There are two kinds of teams in the NFL: The one that has Micah Parsons, and the other ones that don’t.
Every other team in the league would love to have the Dallas Cowboys’ star pass rusher on their side of things instead of having to game-plan how to slow him down, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could land the second coming of Parsons in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.
One of the prospects routinely matched up with the Bucs in various mock drafts at their No. 26 overall pick is Penn State edge rusher Chop Robinson, and athletic and explosive defender with tons of potential.
In his scouting report for NFL.com, draft analyst Lance Zierlein chose Parsons for his NFL player comparison for Robinson:
Edge defender who offers the type of elite athleticism we’ve seen from players like Micah Parsons and Myles Garrett. Robinson might not be as fast as Parsons, but he’s close. He’s ultra-twitchy with the explosiveness to get on top of blockers and overwhelm them in an instant. However, he will need to level up his hand skills and attack angles to reach his potential against NFL tackles. Robinson’s electric athletic traits alone should give him a floor as a good NFL starter. If he crafts a rush approach and learns to string moves/counters together, he could reach his ceiling as a destructive force capable of forcing teams to game plan around him.
That’s obviously a lofty comparison for any rookie, especially one who isn’t expected to come off the board until the latter part of the first round. If NFL teams thought Robinson truly had the kind of upside that Parsons brought to Dallas, it’s hard to imagine he’d last that long on draft night.
If he does, the Bucs could land one of the biggest steals of the draft.
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