Ranking top 25 defensive players set to hit free agency

With Super Bowl 56 in the rearview, the NFL world turns their attention to the two ways where a franchise can turn their fortunes around quickest. To illustrate, NFL front offices have turned their attention to free agents and prospects entering the 2022 NFL Draft, looking to fill holes on their rosters.

Unless you’re the Los Angeles Rams, the entire NFL isn’t satisfied with the way their season ended. Even then, the Rams aren’t sitting back and letting the rest of the football world get a leg up on them. Players will begin recruiting players, and coaches and front office personnel are beginning to identify athletes than can build their team’s into contenders.

On the defensive side of the football, a plethora of quality talent is hitting the open market. Luckily, Tyler Sullivan of CBS Sports ranked the Top 25 Defensive Players hitting NFL Free Agency this offseason. While it isn’t time to put pen to paper yet, here’s the best of the best on the defensive side of the football this Spring.

NFL Free Agency: Top 25 Defensive Players:

1) Von Miller, OLB, Los Angeles Rams
2) Chandler Jones, OLB, Arizona Cardinals
3) J.C. Jackson, CB, New England Patriots
4) Marcus Williams, FS, New Orleans Saints
5) Jessie Bates, FS, Cincinnati Bengals
6) Carlton Davis, CB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7) Jadeveon Clowney, DE, Cleveland Browns
8) Randy Gregory, DE, Dallas Cowboys
9) Stephon Gilmore, CB, Carolina Panthers
10) Tyrann Mathieu, FS, Kansas City Chiefs
11) Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Miami Dolphins
12) De’Vondre Campbell, ILB, Green Bay Packers
13) Haason Reddick, OLB, Carolina Panthers
14) Harold Landry, OLB, Tennessee Titans
15) Casey Hayward, CB, Las Vegas Raiders
16) Darious Williams, CB, Los Angeles Rams
17) Akiem Hicks, DE, Chicago Bears
18) Quandre Diggs, FS, Seattle Seahawks
19) Marcus Maye, FS, New York Jets
20) D.J. Reed, CB, Seattle Seahawks
21) Steven Nelson, CB, Philadelphia Eagles
22) B.J. Hill, DE, Cincinnati Bengals
23) Charvarius Ward, CB, Kansas City Chiefs
24) Jerry Hughes, DE, Buffalo Bills
25) Justin Houston, OLB, Baltimore Ravens