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The NFL may be more offense-centric than ever before, but the old adage "defense wins championships" is as true as ever—the last two Super Bowls are proof of that.
The NFL offseason gives us rankings and lists. USA TODAY has offseason power rankings for the 32 defenses in the league. The Arizona Cardinals were bad in 2025 and made some offseason moves, but you can probably imagine they don't rank highly entering this season.
NFL Defensive Player of the Year betting odds, headlined by new Los Angeles Rams defensive end Myles Garrett (+400).
Unless you were completely off the grid on Tuesday, you know the month of June started with a bang in the NFL—and it threw the league's defensive pecking order into a blender.
With training camp rapidly approaching, here are ratings for all of the Eagles' defensive position groupings.
The 100 greatest NFL careers for players with Alabama football roots belong to: Green Bay Packers 1935-1945: Pro Bowl 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942; All-Pro 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945; NFL MVP 1941, 1942; NFL champion 1936, 1939, 1944; Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1963.
Several quality free agents remain available just ahead of NFL training camps. However, they can afford to be patient at this point in the offseason since the market isn't saturated with alternative options.
The results don't lie.
Myles Garrett is the easy choice for a ranking of the NFL's best defensive players over 30, but who fills out the list behind him?