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#2 Baltimore Ravens
Next up I have a secondary that has been hampered by injuries for large stretches and has had some struggles already but now has really hit their stride. Baltimore’s trio of corners in Marlon Humphrey, Jimmy Smith and Marcus Peters is as good as it gets.
It didn’t take Peters very long to make an impact, as he was the first defender to pick off Russell Wilson this season and took that one all the way to the house. Marlon Humphrey has absolutely been a top-three corner this year, not only smothering receivers from the line, but also forcing four turnovers and most recently getting that scoop-and-score against the Patriots. And while Jimmy Smith hasn’t played a lot this year, we have seen the impact of him in or out of the lineup historically and the numbers are pretty drastic. Even though Earl Thomas seems to have lost a gear compared to his time in Seattle, the Ravens utilize him more around the line of scrimmage and as a blitzer, while still breaking up passes by anticipating different patterns.
They might have lost Tony Jefferson for the year, but he had not been playing particularly well anyway and the combination of Chuck Clark and long-time chess piece Anthony Levine has worked out pretty well for them.
