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Easley shows exceptional instincts to time the snap and a ferocious, balanced first step. He plays with wildly active hands, using them to fight and club in pass rush. He has powerful punches when anchoring against an offensive lineman in defending the run. Easley has a diverse pass-rush arsenal that involves his ability to beat you with quickness, speed, the ability to slither and find space, work you with his hands and in pursuit.

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He is a smaller defensive lineman (6-foot-1 ¾, 288 pounds), at the opposite end of the spectrum of past Patriots No. 1 picks like Richard Seymour (6-6, 317) in 2001, Ty Warren (6-5, 300) in 2003 and Vince Wilfork (6-2, 325) in 2004. If we went back in time to ‘01, ’03 or ’04, I don’t think Easley would have been viewed as a first-round value or ideal system fit. But playing defense in the spread-it-out NFL requires a different type of player, especially when the Patriots are in their sub packages between 65-70 percent of the time as they have been in recent years. When healthy, Easley can potentially create havoc as an interior rusher and that type of profile now carries added value.

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