DanaDane said:
Lynch should have stayed in school another year and tried to improve his draft position. Lot of marginal defensive ends and tackles going way ahead of him.
The things hurting Lynch probably couldn't be helped by staying which is there are questions about his athleticism in terms of how he tested. Also, all of his sacks were running around OT which he wont be able to do in the NFL. And if he came back Aranda would have him playing more gap control and protecting the LBs who are your playmakers in a traditional 3-4 versus what Snow did last year by using him, Roy, and Lockhart as the pass rushers and allowing the LBs to drop it coverage.
James unfortunately got a good grade from the NFL advisory board but once he started testing it gave scouts doubt.