Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-05)

28 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

JAGUARS

AIDAN

HUTCHINSON

EDGE

MICHIGAN

With offensive

needs addressed

in free agency,

Jacksonville

can add

Hutchinson,

allowing first-

year defensive

coordinator

Mike Caldwell

to lean on the

four-man rush.

LIONS

KAYVON

THIBODEAUX

EDGE

OREGON

He didn’t match

Hutchinson’s

statistical

production

in 2021 , but

Thibodeaux’s

speed and

flexibility on

the edge make

him just as

much of a pass-

rush threat.

TEXANS

KYLE

HAMILTON

SAFETY

NOTRE DAME

It’s Nick Caserio’s

show now in

Houston, and if

there’s one thing

the GM learned

from his time

in New England

it’s the value

of versatile,

instinctive

defenders like

Hamilton.

JETS

IKEM

EKWONU

OFFENSIVE

TACKLE

NC STATE

Building around

QB Zach Wilson

remains the

No. 1 priority for

the Jets, and

Ekwonu, despite

some occasional

lapses in pass

protection, could

become a star at

right tackle.

GIANTS

EVAN

NEAL

OFFENSIVE

TACKLE

ALABAMA

There are rough

edges around his

game, but Neal is

huge and nimble,

and he comes

with an Alabama

pedigree. He’d

give the Giants

the kind of long-

term answer they

need up front. FRO

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