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The NFL’s top 11 edge defenders
{"id":174641,"date":"2022-07-16T21:43:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T01:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d174641","raw":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d174641"},"modified":"2022-07-16T21:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T01:43:19","password":"","slug":"nfl-best-edge-rushers-t-j-watt-myles-garrett-nick-bosa-joey-bosa","status":"publish","type":"fishburn_gallery","link":"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-edge-rushers-t-j-watt-myles-garrett-nick-bosa-joey-bosa/","title":{"raw":"The NFL\u0027s top 11 edge defenders","rendered":"The NFL\u0027s top 11 edge defenders"},"content":{"raw":"One of the beautiful things about an exercise such as this one, that has myself and Doug Farrar ranking the top players at every position, is it serves as a reminder just how talented — and deep — the NFL is at just about every roster spot.\r\n\r\nTrying to keep this list of the top edge defenders in the league to just 11 proved beyond trying. Were there some sleepless nights? At the very least there was some tossing and turning along the way. By the time you get to the players listed as honorable mentions, you’ll realize just how talented the edge defenders in today’s NFL truly are.\r\n\r\nWithout further ado, here are the top 11 edge defenders in the NFL today. As previously intimated, our position lists present the lead-up to our list of the Top 101 players in the NFL today.\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-nest-safeties-jordan-poyer-justin-simmons-devin-mccourty/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 13 safeties\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-slot-cornetrbacks-tyrann-mathieu-chauncey-gardner-johnson/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 slot defenders\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/bnfl-best-cornerbacks-jalen-ramsey-jaire-alexander-trevon-diggs/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL’s top 12 outside cornerbacks\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-best-linebackers-fred-warner-darius-leonard/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" rel\u003d\"noopener\"\u003eThe NFL\u0027s top 11 linebackers\u003c/a\u003e","rendered":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the beautiful things about an exercise such as this one, that has myself and Doug Farrar ranking the top players at every position, is it serves as a reminder just how talented — and deep — the NFL is at just about every roster spot.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrying to keep this list of the top edge defenders in the league to just 11 proved beyond trying. Were there some sleepless nights? At the very least there was some tossing and turning along the way. By the time you get to the players listed as honorable mentions, you’ll realize just how talented the edge defenders in today’s NFL truly are.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout further ado, here are the top 11 edge defenders in the NFL today. 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