Last off-season, Hogs Haven published articles that focused on ranking position groups and head coaches in an effort to identify what the division would look like in 2018. This year, we’re going to look at the division again.
Interior DL play can be really difficult to quantify. These guys get more stats than, say, offensive lineman, but they are often the most invisible players on the field — especially in 2-gap systems, or where they often are simply asked to “eat space” by demanding double-teams to free up other players, in particular, linebackers, who rack up the tackling stats.