STRENGTHS
Jaylon just might be the best PURE pass rusher in this draft. He has excellent size and the burst off the line that can make him a special player for the team that selects him in the very near future. Jaylon can play more than one position in your defense and in different styles of defense also. He uses mature pass rushing techniques and along with his length and burst off the line is a pass rusher extraordinaire. He is stout against the run and with his athletic talent to play on or off the line, standing up or in a three-point stance, along with his length, Jaylon should be considered as one of the top defensive players in this draft.
CONCERNS
I feel that Jaylon’s impact will be as a defensive end in a 4/3 defense but he has the talent to play as an edge rusher in a 3/4 with the athletic talent to drop off the line of scrimmage. Problem is he seems to mentally… be more excited to attack the line of scrimmage and less excited dropping off the line into coverage because he knows that it lessens his impact. At times Jaylon seems disinterested when the play goes away from him playing in the linebacker role. He has to show more consistent effort no mater what position he is playing to reach his full potential at the next level. That’s a maturity issue and one that could affect him on and off the field.
TALENT BOARD ROUND 1.46
Jaylon reminds me a lot of Former Patriots and now Browns Jamie Collins. Jamie impacts when he is on the line scrimmage in a three-point stance but use him as a linebacker off the line of scrimmage and he disappears and it lessens his impact. Some of it has to do with football IQ and some of it has to do with simply a mentality to attack the line of scrimmage instead of not attacking the line of scrimmage. Patriots traded Jamie because he didn’t fit their system and not because he didn’t impact. I see Jaylon in the same way fitting a system that he wants to fit in or he too will not impact. If I’m right that means Jaylon could be selected in any round in this draft and the teams who use a 4/3 system and need a defensive end who can impact will rate him higher than those that do not. Jaylon has the potential to be as impacting a pass rusher and defensive lineman as any who have played the game but if you’re not going to use him on the line of scrimmage than you just might be wasting your time selecting him because mentally that’s what Jaylon wants to do…RUSH THE PASSER. So, I suggest you select him and let him do just that.
