The Los Angeles Rams took a leap of faith last offseason by landing Ndamukong Suh in free agency after he was cut by the Miami Dolphins. His fit in the Rams’ 3-4 defense was questionable after playing in a 4-3 his entire career, but he made it work with great versatility.
Suh was disappointing as a pure nose tackle during the regular season, but he played well as a defensive end and stepped up in the playoffs when the Rams needed him most. With Suh being a free agent this offseason, though, Los Angeles will be looking for a replacement.
The free-agent class is chock full of options at nose tackle and the Rams could not only get younger at the position, but also cheaper. Continuing our positional breakdown of free agency, we take a look at six nose tackles the Rams should target.
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Bennie Logan, Titans
Logan’s usage in Tennessee was certainly strange. After being a starter for the Eagles and Chiefs in the past, Logan didn’t start a single game for the Titans in 2018. He recorded just 14 tackles and didn’t have a single sack or tackle for loss in 15 games played. He has experience playing nose tackle in a 3-4 defense, doing so when the Eagles deployed that front from 2013-15 before switching to a 4-3 in 2016.
He’d step in right away as a starter at nose tackle, replacing Ndamukong Suh and likely upgrading the run defense. He was phenomenal for the Chiefs in 2017 at that very spot, recording 52 tackles (nine for loss) and 1.5 sacks in 15 games, 12 of which he started.