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The Detroit Lions added some talent to the defensive line in the offseason. It’s a needed bolstering of what was one of the team’s weaker position groups in 2023. And 2022. And a few seasons before that, too.
The good news is that the Lions have two legit starting defensive tackles and some appreciable depth to play inside the tackle box on the defensive line. The downside is that there is only so much room on the 53-man roster for the position, and it’s going to almost certainly leave one or two players who have proven popular with fans on the outside looking in.
The focus here is on players who play the interior defensive line primarily. That excludes players like Aidan Hutchinson, Josh Paschal and James Houston, who fit more on the EDGE/DE role in Aaron Glenn’s defense but do sometimes play inside too.