Pundit ranks top D-Lines - Buf at #11

[stuckincincy]

Ranking the top 12 defensive lines in the NFL
By Gregg Rosenthal Around The NFL Editor Published: June 29, 2016 at 06:26 p.m. Updated: June 30, 2016 at 11:27 a.m.

BUF at the #11 spot - not bad, considering question marks about Kyle Williams and potentially two rookie DL starters...

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000672152/article/ranking-the-top-12-defensive-lines-in-the-nfl


BTW, NYJ's DT Richardson will sit out the opener for violation the personal conduct policy:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000672426/article/jets-dl-sheldon-richardson-suspended-one-game

[cookie G]

They probably dropped 10 spots in one year.


Rex is a genius.

[stuckincincy]

They probably dropped 10 spots in one year.


Rex is a genius.

Water over the "damn", so to speak. I do think they really sold out for the pass rush in 2014, though.

[Skooby]

Ranking the top 12 defensive lines in the NFL
By Gregg Rosenthal Around The NFL Editor Published: June 29, 2016 at 06:26 p.m. Updated: June 30, 2016 at 11:27 a.m.

BUF at the #11 spot - not bad, considering question marks about Kyle Williams and potentially two rookie DL starters...

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000672152/article/ranking-the-top-12-defensive-lines-in-the-nfl


BTW, NYJ's DT Richardson will sit out the opener for violation the personal conduct policy:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000672426/article/jets-dl-sheldon-richardson-suspended-one-game

Richardson missing the game isn't going to make Buffalo's O-line look worse.

[stuckincincy]

Richardson missing the game isn't going to make Buffalo's O-line look worse.

Well, you aren't normally one to miss the big picture.

NYJ minus Richardson vs. CIN = enhanced possibility for NYJ loss = enhanced possibility for BUF's good fortune. CIN beats NYJ, it's both a division loss and a conference loss for the Jets.

Having a rough day today? :handball:

[Mace]

I think this is the first time in years I can honestly say I have no idea how the defense is going to turn out. I'm more than a Ryan skeptic, I don't like him, and I think most offenses have solved his brand of D.

At the same time, I have an intangible, and maybe ultimately stupid (I admit it) feeling, that adding his terrible brother (who I like even less) might have helped something or offset some flaw, and with some new players to build his system around and a year of exp from some of the vets, it might turn out way better than I expect.

So yes, I'm saying he took a top D and made it middlin, added his brother, a terrible coach on his own, added some rookies who are going to be confused, to work with some ill equipped resentful vets to face offenses that I believe solved his defenses already, and it might turn out surprisingly better than expected, though I'm nearly sure it won't.

I'm conflicted.

[OpIv37]

We were first in sacks in 2014 and second in 2013. One year of Rex Ryan, and we're the #11 DL. This is regression, not progress.

[LVGrown]

We were first in sacks in 2014 and second in 2013. One year of Rex Ryan, and we're the #11 DL. This is regression, not progress.

Where did #1 and #2 get us? Same place that 30 or whatever we finished did.

[Mouldsie]

Marcel Dareus, the $100 million nose tackle