I like Parsons a lot but 4-3 Lbers shouldn't be so hard to find. I don't know how much I love using a top 5 pick on an off the ball LBer. History in the NFL doesn't really support it either. But I tend to trust a LBer out of a school like Penn State. I don't think he has much bust potential.
Rousseau is the most intriguing to me but I feel ok about Lawrence amd Gregory. It's the interior of our Dline that stanks. Still love the kids length and production. And the more pass rushers the better always.
By the way, if you want to fix the run defense I would consider Shelvin with a high second round pick. He is your classic space eater inside. 340+ pound DT out of LSU opted out this season I believe. I think he would pair exceptionally with Hill and Gallimore to shore up the inside long term.
I generally agree about LB but you go where the talent is.
I don't love the idea of going OL in the 1st but if we're sitting at 3 and can't trade down for a bounty I'm not reaching for another position just because. I think Parsons is the most sure thing after Sewell, so that's where I'd go if Sewell is off the board.
He looks like the next great LB in the mold of Wagner/Kuechly, etc., a LB version of Jamal Adams in a way, and he brings an added dimension of pass rush/blitzing ability. He was a DE in HS and got moved to LB as a freshman at Penn St., so he still has some of that ability/technique, not as a pure edge rusher by any means, but a souped up ability to blitz as a LB.
I always thought the Jaylon Smith pass rush stuff was kind of nonsense, but with Parsons I could easily see him putting up 4-6 sacks a year with consistency. Smith put up 4.5 sacks in 3 years at Notre Dame, Parsons put up 6.5 in 2, and actually has that history from HS of being a straight up DE.
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