{"id":483716,"date":"2026-02-16T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483716\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:14:08","slug":"2026-nfl-scouting-combine-preview-offensive-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483716\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Scouting Combine preview: Offensive tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Combine sleeper to watch: Keagen Trost, Missouri, 6-4, 316<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Lions need at the position: Yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Just how big a need the tackle position is for the Lions depends on Decker&#8217;s retirement decision and any possible moves the Lions make to add to the position via free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Decker, who turns 33 in August, decides to return in 2026, the Lions don&#8217;t have a proven successor waiting in the wings or a reliable backup and swing tackle currently on the roster. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/dan-skipper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dan Skipper<\/a>, last year&#8217;s top reserve and swing tackle, retired this offseason to pursue a coaching career.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important items on general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell&#8217;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<p>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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,245095,245094,245096,593,85],"class_list":["post-483716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","tag-news-road-to-the-draft-yoy","tag-news-twentyman","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}