It’s unlikely the Eagles would spend a third consecutive first-round pick on a defensive tackle, but it's hard to deny the top of the 2024 draft class is as good as any over the last couple of years.
It’s unlikely the Eagles would spend a third consecutive first-round pick on a defensive tackle, but it's hard to deny the top of the 2024 draft class is as good as any over the last couple of years.
While Newton is a bit lean as a defensive tackle — he weighed in at 6-foot-2, 304 pounds at the NFL combine — his ability to win the leverage battle in the running game makes him more than just a one-dimensional, gap shooting player. Though he’s battling with Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy for the top defensive tackle spot, Newton’s body of work, not just this year, but over the last two years, show a future Pro Bowl talent at the NFL level.
A player who plays like a brawler, Clemson’s Orhorhoro has serious power in his hands that allow him to create separation against interior linemen in the run game. In fifth and final season with the Tigers, Orhorhoro matched his tackle for loss total of the last three seasons, with eight, but set a career high in sacks and had a pass run win rate of 8.7% per PFF, the highest of his career.
He measured in at the combine at 6-3, 283, which profiles more as a smaller defensive tackle rather than a bigger defensive end, running a 4.85-second 40, leaping 30½-inch vertical with a 9-3 broad jump. Still, his pass rushing ability, coupled with his length allows him to bench press both interior defensive linemen and tackles. His first-step quickness to threaten upfield enables him to make plays both as a pass rusher and run defender.
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