Total Linebackers Selected in 1st Round (4.5, -250) – Under
UNDER. UNDER. UNDER. Please take the under. I know the line is a little steep at -200, but this one is worth it. There simply aren’t enough linebackers worthy of being drafted this high. Now, make sure your book considers Chase Young and Julian Okwara defensive ends, but this should be fairly routine. Isaiah Simmons, Kenneth Murray, and Patrick Queen are all nearly certain to go inside the top 32 selections.
Wisconsin EDGE/LB Zack Baun should also go. But the next true linebacker probably isn’t going inside the top 50 selections, making this a pretty safe bet. Even if Okwara is considered a linebacker, he doesn’t have the first round buzz that these other guys to. Lay the money. Lay it.
CONFIDENCE LEVEL: 5
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