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Rank the top defenses


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21 minutes ago, BlaqOptic said:

Are we talking fully healthy? As they are? On the season? Just one game? Do they get Tom Brady as their supporting QB? Lot of factors come into play, IMO.

Fully healthy, but considering depth too. 

Based on a mixture of play this season + general ability. 

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19 hours ago, BlaqOptic said:

Are we talking fully healthy? As they are? On the season? Just one game? Do they get Tom Brady as their supporting QB? Lot of factors come into play, IMO.

Seems like a lot of uneccesary questions. 

I'm taking the Vikes and Jags as the top two defenses. Vikes #1 with a gun to my head. Two elite DBs in Rhodes and Smith. Solid support DBs in Waynes, Sendejo, Alexander and Newman.

Front seven is what really makes the defense. Great pass rush, strong against the run and fantastic coverage LBs. The Vikes really don't have a weak link, though, they've been gashed by mobile QBs.

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1 hour ago, tonyto36 said:

Jags have better corners, a better pass rush, better front 7.  The Vikings have Harrison Smith.

Jags have a bottom tier run defense (per avg,) while the Vikes have a top 5ish. Vikes are #1 in points allowed and have the top third down defense.

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On 12/25/2017 at 1:27 AM, EastsideEZ said:

If we’re talking fully healthy my Ravens have to be in the top 5... 

Texans in the discussion as well. A fully healthy Watt with the current iteration of Clowney would be a scary combo, then you throw in Mercilius, McKinney and Cunningham and you have a potentially dominant front seven.

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On 12/25/2017 at 10:11 PM, vikingsrule said:

Jags have a bottom tier run defense (per avg,) while the Vikes have a top 5ish. Vikes are #1 in points allowed and have the top third down defense.

In our defense(pun intended) our run defense has improved since trading for Dareus(albeit still worse than yours), we have 7 more INTs, 6 more FRs 16 more sacks too while giving up 7 points more

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4 minutes ago, JaguarCrazy2832 said:

In our defense(pun intended) our run defense has improved since trading for Dareus(albeit still worse than yours), we have 7 more INTs, 6 more FRs 16 more sacks too while giving up 7 points more

The Vikes have only given up 19 runs greater than 10 yards this year. Next closest is the Broncos at 29.

The Vikes have given up the fewest points in the league, have a comparable pass defense, and a far better run defense than Jax, it's hard for me to take Jax over MN. It's close though. The Jags certainly have the edge in takeaways and sacks but MN gets off the field better than anyone on third down.

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