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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunshinepacker" data-source="post: 810483" data-attributes="member: 9033">Wouldn't go near Sweat with a high first-round pick. Interesting comment from PFF; Sweat had 44 pressures this year, 30th among edge players in college this year, and of those 44, 17 were either unblocked or clean-up (i.e., not really him doing the work). He might improve substantially in the NFL but I think there are probably a few edge rushers available ahead of him.I'd replace Sweat in your list with Brian Burns or Jachai Polite. If those aren't available then I'd take Thompson at S ahead of Sweat.As for DE, I would also add Ed Oliver and Christian Wilkins into the discussion. I really think that, outside of Thompson, the Packers REALLY need a legitimate pass rushing threat off the edge to help improve this defense. The only really great pass rusher on the team is Clark and he's "great" by the standard of a DT (not named Aaron Donald); Clark can collapse the pocket but he needs someone to provide some edge pressure to keep QBs from just moving to the side. While it's unrealistic to expect to draft a player as good as Mack, he does provide a great illustration of just how much better an elite edge rusher can make a defense.</blockquote>

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