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  Team defense rankings for 2009

  Brandon 9:02 am on 8/06/2009 | 3 Permalink Reply
  Tags: bears, cheat sheets (15), eagles (5), giants (2), jets, patriots, ravens (3), steelers (2), titans, vikings (3)

  Here are the team defense rankings for 2009. There are three basic categories for defenses, 1) those that are worth drafting, 2) defenses that are good if you need/want two so you can switch from week to week, and 3) defensive units that are only useful for spot-starts here and there throughout the season. Please note that these rankings are based primarily on just the defense aspect of a team and not as much for special teams. If your league rewards you for kick returns, your rankings may differ slightly (here’s a list of the top kick returners in the league.)

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  1. Pittsburgh Steelers – They were dominant last year and it appears they’ll be just as good this season. 2. Minnesota Vikings – Solid defense that stops the run and will score some touchdowns off turnovers. 3. New York Giants – Osi Umenyiora returning from injury should improve the pass rush even more, forcing turnovers. 4. Baltimore Ravens – They lost their coordinator in the off-season, but they’re still loaded with big names such as Lewis, Suggs and Reed. 5. New York Jets – They got coach Rex Ryan from Baltimore, along with Bart Scott, plus Lito Sheppard adds some veteran experience. 6. Dallas Cowboys – They led the league in sacks last year and played much better towards the end. Let’s see if it continues into this season. 7. Philadelphia Eagles 8. Tennessee Titans – The Titans defense has been dominant in the past, but they’ve lost Albert Haynesworth to Washington and their coordinator to the Lions. They still have a lot to work with though. 9. Chicago Bears – They’re not quite as dominant as they’ve been in the past, but they still force a lot of turnovers. 10. New England Patriots – They go into the season looking very healthy at this point, while young players Jerod Mayo and Brandon Meriweather have another year of playing under their belt. The high-powered offense will force opposing teams to abandon the run early and should get a lot of turnovers. (More …)

   

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  It's a sad day for Patriots fans...

  Brandon 10:10 am on 2/04/2008 | 8 Permalink Reply
  Tags: patriots, superbowl

  …as well as those of us who are not too fond of the Manning family as a whole. I have to give the Giants props though, as they played the perfect game plan to take the Patriots out of their rhythm. Towards the end of the season, teams realized that the only way to beat the Patriots was to pressure Tom Brady (which takes Randy Moss out of the game as Brady doesn’t have time for those deep bombs), but the Giants were the only team with defensive players good enough to actually make it happen. I guess we’ll have to wait until next season to see the Patriots go 19-0!

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  What a weekend for the Patriots!

  Brandon 10:36 am on 1/14/2008 | 2 Permalink Reply
  Tags: patriots

  Honestly, could things have worked out any better for the Patriots this weekend? First of all, they win their own game against a tough Jacksonville team, but then the Colts lose to the Chargers! The even better part about that is that the Colts didn’t go down without a fight. In fact, they injured Philip Rivers and LaDainian Tomlinson. If these two guys are still hampered by injury this coming weekend, I have to predict a similar outcome to the week 2 matchup when the Patriots put a hurting on the Chargers, 38-14.

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