The 5 Most Important Defensive Players In the NFL

Five most important defensive players in the league are…. 

Haloti Ngata -he’s incredible. It’s like he’s on a mission this year to prove that he’s the best defensive tackle in the league, and not that guy in Detroit. He’s unblockable. He can chase down guys from behind. All his tackles seem to be for loss when he’s playing well. Ed Reed and Ray Lewis don’t look old yet. Well, when Ngata attracts two blockers and is still unblockable, it’s easy to play behind him.

Vince Wilfork - it’s hard to include him on this list when his team’s defense has been terrible this season. However, he’s unblockable, he’s still scarier than Suh, and he’s picking up the slack for his secondary by getting two interceptions already. The Patriots traded Richard Seymour and their D Line is just as good. Nuff said.

Mario Williams - turns out the Texans were right when they picked him over Vince Young and Reggie Bush a few years back at number one overall. And it wasn’t even close. He is a beast. Teams don’t know what to do with the guy. He’s 6’6” and possibly the best athlete on the defensive side of the ball for anyone if the NFL.

Darell Revis - um, duh. Never seen a defensive player turn a season around for a team the way Revis did when he got two picks against Miami in week six. He didn’t even have a great game—Brandon Marshall tore him up without even playing well himself. But I saw the Jets swagger return for the first time, and that’s huge. He’s everything to that team.

Ed Reed - he edges out Demarcus Ware and Suh, partly because of nostalgia. However, he barely played last year, and Baltimore’s offense carried the team into the playoffs. He comes back late last season, and they go from first round pushover to near Super Bowl participants. Their defense has been suffocating. He’s back. When the defensive player of the year discussion up to this point revolves around who’s been the best player in Baltimore? , you’re pretty good.