{"id":755896,"date":"2026-02-16T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755896\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:13:13","slug":"2026-nfl-scouting-combine-preview-offensive-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755896\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Scouting Combine preview: Offensive tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combine sleeper to watch: Keagen Trost, Missouri, 6-4, 316<\/p>\n

Trost was the highest graded tackle by Pro Football Focus in all of college football this past season with a 92.0 grade allowing just one sack and seven total pressures with a 1.7 percent pressure rate. He has the flexibility to move inside to play guard as well.<\/p>\n

Lions need at the position: Yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

Just how big a need the tackle position is for the Lions depends on Decker’s retirement decision and any possible moves the Lions make to add to the position via free agency.<\/p>\n

Even if Decker, who turns 33 in August, decides to return in 2026, the Lions don’t have a proven successor waiting in the wings or a reliable backup and swing tackle currently on the roster. Dan Skipper<\/a>, last year’s top reserve and swing tackle, retired this offseason to pursue a coaching career.<\/p>\n

One of the most important items on general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell’s to-do list this offseason is improving the talent, competition level and depth along the offensive line to get that unit playing at a much higher level in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n

Key stat: The Lions allowed 39 sacks this past season, which ranked 18th in the NFL. Denver allowed the fewest (23) and Las Vegas the most (64).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Combine sleeper to watch: Keagen Trost, Missouri, 6-4, 316 Trost was the highest graded tackle by Pro Football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,416,5515,415,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-755896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","10":"tag-news-road-to-the-draft-yoy","11":"tag-news-twentyman","12":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116080253668910187","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}