Stopping the run.
There’s been a long and heated debate on X of which 2025 DT is a better fit for the Cardinals: Derrick Harmon or Kenneth Grant.
The point of my Blue Dot Special project was to discern which top DTs in the 2025 NFL Draft are good at both stopping the run and rushing the passer.
Derrick Harmon was not one of them. Here’s the reason why:
Derrick Harmon’s tackling issues the past 3 seasons:
- 2024: ORE —- Tackling grade: 29.3. Missed tackle rate: 26.7%
- 2023: MST —- Tackling grade: 55.