The Dallas Cowboys have no plans to change their draft philosophy when it comes to run-stopping defensive tackles – don’t invest a first-round pick on them.
Nose tackle isn’t a premium position in the Tampa 2 scheme that defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli runs.
“If you’re talking about a pure nose, I don’t see that changing for us,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said on Tuesday from the NFL Scouting Combine.
“I think we just feel like in Rod’s system that we can get the job done without a big, first-round nose, if that’s all he really is.