MOBILE, Ala. — Jeff Okudah, Derrick Brown or Isaiah Simmons?

Assuming LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and Ohio State defensive end Chase Young go 1-2 in April’s NFL draft, that’s the decision the Detroit Lions could be facing with the No. 3 pick.

Do they take a shutdown cornerback who’s not afraid to get his nose dirty in the run game like Okudah? Do they beef up the interior of their defensive line with a player like Brown, who drew a favorable comparison to Ndamukong Suh from Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy? Or do they take the ultimate chess piece in Simmons, the Clemson safety/linebacker who’s ready to blow up at the combine?

The Tua Tagovailoa debate will last until April, and a trade (up or down) is always a possibility, but I asked NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks, a former scout, to evaluate Okudah, Brown and Simmons, and their fit for the Lions this week at the Senior Bowl.

For Brooks, the decision was easy.

“If I’m the Detroit Lions, obviously they’re a team that plays man-to-man as much as anybody with the exception of the New England Patriots, so I would consider taking a corner that is a proven corner like a Jeff Okudah from Ohio State because he’s the best one in the draft,” Brooks said. “I know the Lions have not taken a corner in the first round since Terry Fair, but if you just talk about ranking players, I’m thinking cornerback being a major area of need, I would go cornerback or I would go pass rusher, and the only pass rusher I would consider up there would be Chase Young.”

Okudah and Young were the cornerstones of an Ohio State defense that ranked fourth nationally in points allowed.

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Young is considered the best pass-rush prospect since Von Miller and would be a no-brainer for the sack-deprived Lions if he made it to No. 3. If he’s not there, Brooks said Okudah is a game-changing talent as well.

“If I could compare him to somebody, I’d compare him to a Darrelle Revis,” Brooks said. “And the reason I would compare him to Revis is because for all the things that Revis was, he was solid and consistent each and every day until he got old. So if you got an opportunity to get a player that you know that I can put out there and he’s going to be able to do that, I would line up (to take him).”

Revis, a four-time first-team All-Pro, is likely headed to the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in a few years. He had 29 career interceptions and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, when Lions coach Matt Patricia was his defensive coordinator.

The Lions return Darius Slay and slot cornerback Justin Coleman as starters, but must replace Rashaan Melvin on the outside. Pairing Okudah and Slay, at least for one season — Slay is entering the final season of his contract and is a trade candidate this offseason — would give them a potentially dominant cornerback unit.

“You talk about (recent high first-round picks) Denzel Ward and Marshon Lattimore, I think you can throw him up there and you could possibly rank him the best of those guys that came out of Ohio State,” Brooks said.

Ward, the No. 4 pick in the 2018 draft, made the Pro Bowl as a rookie. Lattimore, the No. 11 choice in 2017, is a two-time Pro Bowl selection.

As good as Okudah is, the Lions could fill an even bigger need by drafting Brown, the big defensive tackle from Auburn.

Both Mike Daniels and A’Shawn Robinson are pending free agents, Damon Harrison is still mulling retirement, and the defensive line was one of the season’s biggest disappointments.

Brown is considered the No. 1 interior lineman in the draft, though South Carolina’s Javon Kinlaw isn’t far behind after a strong Senior Bowl.

The problem, Brooks said, is that Brown won’t provide the same sort of Year 1 impact as Okudah.

“The thing about interior (linemen), typically it takes them a little longer to make that immediate impact,” Brooks said. “Based on where Bob (Quinn) and Matt would be, they need immediate bang for the buck. So I think it might be harder to go in that route.”

Simmons could have a sizable Year 1 impact as someone who Brooks said can play “anywhere in the second level.”

Simmons, 6-feet-4 and 230 pounds, had eight sacks, three interceptions and 104 tackles this season while playing an outside linebacker/safety hybrid position at Clemson.

“Whether it’s safety, in the middle, anywhere in the box. Blitzing off the edge. He can do all those things,” Brooks said. “The only thing is, when you take a player like that, the temptation is to try and do too much. If the Lions took him, could Matt Patricia have a clear plan for, this is how I’m going to play him where I can get the most out of him in Year 1?”

He said he expects Simmons to have his biggest impact as a box defender in 2020.

“His speed is immense. It’s incredible,” he said. “His ability to come off the edge and blitz and do some of those other things, I would keep him in the box. I don’t think he’s necessarily a true safety. I think he can make his biggest impact near the line of scrimmage.”

Whatever the choice, the Lions, coming off a 3-12-1 season and with a win-now mandate from ownership, need a home run with their first-round pick.

“You got to get a dude,” Brooks said. “In this one, the most important part is like, you can’t miss. You got to get a player.”

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