I want to know Kinlaw's medicals, but if they're good, I picked him
I watched Derrick Brown last night as a palate cleanser from a bunch of day 2 prospects (Davidson, Blacklock, Lawrence), to see if all the hate on him is really warranted. To a degree, I think it is. He's fast off the line, but that lack of lateral agility is totally present and you never see him getting skinny through gaps.
What gets him by is his just flat-out unreal strength, where he literally takes 300lb SEC athletes and throws them around like ragdolls. Most of his pressures come on bull rushes, or times when the guard doesn't cover the gap fast enough and he can just out-run them.
And his run defense is just on another universe from anyone in this class. You're going to have to double team him cause he will destroy your run play if left single-blocked, but he caves in double-teams just as easily. He gets off blocks and makes plays really, really well too, even on double teams, even down the LOS. Scariest run defender I've seen in a while.
On the whole, I would say he's a more impactful pass rusher than Gallimore, Blacklock, Davidson, and Rashard Lawrence, just because he wins so consistently as a pocket pusher. Madibuike is the only tier 2 DT on his level as a pass rusher, but Kinlaw's a step above him. As a run defender, he is probably 5x above Kinlaw and Blacklock and 50x above anyone else.
On the whole, I would say Brown is Vita Vea or Dexter Lawrence, and Kinlaw is potentially Chris Jones or David Irving. Kinlaw's the more valuable prospect, but if you think Brown isn't worth #17 then you had better have the other DTs in this class ranked real low, because he is clearly superior to every tier 2 guy.