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Defensive Tackles in Jim Schwartz System

I've been seeing alot of mock drafts having the Browns select massive nose tackles Mazi Smith, Siaki Ika and that led me to wondering does Jim Schwartz's system really utilize these huge players. So thanks to pro football reference I've gone through all 19 years of he's been a DC or Head Coach and took a look at the primary starters at the position for his teams.

2001 Tennesse -Jason Fisk 6-3 295 , Josh Evans 6-3 280

2002- John Thorton 6-3 297, Henry Ford 6-3 295

2003- Albert Haynesworth- 6-6 335, Robaire Smith 6-5 310

2004- Haynesworth, Kevin Carter 6-6 305

2005- Haynesworth, Randy Starks- 6-4 305

2006- Haynesworth, Starks/Smith

2007- Haynesworth, Tony Brown 6-3 283

2008-Haynesworth, Brown

2009 Detroit- Grady Jackson 6-2 345, Samie Lee Hill 6-4 331

2010- Suh 6-4 314, Corey Williams 6-4 320

2011- Suh, Williams

2012- Suh, Williams/ Nick Fairley 6-4 291

2013- Suh, Fairley

2014 Buffalo- Kyle Williams 6-1 303 , Marcell Dareus 6-3 331

2016 Philadelphia- Fletcher Cox 6-4 310, Bennie Logan 6-2 315

2017- Cox, Timmy Jernigan 6-2 295

2018- Cox, Haloti Ngata 6-4 340 - Jernigan Hurt

2019- Cox, Jernigan

2020- Cox, Javon Hargrave 6-2 305

My main takeaways here is outside of Haynesworth the big 330 pound plus players are all one and done players for Schwartz. Unless something changes I don't expect to see us spending major draft capital on guys like Smith and Ika.

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