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2017 NFL Mock Draft: Aftermath of Greatest Super Bowl

By Carl Cockerham

Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; A general view of the stage and podium before the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; A general view of the stage and podium before the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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NCAA Football: Furman at Michigan State
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player. 50. QB Matthew Stafford is playing the best football of his career now and has lifted his Detroit Lions. He almost snuck his Lions past the Green Bay Packers to win the NFC North. If not for Aaron Rodgers going Aaron Rodgers down the stretch, Stafford may have pulled it off. <p>So what the Lions need is to do something to stop Rodgers from doing that on them. The best way to do that is to pressure him, hit him, get him off his spot and plain out sack him. The Lions had trouble doing that last year, especially with Ezekiel Ansah struggling with injuries.</p> <p>The Lions will get a healthy Ansah back in 2017 so he can get back to his disruptive ways. But he needs help for the Lions to put the kind of pressure they need to put on Rodgers. The best place to give Ansah that help is inside and Malik McDowell is a good candidate for that.</p> <p>The 6’5″, 280-pound McDowell can easily put 10 to 15 pounds on and go to the three-technique. His quick first step and long arms will help him bring the pressure to opposing QBs faces. Ansah would then have his help and QBs like Rodgers would have a much harder time in the pocket.</p>. DT. Michigan State. Malik McDowell. 21

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