to the high-powered offenses of the Kansas City Chiefs Sebastian Janikowski Color Rush Jersey , LA Rams, and New Orleans Saints. The reality is that for a long time now it has simply been a loaded defensive class. That’s why many mock drafts are overloaded with defensive players in the first round, specifically centered around defensive linemen on the inside and out. Over at ProFootballFocus, 20 of 32 picks were defenders, including number one pick Nick Bosa, five of the top seven, 14 of the top 19, and 16 of the top 24, leading into the Seattle Seahawks’ projected pick at 25.That’s where PFF has them selecting Notre Dame interior lineman Jerry Tillery as the “Malik McDowell” project they’re still looking for.The senior Tillery has played four years at Notre Dame, including three as a full-time starter. He had 56 tackles, nine for a loss, and 4.5 sacks in 13 games last year. He has 28, 8.5, and seven this season as the Fighting Irish are headed to the College Football Playoff, potentially giving him two more high-profile games to showcase his talents.He’s listed at 305 pounds and he’s notably tall for a 3-tech, as McDowell was at 6’6 and 300 lbs. Take Geno Atkins and Aaron Donald, both “undersized” at tackle Dontae Johnson Color Rush Jersey , who are both 6’1. Jarran Reed checks in at 6’3. No DT at the combine this year was 6’6 or above, while McDowell and Jarron Jones were the only such players in 2017. It was more of a trend in the early 2000s, when Richard Seymour, Marcus Stroud, Albert Haynesworth, and John Henderson were all first round picks at 6’6 or 6’7. No 6’6 or over defensive tackle has gone in the first round since Haynesworth and Henderson in 2002. I see only nine 6’6 or taller defensive tackles at the combine in the last 16 years, including former Seahawk Alan Branch, a second rounder in 2007. The most recent “success” is Chris Jones, a second rounder of the Chiefs in 2016 who is a certain Pro Bowler with 10.5 sacks this season, albeit as a “defensive end” in a 3-4. Where would Jones play in Seattle? Would he be as successful? Probably, but I’m just throwing those questions out there for everyone to think about.I’m also thinking about him playing next to Poona Ford, the NFL’s shortest defensive lineman.If the Seahawks selected Tillery, would he strictly play inside, or would they have him lining opposite of a very rich Frank Clark? Here’s a preseason write up on him by Chris Trapasso:Some more notes at The Draft Network, which does include some review of his 2018 season (click link for more info, this is just a sample):Tillery draw all kinds of praise for his game against Stanford this season, including this one by Rob Rang (I see several outlets list him at 6’5 D.J. Fluker Color Rush Jersey , so take that into account now, I guess we’ll see the official word in February):The Seahawks definitely need defensive line help, including as an interior rusher to pair with Reed. They tried that with the failed Sheldon Richardson experiment and the McDowell selection before it, the injury to him being what triggered the trade for Sheldon. They signed and released Tom Johnson. They probably like what Shamar Stephen is doing but he’s a free agent and his one-year trial run may end. Even re-signing Stephen wouldn’t preclude them from drafting a defensive tackle, which honestly ... probably isn’t even going to be a first rounder.Seattle always trades down, but they’ll be even more inclined to do so because of the trade for Duane Brown that included their 2019 second rounder. The Seahawks could be picking in the 20s now because of their win streak that could get them into the playoffs, so 25 is a fair estimate. At that point, the Seahawks are probably going to be making and receiving calls to move down and maybe add a day two pick. Given the abundance of talented defensive lineman next year, it makes it even more likely that they’ll be comfortable getting “their guy” in the second round, just as they did with Clark, Reed, and they thought, McDowell. If Seattle selects Tillery, I doubt it will be at 25. And given his talent for a productive and successful Notre Dame team, a good combine could make him out of range for the Seahawks eventually. The conversation takes place throughout the week inside the Seattle Seahawks training facility. A group of four or five throwing out suggestions and discussing whether their idea can actually be executed.By the time Friday rolls around, a final decision has been made and the group spends part of the day seeing if they can pull off the plan successfully if the opportunity presents itself on game day.“They’re actually a group effort. We all put our two cents in and come up with something,” Seattle wide receiver David Moore said. “(We’ll) come up with something Barkevious Mingo Color Rush Jersey , ‘Hey we can throw this in, maybe this will look good,’ and then there you go.”The talk isn’t about a play or scheme. Instead, it’s about what has become a must-see event anytime the Seahawks wide receivers find the end zone. Their touchdown celebrations have drawn attention around the NFL and set a standard they’re trying to top each week.“At first, it was all just about having fun, right? … It has become an expectation,” wide receiver Doug Baldwin said. “Now everybody’s asking us what’s coming up next, but first and foremost we’ve got to score so let’s take care of the football aspect of it first and then just have fun if it comes along.”The group of receivers 鈥?Baldwin, Moore, Jaron Brown and Tyler Lockett primarily 鈥?may not come close to leading the league in catches because of Seattle’s run-first offense. But when any of the four find the end zone, getting past the goal line is just the beginning.It started in London when the Seahawks beat Oakland and Brown caught a touchdown on Seattle’s opening drive. Brown at first briefly celebrated by himself before being joined by Baldwin, Lockett and Moore with an ode to “Drumline” and a fight scene from the movie that was released in 2002.Two weeks later after Lockett caught a TD in Detroit, it was an ode to baseball , the World Series and Nolan Ryan when Baldwin, the hitter, charged Lockett, the pitcher Ed Dickson Color Rush Jersey , and was knocked out in the process.Against the Chargers, it was “The Four Heartbeats ,” which was a tribute to the 1991 movie “The Five Heartbeats.” Each wide receiver showed off a bit of his dance moves and Brown 鈥?who caught the touchdown 鈥?ended up getting the “featured” role at the end of the routine. It’s the celebration most say was the best.“I told them from the jump, ‘Yeah that’s not going to work.’ Because you have to be on beat with that and you all aren’t going to hear each other,” running back Mike Davis said. “It actually looked good. I was surprised by that.”And last week in the victory over the Packers, tight end Nick Vannett was added to the mix following Baldwin’s TD catch. The celebration this time : “Swag Surfin’.”“I don’t think it went as well as we wanted it to,” Baldwin said.There was supposed to be one more celebration thrown into the recent mix, but as Baldwin said, “Tyler screwed it up.” After Lockett’s 23-yard touchdown reception against the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 11, there was supposed to be another group performance. But before everyone could gather, Lockett handed the ball to boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was in an end zone suite.That celebration was supposed to be specific to the Rams game and was not carried over to the following week. It’s another sign of how serious and how much fun this group is having.And no, it’s not taking away from their preparation for what’s important 鈥?the actual game 鈥?including this week’s matchup against Carolina that has major NFC playoff implications.“It’s minutes, but obviously you guys know when we focus in on something, we get focused in on something so it doesn’t take us too long to get it down,” Baldwin said.