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Diante Lee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2910 total appearances

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The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And because he is only 240 pounds, even if he adds eight to 10 pounds this offseason, maybe he's in the low 250s.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And that's just a really small type of edge rusher to be playing on early downs, especially young before you really learn how you can use your body to your advantage.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

It is tricky.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I don't want to position this as though, hey, great athlete, sick player, you're going to love the whole highlight splash reel when he is drafted and you don't have to worry about this.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

There are a lot of ways in which this can go sideways or get a little awry for this team.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

But again, I just think the instincts, what you see on tape,

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Almost everything he does well will instantly translate, I think, to being a difference making talent, potentially a difference making talent in the league.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And if you're asking me to choose between him as a project or Ruben Ben, who's got outlier arm length, I know we'll get to or David Bailey, who's another kind of smaller guy, not the greatest against the run all the time.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I'm just going to make my bet that the freakiest athlete, you know, this is a planet theory thing for me.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I'm going to make a bet that the freakiest athlete with the most versatile skill set can end up hitting, you know, maybe more than some of the other guys he's competing with for the number two pick.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I kind of laid it out right in the mock draft, and I do genuinely believe this.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

If you're going to tell me what the biggest failing of Arizona's time was in the Kyler Murray era, it's that they were never able to get the offensive trenches together.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And if you're asking me what kind of impact that had, ultimately it led to this team asking Kyler Murray to be a superhero.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And for all his physical gifts, I just think it was too much weight.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And I think that if you're honestly evaluating, if you're the ownership, if you're GM Monty Austin for it, and you're sitting down and you're just looking at,

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

What has this been over the last half decade?

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And how can we make sure that this doesn't happen again when we take a quarterback?

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Making sure that you can protect the guy, that you can build a stable run game around whoever the next quarterback is should be the top priority.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And I think that Francis Maui Noah, and I'm a big upside guy in the draft too, right?

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Like Francis Maui Noah, another young player who's been good for as long as he's been starting.