Since we won’t all get to sit back and take in the much anticipated fireworks that would have come from a Luke Falk-Jake Browning showdown (swift recovery, Mr. Falk!) let’s refocus on five other key matchups this week that will have a seismic impact on the 2017 NFL Draft.

1) Auburn (RB, Kerryon Johnson and RB, Kamryn Pettway) at Alabama (DT Jonathan Allen and MLB Reuben Foster)

This will be the stiffest challenge the Bama interior defense faces all year. There’s nothing too fancy about what Auburn does- they run the ball down your throat. There are very few teams who would dare challenge that Alabama defense up the middle, so this could be a trap game for Alabama if they surprisingly get overpowered at the point of attack. Jonathan Allen is stepping up to be a top-3 drafted player this year, but he has a LOT to lose this week if he shows he is only an elite pass rushing force, but unable to play stout against the run.

2) Arkansas (OT, Dan Skipper) at Missouri (Edge, Charles Harris)

Harris was originally a top-half of the first round-level prospect, but aside from one monster game this season, has largely disappointed. In a draft pretty well stocked with pass rushing talent, Harris could easily slide out of the first round altogether. Trying to assist in that slide is 6’10” tackle Dan Skipper, best known for blocking FGs, but also trying to enter the conversation as a decent RT option in possibly the worst offensive line draft class to enter the draft, ever. Considering how bad some pro offensive lines have looked this season, and the complete dearth of talent at tackle, you get the feeling that one player with special attributes such as Skipper’s size might trick a team into taking him in the first or second round.

3) Notre Dame (WR, Equanimeous St. Brown) at USC (CB, Adoree Jackson)

I’ll spare you the Key & Peele joke and just go straight to the matchup. Jackson has been on fire this season, vaulting himself up into the top half of the first round draft consideration. But if DeShone Kizer, whose draft stock has plummeted during this tough season, can make enough plays to the lanky sophomore, Jackson’s size limitations might be exposed, and Kizer might start to make a case for reconsideration in the first round. He hasn’t had any reliable weapons outside of St. Brown, so if Jackson can take him out of the game, Kizer should continue to struggle, and his stock continue to drop.

4) Florida (DT, Caleb Brantley and LB, David Reese) at Florida State (RB, Dalvin Cook)

Fournette is the one being described as a generational talent, yet Cook is arguably the more explosive back, and has undeniably had the better season, amassing 1467 yards and 17 TDs. He faces a mean Florida team that just beat up the aforementioned Fournette, and now looks to embarrass their second straight first-round RB. Brantley continues to be a force at the line of scrimmage (and a likely first rounder himself) and David Reese has filled in admirably for the injured Jarrad Davis, especially against the run. I’m not certain they can do to Cook what they did to an injured Fournette, and this game could vault Dalvin into the top-10, and possibly ahead of Fournette in the upcoming draft.

5) Michigan (CB, Jourdan Lewis and S, Jabrill Peppers) at Ohio State (CB, Marshon Lattimore and S, Malik Hooker)

Obviously, the game of the week will determine a lot of the defensive alignment at the top of the draft. And while they aren’t technically facing off AGAINST each other, you know that having Lattimore and Hooker on one side, and Lewis and Peppers on the other will result in some serious one-upsmanship. Both offenses should find it incredibly difficult to move the ball through the air, which should only embolden the DBs to stand out and make ever more aggressive plays on the ball. Peppers’ stock can’t go much higher, but if he can do to the Ohio State offense what he’s been doing to the rest of the nation, it’s hard to imagine him dropping out of the top-5 in the 2017 NFL Draft.