I'm not sure why he isn't but he has the best production coming out of college for an edge rusher since Khalil Mack, and he did it in the SEC. He's great against the run and dynamic as a pass rusher, and I've even seen him legit drop back in coverage and cover TE down the seem well. The ONLY thing I see he may lack is power, just because I don't see him bull rush often, and arm length, which has been proven to hardly even matter. If we let Barnett slip pass us on some NFL conventional wisdom crap we are stupid. Barnett gives me the same feeling I had watching Mack back in 2013 where he can do it all at an extremely high level on the field, and it would be extremely Jaguars to pass on him at 4. The only player I would not be upset with us picking Barnett over is Jonathan Allen, any less than that and we are once again the fools of the league.

 

All I see people focusing on is Garrett and Allen and then after that people start talking about RBs and Safeties...fooey. I think Barnett is a better player than Garrett. and is a better player than either RB and people are sleep. If he blows up the combine athletically Dave better sprint to the podium with his name on the card.

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