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Chris Long can completely dominate the game from the defensive end position. Vern was a dominant rush end, but that was it. Chris Long is the only star on the Virginia defense, and was constantly double-teamed. Vern was playing with two other top-10 draft picks on that defense, not to mention Heyward and Washington, who very well could be future first-rounders. And most impressively, Chris Long was putting up ridiculous numbers and dominating offenses as a 3-4 end. Vern did everything as a 4-3 end. 3-4 ends aren't supposed to get sacks or tackles, they are supposed to eat blockers and allow linebackers to get ridiculously high tackle counts (see Dan Connor). But Long still put up 91 tackles and 15 sacks.
Gholston is an incredible player and probably has a higher ceiling. But right now, I don't know how you can pick against Chris Long.
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