ALL-EVERYTHING
Andy Benoit weighs in with his halfway heroes, up-and-comers and overlooked gems, plus his woulda-couldas—guys who might've been big had they not gotten hurt
OFFENSE
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DL | DL | DL | OLB | OLB | ILB | ILB | CB | CB | S | S | |
ALL-PRO | J.J. WATT TEXANS | JURRELL CASEY TITANS | NDAMUKONG SUH LIONS | VON MILLER BRONCOS | DEANDRE LEVY LIONS | LUKE KUECHLY PANTHERS | LARRY FOOTE CARDINALS | QIB TALIB BRONCOS | VONTAE DAVIS COLTS | TROY POLAMALU STEELERS | EARL THOMAS SEAHAWKS |
ALL-UPSTARTS* | KHALIL MACK RAIDERS | DONTARI POE CHIEFS | AARON DONALD RAMS | ANTHONY BARR VIKINGS | LAVONTE DAVID BUCCANEERS | LUKE KUECHLY PANTHERS | C.J. MOSLEY RAVENS | KYLE FULLER BEARS | XAVIER RHODES VIKINGS | HARRISON SMITH VIKINGS | D.J. SWEARINGER TEXANS |
ALL-UNDERRATED | CEDRIC THORNTON EAGLES | MIKE DANIELS PACKERS | SEN'DERRICK MARKS JAGUARS | CONNOR BARWIN EAGLES | JO-LONN DUNBAR RAMS | TAHIR WHITEHEAD LIONS | CURTIS LOFTON SAINTS | GREG TOLER COLTS | LEODIS MCKELVIN BILLS | ANTOINE BETHEA 49ERS | HUSAIN ABDULLAH CHIEFS |
ALL-INJURED | CHRIS LONG RAMS | DARNELL DOCKETT CARDINALS | B.J. RAJI PACKERS | ROBERT MATHIS COLTS | BRIAN ORAKPO REDSKINS | DERRICK JOHNSON CHIEFSI | SEAN LEE COWBOYS | JIMMY SMITH RAVENS | CHARLES TILLMAN BEARS | TYVON BRANCH RAIDERS | JAIRUS BYRD SAINTS |
*THREE OR FEWER YEARS OF NFL EXPERIENCE
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