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NFL Defense Rankings: Browns, Cowboys, and Jets Among the Best in Week 7
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-defense-rankings/
They say defense wins championships. However, when you read who has the best defense in the NFL as we progress through the regular season, you'll understand why we should be skeptical of that old saying.
The NFL is an offensive league now. The rules committee has mostly rightfully legislated away the unnecessary violence from the game, but they have also made playing defensive back in the NFL impossible.
Defense isn't sticky from year to year. Consistency comes and goes because defensive personnel changes so frequently. But opposing QB play is sometimes an even bigger catalyst for defensive performance. Coverage is king, but the nature of coverage makes it tricky to predict.
The pass rush is more consistent, which is why those players often make more money than their defensive-back counterparts. But the great defenses boast both. Because of the volatile nature of defensive play in the NFL, all we can do until we see more regular-season games is look at the depth charts on paper and the games that have passed to stack these units.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-defense-rankings/
They say defense wins championships. However, when you read who has the best defense in the NFL as we progress through the regular season, you'll understand why we should be skeptical of that old saying.
The NFL is an offensive league now. The rules committee has mostly rightfully legislated away the unnecessary violence from the game, but they have also made playing defensive back in the NFL impossible.
Defense isn't sticky from year to year. Consistency comes and goes because defensive personnel changes so frequently. But opposing QB play is sometimes an even bigger catalyst for defensive performance. Coverage is king, but the nature of coverage makes it tricky to predict.
The pass rush is more consistent, which is why those players often make more money than their defensive-back counterparts. But the great defenses boast both. Because of the volatile nature of defensive play in the NFL, all we can do until we see more regular-season games is look at the depth charts on paper and the games that have passed to stack these units.
