The Cleveland Browns were the Number 1 defense last season. They topped many categories and ended their year with the Defensive Player of the Year in Myles Garrett (6’-4”, 272 pounds) plus DC Jim Schwartz was voted the NFL Assistant Coach of the Year.
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While Garrett was on one side of the defensive line, Za’Darius Smith (6’-4”, 270 pounds) had been signed away from the Minnesota Vikings to roam the other end. Before coming to the Browns, Smith had three seasons with double-digit sack numbers and was once a beast at getting into an opponent’s backfield.