgh 2X. So I just don't see the finishing ability we desperately need...


This is my take as well especially if we resign Williams. That unit is one of the few strong ones on the team and way too many other pressing needs starting with potentially getting a stud LT for DJ and Barkley.
DGs ego is way too big to let LW walk  
Ned In Atlanta : 2/25/2020 10:47 pm : link
Brown is a stud but only way I would want this outcome is if they traded down to 7, picked up assets and he fell to them
Detroit may draft Brown  
Rjanyg : 2/25/2020 10:52 pm : link
They just released Snack and have a major need and the value seems to be there.
Tomlinson had 3.5 sacks  
bc4life : 2/26/2020 6:04 am : link
7 tackles for losses, 9 QB hits and even more QB hurries. Think he is underappreciated by many
We have to figure  
Darth Paul : 2/26/2020 6:24 am : link
out who got rid of the scouts first. Maybe one of them was looking at him?
small consideration  
Bill2 : 2/26/2020 7:21 am : link
Until the LW situation plays itself out, I would hope their are rumors of interest in Derrick Brown that find their way to LW's agents
RE: We have to figure  
Gatorade Dunk : 2/26/2020 8:15 am : link
In comment 14819360 Darth Paul said:
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out who got rid of the scouts first. Maybe one of them was looking at him?

I think their regional assignments were Northeast and Southwest. Although they can't have been much worse than their predecessors who scouted Jay Bromley and Owa Odighizuwa.

In any case, they'd have been unrelated to any scouting on Brown, I would think.
Brown would have been the responsibility of the SE regional guy ....  
Spider56 : 2/26/2020 11:53 am : link
I think his name is Steve Verderosa ...I was told he was responsible for all 3 of last years first rounders, plus Slayton and Big George... In 2018, he would have scouted Carter, BJ Hill, RJ and possibly Hernandez ... It’s clear he has DGs ear ... along with the all important SEC .
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