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NFL Mock Draft 2017: Could Jets take David Harris' replacement at No. 6?

There is a chance the Jets this offseason will cut longtime middle linebacker David Harris, a move that would create $6.5 million in salary cap space, with no dead money attached.

So how would they replace him? Might they draft an inside linebacker at No. 6?

That's the projection from NFL Media's Charley Casserly, a former general manager who served as a consultant for the Jets' coach and general manager searches in 2015.

In his first mock draft, Casserly has the Jets taking Alabama inside linebacker Reuben Foster at No.