![]() # Notes: They threw the last compensatory pick of the 3rd round at the Commies for Chase Young. A job well done.Ĭash Spending on Defense: 1st out of 32 teams (Nearly $160M)įirst 3 Rounds: Defense the Last 5 years (Expected Starters.) + '24 Future picks if applicable. # Notes: The Ravens aren't spending a lot of cash relative to the some other top defenses, and they have a nice balanced spread when it comes to their draft picks. ESPN transaction wire to scan for any potentially missed trades.Ĭash Spending on Defense: 24 out of 32 teams ($92M+)įirst 3 Rounds Defense the Last 5 years (Expected Starters.)Ģnd, '22 118 pts. Cash spending via Arjun Menon on twitter. Rich Hill Valuation Model 2024 Draft Value Chart used to determine points for each pick, while factoring in trade ups. The assets they expended (Cash) + Draft Capital to build said top 8 defenses through 13 games. The format: Top 8 (Top 25%) defenses in the NFL + the Seahawks. Here it is, the thread you've all been waiting for part II !!! A year has passed, heavy investment was made once again into the defense, and wouldn't you know it? The Seahawks are bottom 5 AGAIN, inexplicably. I’ve not even included the absurd number of penalties (whether legit calls or not) they’ve committed to extend opposition drives! I guess Seattle is still good at generating sacks, ranking 9th in raw total and 10th in sack rate, but as we saw against the 49ers, the sacks don’t matter as much if you give up a touchdown on the same drive. What does the Seahawks defense do well? Even with two turnovers on Sunday, Seattle is 18th in takeaways, 28th in rate of drives ending in a score, 31st in first downs allowed, 30th in 3rd down conversion rate, 26th in red zone touchdown rate, all while enjoying the 10th best average starting field position in the NFL. When you consider that this defense consists entirely of “Pete’s guys” as opposed to inheriting someone else’s team, this is arguably the worst defense Carroll has ever trotted out. A 37-year-old Lawyer Milloy started all 16 games, for crying out loud! Aaron Curry! Colin Cole! Kelly Jennings! Remember those guys? The only Pete Carroll acquisitions who started the majority of games on defense were Earl Thomas, Kentwan Balmer, and Chris Clemons. It’s worth reminding everyone that the 2010 Seahawks were a heavily rebuilt roster and still had a lot of Mike Holmgren and Jim Mora’s players on the squad. I don't know why Pete is still so reliant on bend but don't break ideology, limit explosives (ha, don't even do that anymore) while not caring about total yards/TOP.įrom a pure rankings perspective, this is the worst Seahawks defense by DVOA since 2010, when they finished 28th in Pete Carroll’s first season with the team. Ravens more or less have the same personnel but adjusted their scheme to create as much havoc and confusion as possible. You can't just line up in your base coverage without any disguises or misdirection anymore, Pete said they are doing more of it than we were 10 years ago, but I don't think they do enough at all pre-snap to confuse quarterbacks. There are a lot of excellent defenses in college that schematically carry an otherwise less talented roster compared to some of the best recruiters (cough, $$$). More or less clean house of all these in-house Pete Carroll guys who won't get an NFL job anywhere else and hire someone from college to basically oversee everything on that side of the ball. What the Ravens did is ultimately what I want to see happen this offseason. But they are very aggressive, something Pete and co absolutely aren't. Their defense just falls apart at the end of games for whatever reason. The only team from this list that I'd think is comparably built back end first $$$ wise is Buffalo and their safeties are actually pretty great. So ultimately the difference between each is coaching, preparedness, scheme fit, and execution. But him going out took this defense from somewhere in the average/below average range to terrible. Nwosu is good but not in that pedigree and it's obviously very hard to find one. The best of the best have a game wrecking edge rusher who every down is basically winning single/double teams - Garrett, Parsons, Bosa, etc. The past two drafts have recalibrated the roster and actually injected some guys who would start for other teams for once. I would say, the talent difference amongst all these teams isn't too different and I'd agree Seattle on paper is probably 10-15th. Do not duplicate in any form without permission of the Dallas Cowboys.Tremendous breakdown, thanks for taking the time to spell this all out.
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