No one. We hope a player emerges but as of right now I say no one. Sean Lee is the only player on the field I would even have on my defense and I would have to carry 4 starting caliber LB's just to have him.
Crawford is the most overrated player on the Dline. Jones might prove to be something as could Dlaw or Thornton but as of right now we are a defense full of below average players.
This has been going on for 10 years or more.
Yes we had a few players here and there, but they can't do it alone. And those few players weren't that huge of an impact. Ware early on, but certainly not in his last few years here.
So safe to say in the last 5 years...we always said someone will emerge, but they haven't.
We will wait and see and hope again this year.
Now I don't mean that to sound doom and gloom on the defense. There are bright spots. They do have more talent than the 2014 defense, and even last years D was not worse stat wise than the 2104 D. But the 2016 offense will need to be as good, if not better than the 2014 O to help the D until they get the suspended guys back and can start to gel. To see if a few payers will finally emerge.
As we will need a D to help win games at times, for those times when the O struggles. As the will at times. Especially when it gets to the playoffs, if we get there.
