Hicks rated 3rd best interior D-linemen in the league

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Notable that there are three DTs from the NFC North on that list: The Packers' Kenny Clark and Detroit's Damon "Snacks" Harrison (both of whom I believe are underrated, btw). Kenny Clark in particular I am always a little concerned with.
 

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Not clickbaiting through the list but I assume Aaron Donald and Fletcher Cox were 1 and 2?
 

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Not clickbaiting through the list but I assume Aaron Donald and Fletcher Cox were 1 and 2?

If you come directly after those guys...

you deserve a top 100 appearance. Maybe he finally gets recognized this time. Did we trade the only guy that ever appeared there?

I could see Cohen getting a shout out as #100.
 

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Apparently, his former D-line coach in New Orleans (who also happens to be the fired-after-2018 d-line coach in Los Angeles), wanted him to play end, frustrating him somewhat:

Akiem Hicks Exit from Saints Article
 

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If Brady is the 9th best QB, Donald should be 9th on this list.
 

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Apparently, his former D-line coach in New Orleans (who also happens to be the fired-after-2018 d-line coach in Los Angeles), wanted him to play end, frustrating him somewhat:

Akiem Hicks Exit from Saints Article
He didnt have a consistent motor for us. Trading him probably woke him up. He has become what Saints fans always wanted him to be.
 

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If Hicks had to travel that road through life to reach where he is now then was it so bad after all? Sometimes people are blinded by circumstance instead of seeing the forest through the trees. Everyone gets gut checks in life. Its how you come out the other end that counts.
 

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