Watt was the Defensive Player of the Year a couple of years ago, has led the Houston Texans to their first two playoff appearances in franchise history and has put up unbelievable stats over the first four years of his career.
Now I want to explain to you why he should win the award for Defensive Player of the Year this season.
Instead of ranking teams, I decided to list what I think are the five best defenses in football right now. Statistics certainly do matter, but I don’t look at the number of yards allowed per game. The only four categories I think really matter are points allowed, turnovers forced, red zone touchdown percentage and third down percentage. Among those defenses are only groups that play a complete game, so they play the run and pass equally as well. Let’s take a look at the very best:
I decided to start a series of ‘What makes him so good’ to break down the best players in the game today and what makes them so special. I am going to analyze a couple of their traits and what the factors are I am measuring their performances by.
First up is Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers:
In this second edition of the top five players for each position I take a look at the defensive side of the ball. Once again this list is about what the players have done so far this season. So stats do matter, but it’s about the overall play, availability and what they have done for their team. Here is part two:
With more than half the season gone by already you can now really start to evaluate the performances of the players. So I decided to make a list (yeah, I like lists) of the top five players for each position, starting with the guys on offense. Remember, this isn’t a list of the players who I think are the best in general, but rather how they’ve performed until this point of the season. So stats do matter to some degree, but it’s the guys overall play and the question how much they’ve helped their team (so availability also is a factor). There it is:
After a month without any publications from my side and with tonight’s AFC North clash between the Ravens and Steelers in mind, I decided to list my personal favorite five rivalries in the NFL today. Let’s get right to it:
Other than the NFL.com experts I don’t rank teams almost only based on their record. I look at who they played and how they performed overall. That’s why the number one team isn’t one of the teams still unbeaten.
Football is officially back! And after a long time I didn’t find time to post something new, I finally wanted to come back the way the NFL did.
So in this segment I want to tell you who I think will win the NFL awards handed out in January. For each award I listed my top three candidates. Let’s get right to it:
I put out a player for every team in the league who I think really stood out and I was impressed of. Sorry I’m a little late with this one, but I had to watch all 16 games to give a relevant opinion. So this it it:
With the Giants and Bills kicking off the season Sunday and many other teams doing so today, I decided to list the preseason games I think will be most interesting. It’s based on what teams will display in terms of new players and coaches, reordered depth charts and roster depths. I did a one to three ranking for each week. Let’s get into it:
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