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This is not a great interior defensive lineman class, as the top five suggests. It's mostly plug-and-play veterans. Wilkins would be a difference maker if he's healthy and back to prior form. Those are two major "ifs" though.
From a productive pass rusher who has plenty of juice left to a venerable future Hall of Fame linebacker, here's looking at the 20 unsigned defensive stars with the most potential impact.
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The NFL's highest-paid players on defense in 2026 salary, guaranteed money and total contract value
NFL front offices have increasingly showed a willingness to invest on the defensive side of the ball.
Let’s take a look across the free agent landscape and rank the best NFL players that could hit the open market—from worst to first.
The 2026 NFL Draft features an exciting class of defensive tackle prospects, and we've ranked our top 10 at the position before they test at the NFL Combine.
With the NFL Scouting Combine upon us, we've updated our defensive positional rankings with our top four at each position.
It would be difficult to blame defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, given his personnel and the presence of Micah Parsons for 15 weeks, but the Green Bay Packers defense ended the 2025 season ranked near the NFL's bottom in terms of pressures created by ...
The 2026 NFL Draft features an exciting class of defensive back prospects, and we've ranked our top 10 players at the position before this week's NFL Combine.