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2017 NFL Mock Draft: Mitch Trubisky Falls Out of Round 1

By Carl Cockerham

Sep 24, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) passes the ball during the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2016; Chapel Hill, NC, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) passes the ball during the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 22, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Tim Williams (56) sacks Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Trevor Knight (8) during the third quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2016; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Tim Williams (56) sacks Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Trevor Knight (8) during the third quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

Ryan Grigson was finally fired after repeatedly letting quarterback Andrew Luck down over his career. After picking Luck in 2012, he hasn’t put anything around him, missing on all of this first-round picks. Whoever gets the job in his place will know the offense isn’t the problem. <p>There are a lot of holes in that defense, which is why there weren’t too good of a unit in 2016. They couldn’t stop the run or the pass so you could pick a player at any level of the defense. Robert Mathis has announced his retirement this offseason so replacing him is one option.</p><div class=. OLB. Alabama. Tim Williams. 14. player. 46

You have to be able to get after the quarterback in order to win in today’s pass-happy NFL. Alabama outside linebacker Tim Williams is a talent that’s too good to pass up here at No. 14. Williams’ get-off and burst off the edge is comparable to legendary outside linebacker Derrick Thomas.

He would fit in well there, giving left tackles fits with the crowd noise they have in Lucas Oil Stadium. When he’s not leaving these left tackles in their stance, he’s drawing false starts. It will be that much harder to keep up with the Colts offense at Lucas Oil with Williams there.

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Tim Williams

OLB, Alabama

Indianapolis Colts
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Ryan Grigson was finally fired after repeatedly letting quarterback Andrew Luck down over his career. After picking Luck in 2012, he hasn’t put anything around him, missing on all of this first-round picks. Whoever gets the job in his place will know the offense isn’t the problem.

There are a lot of holes in that defense, which is why there weren’t too good of a unit in 2016. They couldn’t stop the run or the pass so you could pick a player at any level of the defense. Robert Mathis has announced his retirement this offseason so replacing him is one option.

You have to be able to get after the quarterback in order to win in today’s pass-happy NFL. Alabama outside linebacker Tim Williams is a talent that’s too good to pass up here at No. 14. Williams’ get-off and burst off the edge is comparable to legendary outside linebacker Derrick Thomas.

He would fit in well there, giving left tackles fits with the crowd noise they have in Lucas Oil Stadium. When he’s not leaving these left tackles in their stance, he’s drawing false starts. It will be that much harder to keep up with the Colts offense at Lucas Oil with Williams there.

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