Derek Barnett

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(01-02-2017, 11:00 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: He's strong as hell, relentless, and plenty fast to line up at any position on the defensive line and make an impact.  You don't do what he did in college against top tier o-linemen without having a special skill set.  

The only other players that I would rank as high in his spot are Garrett from Texas A&M and Bama's Jonathon Allen.  Any one of those three would be an immediate impact on the Bengals defense and I would imagine one of them will be there at #9.

Should all three of them be gone, then one of the RBs, either Fournette or Cook, will be there and I might consider one of them to replace Hill.  

His strength doesn't show up in the run game.  He gets no movement at all when man on man and can't disengage.  He doesn't show any kind of a bull rush, either.  He's a good tackler in pursuit, but I haven't seen him beat anybody with his strength.  

Watched his Florida film, and the first alarming thing was that Florida ran a screen right at him while he was doing his bread and butter outside rush for a TD.  After watching Alabama exploit this tendency, including running a reverse for a TD against him, it's pretty clear that Barnett doesn't have a good feel for backside containment.  In a standard 4-3 alignment, he did nothing.  When they went to a Wide 9 alignment in the second half to help keep the T from squaring up on him, he had a sack and a couple of pressures.

Bottom line with Barnett is that he only seems to be effective if he can keep from getting the OL squared up on him.  He shows no stack and shed ability.  He doesn't have a bull rush or inside counter move, and is almost totally dependent on his outside rush,meaning he will need inside pressure to be effective.  He basically reminds me of a DE version of Deltha O'NeaL.  He makes some flashy plays, but he gives up a lot, too.