Styles's 43½-inch vertical jump was the highest by an off-ball linebacker at the combine since 2003 and the second-highest by any linebacker in that span behind Cameron Wake's 45½-inch jump in 2005. At 6-foot-5, 244 pounds, Styles, rated No. 7 on ESPN insider Mel Kiper Jr.'s big board, also had a 4.46 clocking in the 40-yard dash to go with an 11-foot-2-inch broad jump.
Defensive coordinator Daronte Jones should run a more creative, aggressive scheme. For that to work, the Washington Commanders desperately need to improve the personnel at their disposal. The Commanders believe Jones has the coaching prowess and schematic ideas to take this failing unit forward. While the bar isn't exactly high for that after two years of inept production under the previous defensive coordinator, Joe Whitt Jr., this gamble has to go well for head coach Dan Quinn. Otherwise, he'll be on the chopping block this time next year.