TOP 30 DEFENSES


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1 Carolina Panthers Special teams separate Carolina from Tampa Bay and give them our #1 spot
2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Will be hard to repeat the superb defensive effort of the Super Bowl Champions
3 Philadelphia Eagles Defense is  one of the best in football but doubtful they'll repeat their 2002 year
4 Miami Dolphins Junior Seau and Sammy Knight should give an already good defense a boost
5 Pittsburgh Steelers Along with Carolina, one of the most improved defenses over the last year
6 Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis is back and this team that has improved dramatically the past year
7 Atlanta Falcons Ranked 4th with 47 sacks last year but secondary keeps them from the top 5
8 New England Patriots Inconsistency keeps a good defense from being ranked at the top of the heap
9 Green Bay Packers Most takeaways last year and second most defensive touchdowns in 2002
10 New York Giants One of the toughest defenses in the league, what will missing Sehorn do?
11 Oakland Raiders Third best run defense in the league last year as well as in the top 10 in sacks
12 Tennessee Titans Could move up the defensive ranks if Kearsey returns healthy to help Carter
13 Dallas Cowboys Terrence Newman and Roy Williams will anchor this young defensive team
14 Washington Redskins The Redskins trio of linebackers could vault this defense into the top 10
15 St. Louis Rams A lot of new talent will have to help Aeneas Williams if this team is to gel
16 Indianapolis Colts Lack of turnovers lower the Colts despite their 8th ranked total defense in 2002
17 San Diego Chargers Losing Junior Seau and Rodney Harrison hurts, but the front line is solid
18 New York Jets The line is loaded but lack of turnovers, sacks, and defensive scores hurts
19 San Francisco 49ers Pretty good against the run, but some young questionable talent is a concern
20 New Orleans Saints A young defense with a lot of questions lowers the Saints to this spot
21 Denver Broncos Improving turnovers is a key to go along with an impressive run defense
22 Buffalo Bills Dead last in takeaways will kill any defense but they are starting to add speed
23 Chicago Bears Injuries plagued this team in 2002 but they're still good as stopping the run
24 Cleveland Browns Another team bit by the injury bug should be improved under Dave Campo
25 Kansas City Chiefs Last in yards allowed will have to be improved along with a healthy Ryan Sims
26 Jacksonville Jaguars No defensive scores push an average defense low on our charts
27 Seattle Seahawks A young team terrible against the run will get a boost from Ray Rhodes
28 Minnesota Vikings A lowly secondary and no pass rush move the Vikings to the bottom of the list
29 Houston Texans This young defensive team will have to hope OL Charlie Clemons can help
30 Cincinnati Bengals Worst points against in 2002 says it all but Kevin Hardy will improve this team