If it's between the two passrushers, I'm going Thibs. Hutchinson's highlights on the above clip show a lot of instances where the entire Michigan D-line is demolishing the opposing O-line and racing to the QB to see who gets there first. I think that detracts a bit from it being just a Hutchinson highlight. Also saw some coverage sacks. That is highlighting his motor of continuing to try to get to the QB, but the ball should have been gone earlier on a couple of those plays shown so again I'm not as impressed with him specifically with that. Thibideaux's highlight reel above on the other hand had many more instances of him beating his guy and being the sole guy getting into the back field and to the QB and making a play. It's a lot more impressive to me. Also as mentioned on the comparison with each of their abilities to bend, it's a night and day difference for me. I don't watch a lot of college football, but based on the above clips it's pretty clear who the better prospect is.

If Thibs ends up being a problem for not wanting to be here, he won't show that for a couple of years and he better be one of the best pass rushers in the league if he thinks he has the leverage to force his way out. That's a lot of speculation and filling in the blanks to worry about at draft time. I wouldn't worry about it and if that scenario plays out at least you're getting multiple firsts for him in trade years down the road. I don't think it will happen though as I believe we'll be a functional, winning organization for many years beginning in the near future and guys don't tend to do that sort of thing when that's going on. I'll spend some more time looking at the two, but I'm not sure I need to based on what I just watched. Also need to look at Neal and some other top prospects before making my final call on who I think it should be, but Hutchinson probably shouldn't be number 1.

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