(Un)popular draft opinion - CB isn't the priority you think it is

" Evans has elite pass rushing skills and is easily the best pass rushing inside linebacker in this draft. He lined up as an edge rusher in third-down passing situations all season for Alabama, sometimes as a standing rusher, sometimes in a three-point stance."

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" Where Tremaine Edmunds and Roquan Smith are incredibly raw, Evans is a capable edge rusher. This relates to the aforementioned Nick Saban quote in expanding Evans’ role as an edge-rusher."

Saban felt he could EDGE rush just fine, and the stats in rushing are pretty good. So...

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