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NFL Draft 2017: Finding Playmaking Defensive Ends Based On Their College Production

We look at the college production of DE prospects in the 2017 NFL draft to try and find the players who could provide the biggest pass-rushing updgrade for the Cowboys.

Every year since 2011, I've used a metric called the 'Production Ratio' to assess who the potential playmakers in the draft might be (follow the links for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016). I did this in the hope that the Cowboys would invest their first-round pick in a defensive lineman, and while that hasn't been the case in the last six drafts, perhaps this is the year it finally happens.