Drafting an inside linebacker who probably needs some sort of medication for anger issues may seem like a gamble at No. 11. Ask the Baltimore Ravens how they feel about having drafted a sketchy middle linebacker with character issues in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft.

There were many knocks on Ray Lewis coming out of Miami. There are more on Vontaze Burfict, but the upside is there.

Pairing Burfict, whose violent hits have marked college football for the last two seasons, with the athletic Derrick Johnson would be epic. Romeo Crennel will want to toughen up his defense. This is a way to do it.