2026 Draft: Defensive Tackle

Clonamery · Mar 23, 2026

mayoclinic said:

It looks like you nearly have to double team him all the time.

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2026

Really exciting prospect.

DaBruinz · Mar 23, 2026

What rounds have Wood and Van Den Berg been graded as?

mayoclinic said:
Really exciting prospect.

dliverey44 · Mar 23, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Van Den Berg highlights

He looks like he explodes out of his stance. Me likey

A 1.61 10 yd

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2026

And a 4.19 SS.

We look at a 4.47 SS as elite for an OL. Mike Mayock used 4.20 as "good" for a DB.

Aaron Donald had a 1.63 10-split and a 4.39 SS. Milt Williams had a 1.65 10-split and a 4.33 SS. Neither was close to 310#.

Planet Theory.

mayoclinic · Mar 23, 2026

dliverey44 · Mar 23, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Zaylin Wood, Vandy, 6-0, 280

We have a new most athletic DT

Compare him to uber athletic Milton Williams

6-3 284
40: 4.67
10: 1.65
SS: 4.33
3C: 6.96
VJ: 38.5
BJ: 10-01
Bench: 34

Can we get this guy and Vander Berg, asking for a friend

Edit: I am my friend. LMAO

manxman2601 · Mar 24, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Kaleb Proctor, DT, SE Louisiana, 6-3, 280

He is the same size as Milton Williams coming out and if you squint and turn your head slightly, you can kind of see some Milton Williams to his game - Proctor is seriously twitched up. And although he's an FCS prospect, two of his nine sacks came against LSU so level of competition isn't necessarily an issue. I think, with that athleticism, Proctor could stand out at the Shrine game.

I made the admittedly ambitious comp a little while ago. It turns out, I'm not the only one to see it.

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

This is a good draft to need an athletic 3-tech to backup Milton Williams:

Landon Robinson
Jordan Van Den Berg
Rene Konga
Kaleb Proctor
Gracen Halton
Skyler Gil-Howard
Zane Durant
Tyler Onyedim

Username · Mar 25, 2026

manxman2601 said:

What's his tape like?

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

Username said:
What's his tape like?

I watched some and wasn’t blown away. Having said that, he does have the best pass rush win rate of all DTs in true pass sets.

mayoclinic · Mar 25, 2026

manxman2601 said:
This is a good draft to need an athletic 3-tech to backup Milton Williams:

Landon Robinson
Jordan Van Den Berg
Rene Konga
Kaleb Proctor
Gracen Halton
Skyler Gil-Howard
Zane Durant
Tyler Onyedim

Also Damonte Capehart. 9.96 RAS.

Capehart and Van den Berg are my personal favorites because they have the size and strength to play the 0, but also the athleticism to pressure and disrupt. But there are a lot of good options.

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Also Damonte Capehart. 9.96 RAS.

Capehart and Van den Berg are my personal favorites because they have the size and strength to play the 0, but also the athleticism to pressure and disrupt. But there are a lot of good options.

Capehart is more of a 1-tech rather than a 3. I'm talking explicitly about a penetrating 3-tech to back up Williams.

One-If-By-Sea · Mar 25, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Capehart is more of a 1-tech rather than a 3. I'm talking explicitly about a penetrating 3-tech to back up Williams.

Do we need a 1-tech to replace Tonga?

Clonamery · Mar 25, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
Do we need a 1-tech to replace Tonga?

No.

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
Do we need a 1-tech to replace Tonga?

Durden right? Backed up by Farmer. We don't really have an athletic backup for Williams.

Clonamery · Mar 25, 2026

manxman2601 said:
Durden right? Backed up by Farmer. We don't really have an athletic backup for Williams.

No coincidence that he played his best ball when Tonga went out.

VJCPatriot · Mar 25, 2026

Patriots had Kayden McDonald for a top 30 visit.

Now some mocks have him going to the Patriots at #31.

If the best value is a DT, would you like to see the Patriots draft Mcdonald?

Kayden interview with SI:

Kayden McDonald's Dominance Creates First-Round NFL Draft Buzz

Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald is the most physically dominant prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft. After winning a National Championship as a younger p

www.si.com

I dunno. He grades out as a top run stuffer. But not so much a pass rusher. Not sure if he's the best pick at #31 for us but I doubt he lasts till our 2nd round pick.

manxman2601 · Mar 25, 2026

VJCPatriot said:
Patriots had Kayden McDonald for a top 30 visit.

Now some mocks have him going to the Patriots at #31.

If the best value is a DT, would you like to see the Patriots draft Mcdonald?

Kayden interview with SI:

Kayden McDonald's Dominance Creates First-Round NFL Draft Buzz

Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald is the most physically dominant prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft. After winning a National Championship as a younger p

www.si.com

I dunno. He grades out as a top run stuffer. But not so much a pass rusher. Not sure if he's the best pick at #31 for us but I doubt he lasts till our 2nd round pick.

There's a bunch of caveats in what I'm about to say but i'm just thinking about how this pick would work.

Firstly, I don't think we draft Mcdonald nor should we.
Secondly, in what I'm going to say next, I'm not comparing players like for like, just how they impact the team.

What if Kayden Mcdonald becomes your Vince Wilfork type player (and again, I'm not suggesting he's going to be as good as Wilfork by any means).

And then, what if Milton Williams becomes your Richard Seymour.

I'm not suggesting we switch to a 2 gap 3-4, all I'm really trying to say is that Wilfork-Seymour were the mainstay of a championship D Line for nearly a decade and that's how I see a Mcdonald pick working for us should it happen.

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