2026 Scouting Combine: Defensive Tackles Are More Important Than Ever. How Does This Class Measure Up?

Back in 2024, I hypothesized with my good friend Greg Cosell of NFL Films and ESPN's "NFL Matchup" that interior defensive ...

The impact of athletic defensive tackles could sway how teams address their defensive lines moving forward

Where NFL offenses have adjusted is by getting bigger up front and leaning into the gap scheme runs over the wide zone runs that dominated the NFL around 2018. In the 2020s, the man/gap run rate ...

The Cold, Hard Truth - The 3-4 Defense Could be Making a Comeback (by @Tiller56)

A few weeks ago, I wrote this article saying how I believe Washington has the personnel to fit better into a base 4-3 rather than a 3-4. Yesterday both Adam Peters and Dan Quinn spoke at the NFL ...
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2026 Combine preview: Defensive tackle

McClellan looks the part of an NFL defensive tackle with a good combination of power and quickness. He recorded 48 tackles from the interior for the Tigers last season with 8.0 tackles for loss and ...