NFL's Top 10 Defenses

1. Steelers
2. Ravens
3. Giants
4. Eagles
5. Vikings
6. Titans
7. Skins
8. Pats
9. Colts
10. Bears?

I like that ’77 Falcons defense at number 1 followed by the ’85 Bears and the ’78 Steelers battling for position.

1. Pittsburgh Steelers- I’m a homer, and they are the best d in the league
2. N.Y. Giants- A healthy Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora, & Clint Sintim will lead to good things
3. Baltimore Ravens’- Still Good
4. Washington Redskins- Good D Last year with no pass rush- this year Orakapo & Haynesworth should help
5. Philadelphia Eagles-Drop a bit without Johnson leading the D
6. Tennessee Titans- Drop with loss of Haynesworth
7. Miami Dolphins- Jason Taylor back and another year in the system for the rest of the D should help
8. Atlanta Falcons- Improving young D, with solid young coach & GM
9. Minnesota Vikings- Might even be a little high since the Williams Brothers are gone for 4 games each, and their pass D is suspect because their run D is so good.
10. N.Y. Jets- Little bit of a surprise but with Ryan at the helm they should be much improved.

meaning all time or next year. I was going with next year because you know, nothing else to talk about…but I know the show will cover all time…I’ll write my post accordingly :)

Thank you!!

By the way, the rest of ya’ll need to get on twitter…I was “verbally assaulted” by a Skins fan today lol…where’s the backup?

it should be called the Brady/Bellicheck suck up station! This station acts like the patriots won the last 4 superbowls! This station also ranked the saints linebackers number 1 of all time! rickey jackson, sam mills and company better than Lambert, ham and russell…take what they say with a grain of salt!

 Kerry Rhodes, FS of the Jets proclaims the Jets the best defense in the NFL

What do you think, has Kerry Rhodes’ statement got any merit at all, or should he get a clue? Who are your top 10 Defenses?

Here are mine;

1. The Steelers; The Steelers were #1 in 2008 and I actually believe they will be better this year. I loved Foote, but I truely believe Timmons will be lights out and I think William Gay and Ryan Mundy will suprise people in the secondary. Still the best

2. The New York Football Giants; Starting with a great front four – Chris Canty, Justin Tuck, , Mathias Kiwanula, and Osi Umenyiora coming back healthy. The jury is still out on the secondary but as a whole these guys are great.

3. The Cowboys; They are just big fast and very very good and obviously DeMarcus Ware is a beast.

4. The Ravens; They still have the core of the #2 D from last year Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis but I think the loss of Scott and DC Ryan is going to hurt them a little, even with the leadership of Ray Ray on the field.

5. The Titans; Fat Albert is with the Skins now and Coach Schwartz left but DE Jason Jones is real good. They have some depth on the D line Haynesworth will be hard to repalce but I think they will be fine. The secondary is very good.

6. The Eagles; The loss of Dawkins and Sheppard should not be as devistating as some people think this D can be real good with its blitzing style out of the 4-3.

7. The Chargers, Merriman is back and Cromartie is healthy again. Even with Merriman off the “roids” I think he is still great. They may actually be better than 7th but thats where I’m putting them for now.

8. The Patriots; This team benefits from the offense they put on the field. I don’t believe they are a top 10 defense without their offense and Belicheat. They may have upgraded the secondary which was a real weakness last year that remains to be seen. This is about where they were statistically last year and Bill Belichick is still there.

9. The Redskins; They had a very good Defense last year and adding Fat Albert is a definite upgrade. However, I think they need to learn how to have a “Team First” attitude in D.C. instead of being just a group of over paid mercenaries before they can reach their potential.

10. The Vikings; The Vikings were very good against the run last year but they may be without 2 key members of the D line for the first 4 games. Starting defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams (the williams sisters) this really could hurt them and the secondary is not that good.

Note to Kerry Rhodes; The Jets don’t even make the top 10!!!!! Sorry..

so if you still have comments, give’em to me…

especially if it’s forward thinking into the next season.
I know NFL does all time, but I am creating debate going into next season, mostly cuz I am bored.

Anyway, will holler when it’s posted.
xoxo
Steelergurl

but I hope my Fins can crall into the top ten this year.

http://steelergurl.com

it was hard!!! sniffles

Great post. Noted only that you left off McFadden as a lost starter in addition to Foote. Perhaps only because he did in fact split time with Big Play for a good portion of the year and did miss 4 games altogether. Potential weakness, and though we won’t know for a while yet, I still don’t think that will be nearly enough to cause the D to slide out of the #1 slot. If Gay shows weakness, he’ll get help.

I also agree with leaving the Chargers and Cowboys off the top 10 but it is close. Once you get “down there”, it becomes interchangeable.