The Denver Broncos had one of the best NFL defenses in 2024. Under defensive coordinator Vance Joseph, this unit took a massive leap forward and finished the regular season ranked second in ESPN Pass Rush Win Rate (46 percent) and first in Defensive EPA per Play (-0.100). With Joseph seem...
He transformed a Panthers unit that ranked 25th in DVOA and 31st in scoring defense a year ago, using each of his seven draft picks on the defensive side of the ball. Seven of the 10 players who lined up on more than 50% of the defensive snaps for Carolina in 2019 will not retu...
Jones was, as usual, a bright spot on the Cardinals' defense, even as the unit overall ranked worst in the league. Here's an amazing Jones stat: Of his 19 sacks, seven were strip-sacks. RANK 5 Baltimore Ravens Offense: QB Lamar Jackson · Defense: CB Marlon Humphrey I hope ...
2023 NFL Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats Updated Feb. 2, 2024 11:14 a.m. ET share facebookxredditlink Data Skrive Want to know where every NFL squad stands after the regular season, in terms of their overall defensive stats? Multiple rankings are provided below....
Micah Parsons is the best defensive player in the NFL right now. As hemakes the move to defensive end, fans should be elated about what’s to come. He ranked sixth in PFF’s pass-rushing productivity (11), led the NFL in defensive pressures (106) and posted the highest ESPN pass-rush...
which included just one AFC title game cameo. Joe Montana and Marcus Allen's 1993 arrivals helped the Chiefs to the '93 title game — after comeback wins over the Steelers and Oilers — but a Montana injury keyed a Bills romp. Derrick Thomas-led defenses ranked first in 1995 and '97,...
Owens’ diva antics often overshadowed his superb play on the field, but they were a feature, not a bug. They were how one of the more forceful receivers ever jazzed himself up to push around defenses every Sunday. They were part of the trade you made for a clutch touchdown catch or ...
A week after predicting the NFL's top offenses in 2021, here is my forecast of this season's best defenses, Schein Nine style.Rank 1 Los Angeles Rams 2020 RANKINGS · Points: 1st | Yards: 1st It's Aaron Donald's world and we are just living in it. The guy has been a ...
The Giants' defense was not much statistically in the regular season either, finishing 27th. Purists will groan over a Super Bowl matchup of the 31st-ranked versus 27th-ranked defenses -- what happened to defense wins championships? But the Giants have been generating pressur...
on an offense that has already been without stud left tackle Andrew Whitworth for the past 6 weeks. The Rams ranked just 20th in first down rate over expected at -0.11% before their recent injuries and, while they’ve been carried by a defense that ranks 1st in first down rate allowed ...