If college football recruiting can invent “athlete” as a new position, maybe it’s time for NFL teams to create space to add “playmaker” on their depth charts.
It’s difficult to imagine that either Utah’s Devin Lloyd or Georgia’s Nakobe Dean would object. For now, those two first-team All-Americans are pigeonholed as inside linebackers and thus some teams focused on positional value will rule out both as top-10 picks, ignoring the kind of impact Micah Parsons made as a rookie.
Call them “linebackers” if you want, but the numbers on Lloyd and Dean suggest they are “playmakers” above all else. Leaders, too. The Giants haven’t drafted a first-round linebacker since Carl Barks in 1984 — a drought that could stop now that defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has influence. Martindale spent the past 10 seasons with the Ravens, who are known for developing Ray Lewis, Bart Scott, Mosley into Pro Bowlers.
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