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4 takeaways from Todd McShay’s 2020 NFL mock draft

By Bryan Perez

SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 07: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his first quarter touchdown throw against the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi's Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CA - JANUARY 07: Tua Tagovailoa #13 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his first quarter touchdown throw against the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship presented by AT&T at Levi's Stadium on January 7, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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Chase Young, Grant Delpit battle for top defensive prospect

COLLEGE PARK, MD – NOVEMBER 17: Chase Young #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on prior to the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Capital One Field on November 17, 2018 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
COLLEGE PARK, MD – NOVEMBER 17: Chase Young #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on prior to the game against the Maryland Terrapins at Capital One Field on November 17, 2018 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images) /

The NFL will always be about the passing game, so naturally, the top defensive prospects usually come in the form of pass rushers and defensive backs. That’s the case in McShay’s mock draft with Ohio State’s Chase Young and LSU’s Grant Delpit as the top two defensive players off the board.

McShay has Delpit as the No. 3 pick and Young as No. 4.

We touched on Chase Young’s upside here, and if he takes the kind of developmental step that’s expected of him in 2019, he should end up the most coveted defender in the class. But he has to take that step.

Delpit, on the other hand, is ready for the NFL right now. He’s a Swiss army knife in the secondary and, barring injury, will be a top-five pick.

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