Myles Garrett of the Texas A&M Aggies has more hype than Derek Barnett of the Tennessee Vols. But Barnett is the top defensive end in the 2017 NFL Draft.

For some reason, this is another one of those idiotic group think things that permeates throughout the media leading up to the NFL Draft.

When all the evidence tells you one thing, you’ll go with the group talk and do the exact opposite. That’s what professional franchises and NFL Draft experts are doing right now with two defensive ends coming out of the SEC: Myles Garrett and Derek Barnett.

This week, Garrett has been making his rounds on ESPN and throughout the media. He’s been the top projected defensive linemen in this draft for some time.

On the surface, it could make sense. Garrett and Barnett have similar stats, and Garrett has outperformed Barnett significantly in workouts.

So those workouts combined with the group talk somehow make him a clear-cut favorite over Barnett. But there are so many other factors at play.

And executives are missing all of them.

Book it right here. Barnett will be a way better NFL player than Garrett. In fact, barring some sort of freak incident, it won’t even be close.

Tennessee football fans know of their players being overlooked. Remember in 2003 when Jason Witten fell in the draft? And remember when he was considered a lesser Jeremy Shockey. Yeah, that was an idiot thing to think looking back.

This one will even be worse.

Barnett will create such a distance between himself and Garrett very soon in the league. And every “expert” will pretend like they never royally screwed up here.

These are the four biggest reasons Derek Barnett should go before Myles Garrett in the 2017 NFL Draft.