Although free agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh remains unsigned, the free agent defensive lineman will not be returning to the Los Angeles Rams next season. As a result, the surging Rams will now be forced to find another player to slot at the nose tackle position, which could ultimately prove to be veteran defensive end Michael Brockers.
With Suh handling the nose tackle position for the Rams last season, Brockers was able to start at his natural position along the outside at defensive end. Even though Brockers has made it very clear that he will do whatever it takes for his team to win under the direction of Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, the seasoned defender has also admitted that he would prefer to remain at defensive end going forward.
“Now that I’ve kind of gotten comfortable playing defensive end, I like playing this position,” Brockers recently said in an official team video, via NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk. “But if it happens that I have to play nose, I’ll do that, too. I told them whatever I can do for this team, I’ll do. So I think that’s the most important thing.”
It is also worth noting that fellow defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day remains a candidate to replace Suh as well.
“You kind of miss [Suh], the great talent that he was, that he still is, but we have a lot of guys in the background that are kind of waiting their turn,” Brockers added. “Sebastian was a good deal for me that I was looking at to kind of feel that role, somebody smart that can kind of come in and know the game. I wasn’t really worried about it. If it comes that I have to move to nose, and they bring somebody in to play end, then that’s what happens. Not really focused on it. I think we have enough guys in our room to fill that position.”
Of course, the Rams will still enter the upcoming 2019 campaign as one of the heavy favorites to come out of the NFC come playoff time.
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