Top 25 NFL Defense Of All Time
Who are the top 25 NFL defenses of all time? Well NFL has a rich history and it's hard to , and it's hard to hone in on only 25. But our parent company, The Sports On Tap, did just that. And being a Seattle Sports media brand, we share it and want to see how the 2013 Seahawks defense led by the " Legion Of Boom" ranked.
25. 2009 New York Jets
The 2009 Jets were a team with a mediocre offense and defense that carried them. They held teams to just 14.8 points per game.
24. 1992 New Orleans Saints
The 1992 New Orleans Saints had a dominant defense. They went 12-4 and allowed 12.6 points per game. Then in the Wild Card round they lost to the Eagles who scored 36 on them.
23. 1977 Los Angeles Rams
The Rams went 10-4 that season giving up 146 points. Despite that, they lost in the divisional round to Minnesota 14-7.
22. 1963 Chicago Bears
The 1963 Chicago Bears held teams to just 10.3 points per game. They also forced 54 total turnovers.
21. 1984 San Francisco 49ers
The 1984 San Francisco 49ers were a dominant team. They allowed 14.2 points per game and won the Super Bowl.
20. 2000 Tennessee Titans
The 2000 Tennessee Titans went 13-3 under Jeff Fischer. They gave up only 11.9 points per game.
19. 1967 Oakland Raiders
The 1967 Raiders went 13-1 and gave up 233 points the whole season. They also forced 45 turnovers.
18. 2015 Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos relied heavily on their defense in the quest for Peyton Manning's second Super Bowl ring. They gave up only 18.5 points per game.
17. 1971 Baltimore Colts
The 1971 Colts held teams to 10 points per game and had a 10-4 record. They lost in the conference championship game.
16. 2005 Chicago Bears
The 2000s decade was a good one for Bears Defense and the 2005 Bears were outstanding. They allowed only 12.6 points per game and forced 34 turnovers.
15. 1968 Los Angeles Rams
The 1968 Rams went 10-3-1. But the most impressive stat was they forced a staggering 44 turnovers.
14. 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers
The 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers defense was run by Dick LeBeau. The Steelers won the Super Bowl and gave up only 223 total points.
13. 2006 Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens in 2006 were a dominant defensive team. They went 13-3 and gave up only 201 points the whole season. They lost to the Peyton Manning Colts in the playoffs but only gave up 15 points that game.
12. 1973 Miami Dolphins
This isn't the undefeated Miami Dolphins team but they were almost just as good. They went 12-2 and gave up only 150 points the whole season.
11. 1962 Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl this season under Vince Lombardi. They went 13-1 and allowed just 10.6 points per game.
10. 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The 2002 Buccaneers went on to win their first ever Super Bowl. They allowed only 37 points total over three postseason games.
9. 1962 Detroit Lions
The 1962 Detroit Lions had an 11-3 record and only gave up 12.6 points per game. During that time, there was no postseason so they just missed a chance to appear in a Super Bowl.
8. 1991 Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles finished the season at 10-6 giving up only 244 points the whole season. They had Reggie White, but unlike other teams on this list ahead of them they did not have elite post-season success.
7. 1969 Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings known as the "purple people eaters", had an outstanding defense and team that went 12-2. They allowed only 9.5 points per game.
6. 1986 New York Giants
Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick helped lead the Giants to a14-2 record. They had Lawrence Taylor and they only gave up 14.8 points per game.
5. 1969 Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs and their outstanding defense allowed only 177 points during that season. But what was most amazing was they gave up less than 10 points per game in the post-season.
4. 2013 Seattle Seahawks
In an era defined by offense the Seahawks and the "Legion of Boom", went 13-3 won the Super Bowl and did it by giving up only 14.4 points per game.
3. 2000 Baltimore Ravens
Ty Cobb was known for hitting the baseball plain and simple. He batted .366 for his career. He won 12 batting titles and hit over .400 three times.
2. 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers allowed only 28 points in the final nine games of this historic season. And a total of just 138 points all season.
1. 1985 Chicago Bears
The 1995 Bears are one of the most iconic NFL teams of all time. They went 15-1 in that season, won the Super Bowl and allowed 198 points the whole season.