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Jim Tomsula Will Find The Right Nose Tackle For Redskins

New Washington Redskins defensive line coach Jim Tomsula has assured head coach Jay Gruden that the team will have a resolution to their nose tackle situation once the regular season begins later this year.

Tomsula’s proved successful in molding some of the best defensive line units during his eight seasons as defensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers, as the team's nose tackles helped produce for a unit that ranked fourth in the league in rushing yards allowed per game (98.4) and second in rushing average (3.72) during that span.

“He’ll make a nose guard,” Gruden said at the 2017 NFL Owners Meetings in Phoenix this week.