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NFL teams in need of immediate help on defense will have a tricky time finding it in the first round or two of this year's draft. As usual, edge rushers and cornerbacks are the most highly valued defensive players, but the best of those groups in this year's class doesn't quite stack up to their peers in recent drafts. Highly rated front seven players will be harder to find. Edge rushers Dallas Turner from Alabama and Jared Verse from Florida State headline the top defensive players available. The draft kicks off April 25 in Detroit.
