Touchdown Wire’s pre-combine mock draft: Chase Young, Jerry Jeudy are pivot points

Everybody does mock drafts, most everybody does more than one, and every mock draft is done for different reasons. To get clicks? Well, duh. That would be reason No. 1, dear reader. Let’s not be arch about this. That aside, what we’re trying to do …

9. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-10): Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn

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The Jaguars have a clear and obvious need at cornerback, but they can address that with the first-round pick they got from the Rams in the Jalen Ramsey trade. But Jacksonville also must address a run defense that finished 31st in Football Outsiders’ metrics and allowed 5.31 running back yards per carry. Enter Derrick Brown, who can disassemble any blocker he faces with freaky quickness, grown-man strength, and the kind of legitimate versatility that every NFL defensive coordinator wants these days. Brown’s 13 sacks and 33.5 tackles for loss over four seasons? You can put that in a big box of “whatever,” turn on YouTube, and go watch him hunt. He’s the NFL’s next great defensive interior lineman, and few teams are more in need than the Jaguars.

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