 There seems to be a consensus that Auburns Derek Brown and South Carolina's Javon Kinlaw are the two top defensive tackles in this group. What is it about these two guys that sets them apart from everyone else in that group? You know both of these guys Amy are able to play the run and the pass you know pretty pretty much equally well. They're both they're both big physical guys they've got really good extension in other words they can make they can move the line of scrimmage. Now what you're always talking about with the line of scrimmage offensively or defensively is that if you're being successful you want to play on the other person's side of the line of scrimmage. Both of these guys have a lot of knockback to him. Brown is a little bit different in the fact that he is really really stout you know against the run and he's a really good horizontal player once he gets through the line of scrimmage. His chase ability at his size is really good. Kinlaw is longer than Brown is. He's longer, he's got more extension to him but still he is a disruptor and both of these guys can be centerpieces for defensive fronts you know for your for your team and that's why I think both of them and plus they both produced at a high level at a premier NCAA level. They're both southeastern conference players that week after week after week are playing against more of the same type of people they would be competing against in the national football league and so you've got a pretty good idea of what they can do on a consistent basis with their size, their knockback, their length and their athletic ability. Are there other defensive linemen that may not be of that elite status but still be of the caliber to be going in the first round? There's a group of really good guys in there that would be in the middle to bottom of the first round. A guy like a Ross Blacklock from PCU. You hear about guys that are making moves you know before the draft Blacklock is one of those guys. When you watch him in Gary Patterson's defense he played out of a four-point stance. He had both hands on the ground. He was charged sometimes with two gapping things but you can just envision his athletic ability if you get him into a three-point stance whether it's a right handed or a left handed three-point stance that this guy could play in either an even or an odd front. Let's talk about some of these day two picks. I would assume that there are a lot of guys that teams could get. Justin Madibuke from Texas A&M I think is one of the top guys on the next day. 6-2, 6-3 and change, 300 and some odd pounds showed really good first explosive step in his measurables at the combine. Had a nice year in A&M's defense and he is a guy that I think is on a lot of folks radar and I mentioned Marlon Davidson who was Derek Brown's teammate at Auburn. He would be somebody right there in that second to third round that would be hanging around. What about players that may be on the bubble and that could end up being really good value players? Laryl Mercheson that's at North Carolina State 6-2, 294 pounds he's a red shirt senior. He needs upper body strength he plays a little bit upright but he's got some contact balance but he's undersized he lacks a strong anchor but if you're gonna move your defensive front this is a guy you might want. Leaky Foto from Utah. Now this is a 6'5, 337 pound guy he plays a little upright which a lot of big guys do because they think they can just stand up kind of like a bear just maul people. Third one that I might go in there Jordan Elliott out of Missouri he's a red shirt junior and he's got some quickness. Now there's a lot to his game that he's got a refine but he's another guy that you might want to look at. The last guy for me is Jason Strobridge from North Carolina. 6'4, 267 pounds he's a red shirt senior he's long he's large he's an interior player and he just needs more lower body master anchor he's got some quickness and some traits to develop. Rick Juan Davis from Alabama. 6'7, 312 pounds so he can eat up space he's just not as fluid in the hips and explosion that you'd like to see but I think there's some developmental things there that you can do to help him in his particular role and later on in the draft McTelvin Ajean from Arkansas he's a developmental D-Line when a lot of room to grow for him in this position because he played outside in 2018 moved to inside on that D-Line last year in Arkansas defense so he's still got some upside in learning there. Give me a player too that may have really caught your eye someone that maybe Titans fans should make sure that they're aware of and keep their eyes on. Richard Lawrence out of LSU 6'2.5, 311 pounds he's a down the line guy there's a guy at Ole Miss named Josiah Cotney that's 6'3, 311 pounds. James Lynch from Baylor 6'4, 285 smart football IQ guy doesn't have all of the athletic measurables that you'd like but I think he has the experience and he's played in some different spots. Bravion Roy from Baylor he's not prototypical size for a nose tackle he's 6'1, 320 but he has a really good first step and he's very athletic.