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The award ran through 1996. It was considered one of the major awards and as included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and its winners still appear in the NFL's Official Encyclopedia, Total Football II. Winners are awarded George S. Halas Trophy 1966— Larry Wilson, S, St. Louis Cardinals 1967— Deacon Jones, DE, Los Angeles Rams
2018 Official NFL Record and Fact Book (PDF). National Football League. pp. 524– 525. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2021 "AP Defensive Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018 "NFL Defensive Player of the Year".
The Giants defense brought more of the same in the playoffs, defeating the Bears easily in the divisional round 31–3 and holding the 49ers, who averaged 22.1 points per game in the regular season to only 13 points in the NFC Championship Game winning 15–13. Considered by many as one of the greatest games in NFL history it was an extremely ...
The Titans' defense couldn't take the ball away against a rookie quarterback in his NFL debut, couldn't take the ball away from a 40-year-old with limited mobility coming off an Achilles injury ...
Chiefs coordinator Steve Spagnuolo comfortably has his best defense during his tenure with the team. For the first time since Spagnuolo took over in 2019, the Chiefs have a truly stifling defense ...
Nicknamed "the Secretary of Defense", Jones is considered one of the greatest defensive players ever. [1] The Los Angeles Times called Jones "most valuable Ram of all time," and former Rams head coach George Allen called him the "greatest defensive end of modern football".
The defense collected 64 sacks while allowing just 12.4 points weekly. Chicago shut out the Giants and Los Angeles Rams in the NFC playoffs before an epic 46-10 Super Bowl dismantling of New England.
Most consecutive games, no interceptions (by defense), 10 San Francisco 49ers : November 14, 1976–October 16, 1977 : Oakland Raiders : September 10, 2017–November 19, 2017 Most yards returning interceptions, season , 929