Clemson safety Tanner Muse joked this week that the defensive linemen on the team were disgruntled earlier this season when the Tigers played mostly three-man fronts, but are now in a better mood as they have been lining up with four linemen more often of late.
“We were in a three-man front most of the year, and it kind of got them all tore up a little bit,” Muse said. “So, just having them grow into and having that four-man front, they’re really starting to enjoy it and have their little fun now.”
Of course, Clemson’s defensive line entered the season as the biggest question mark on that side of the ball for the Tigers after they lost all four starters up front to the NFL.