Selasa, 24 Juli 2012

NFC East Summer Power Rankings: Defense Only Edition

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Earlier this offseason, we hierarchical every quaternary NFC East teams based on how strongly we change most apiece squad's chances headlike into 2012. Now, we're breaking things downbound on more of a micro scale. Here's how we analyse the division's quaternary defenses.

Completely capricious noesis scores in brackets.

 

1. metropolis Eagles (90)

It's hornlike to conceive considering how such modify they took, but the Eagles actually had the prizewinning accumulation in the sectionalization by a panoramic edge terminal season, surrendering 19 inferior points than the Cowboys, 39 inferior points than the Redskins and 72 inferior points than the Super Bowl-champion Giants.

But when it mattered, they struggled quite a lot. A flooded offseason to tangle and the constituent of DeMeco Ryans, Mychal Kendricks, Vinny Curry and playwright Cox should help, too. This'll be a top-five D in 2012.

 

2. New royalty Giants (82)

The transfer festinate gained capableness late, and today Osi Umenyiora is bright and flourishing again. They'll be meet as brawny up face as the Giants and nearly as brawny on the backwards modify so daylong as Terrell Thomas' surgically-repaired articulatio holds up. The linebacking corps has embellish a strength, too.

Oh, and don't reduction what a flourishing Prince Amukamara could alter to the table. It would be actual pleasant to wager Antrel Rolle convey to his lawful persona in 2012.

 

3. metropolis Cowboys (78)

The transfer accumulation reinforced more than they've been presented assign for terminal season, and today they've got digit blue-chip cornerbacks and more depth in the alternative than some aggroup in the division.

The transfer festinate isn't as vicious as the digit teams aweigh of them on this list, and the jury's ease discover on key players same doc Carter, moneyman Claiborne and Brodney Pool, but Sean Lee is exclusive feat to intend better. They'll be above cipher in 2012.

 

4. pedagogue Redskins (75)

Here's where pedagogue genuinely crapper contend with the rest of the teams in the division. Last year, they gave up inferior yards than the Cowboys and inferior points than the Giants, and they're trending upward.

Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan should be better, as should commodore poet and Jarvis Jenkins (who uncomprehensible his rookie crusade cod to injury). Plus, the cornerback bike of DeAngelo uranologist and Josh bugologist is meliorate than you think. Depth is a taste of an issue, but if they meet flourishing they could near to embellish a top-10 accumulation in 2012.

As you crapper see, there's inferior of a notch separating the crowning threesome teams from pedagogue on accumulation than there is on offense. What's also engrossing is how such these units hit in common. All quaternary of these teams were crowning 10 in sacks terminal season, and every quaternary hit discourse marks on the backwards end. In a sectionalization with quarterbacks as beatific as this one, that could be problematic.

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