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Go Birds! 2026 Draft Preview: Defensive Tackle Rankings

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The 2026 NFL Draft is just around the corner which means it is time to dig into the prospects that could become Eagles very soon. In today’s episode Eliot Shorr-Parks breaks down the top defensive tackle prospects in the draft and debates which ones could be potential fits for the Eagles defensive line.


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0:00.0

Go Birds.

0:07.0

What's going on everybody? Let's go. Let's get into it. Let's get on the clock as we have another edition of the GoBirds 2026 draft preview as we look at this draft class from all the different positions, all the different mock drafts,

0:21.9

all the different experts. And today, we keep it going on the defensive side of the ball.

0:26.5

As yesterday, we did the edge position. I would highly recommend listening to it.

0:30.4

Definitely some intriguing edge prospects in this draft. I don't think, and we'll talk about

0:35.1

the defensive tackle position on this pod, I think like the defensive tackle position. Not a ton of great edge options for the Eagles at

0:43.4

number 23. If you're drafting in that top 10, I think there's some more intriguing options.

0:47.9

But at 23 with edge, just don't think there is a ton of great options there. And I'll,

0:53.7

you know, spoil this pod, I guess, from the beginning. Don't think there's a ton of great options for

0:58.0

the Eagles at a defensive tackle at number 23. But a main difference is you might get the best

1:03.8

defensive tackle prospect in the draft at number 23, as opposed to the edge position. You're

1:09.2

probably looking at the third, fourth, best edge prospect in that draft. Now, of course, we have no idea how this will actually play out in terms of who ends up being the best. The Eagles took the first corner in the draft back in 2024 in Quigna Mitchell, and he's one of the best corners in the NFL, but they took him all the way deep, right? So, or all the way at the end of the first round. So sometimes just because a prospect goes late, obviously doesn't mean they can't be great. But going into this draft, it just doesn't seem, in my opinion, like a very strong, or at least top-heavy, I should say, defensive line class. But we know the Eagles value the position. We know that they have

1:45.9

needs at the position, especially at edge, at least more immediate needs at edge. Defensive tackle,

1:51.6

I think their needs are a little more down the road. So today, we're going to look at the 2026

1:57.6

defensive tackle class, what players could interest the Eagles, where they might actually

2:01.6

take one, and how likely is it that when we're doing our draft recap pods, we're talking about

2:07.4

a defensive tackle being added to the Eagles roster. So let's start with how we always do on

2:13.1

these pods, with looking at the defensive tackle position where they're at, what the need really is,

2:18.6

and what the long-term future is. So I think there's an argument that now that A.J. Brown is going

2:24.3

to be traded that if you look at the Eagles defensive tackle position, it might, excuse me,

2:30.8

it might be their best position in terms of top heaviness, right? If you look at

2:35.2

corner, you can definitely make that argument with Quinyan and Cooper. The fact, Cooper plays on

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