The Dallas Cowboys are very, very high on rookie defensive tackle Trysten Hill. Defensive coordinator Marinelli believes so much in the second-round pick's talent and potential, in fact, that he's instructed Hill to study film of some of football's most legendary interior defensive linemen.

“What does it look like? That’s what it looks like,” Marinelli said, per Pro Football Talk's Charean Williams, of the value of Hill emulating past greats at his position. “You present it to them with the end in mind. That’s the end right there. Here we are starting here. Now, how do you progress to that? But you have a clear visual picture of what it looks like.”

Some young players would blanche at the prospect of watching old game tape in addition to film of their own. Hill, though, is clearly relishing the assignment to learn from studying the likes of Warren Sapp and John Randle.

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“I like watching the old film. They play the game the right way,” he said, per Pro Football Talk. “They run around. It’s crazy to think that they say the game is faster now a days, especially when watching those guys. I love watching the old tape and doing it right. I want to do it just like them.”

Hill was the No. 58 overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft. A three-year starter at the University of Central Florida, he had 36 tackles, 10 and-a-half tackles for loss, and three sacks as a junior, all career-highs, before putting his name in the NFL Draft.