50. <p>These cats keep the Bengals out of the top ten because of their defense. Only the Seattle Seahawks fielded a better overall defense in 2014. Yes, Ndamukong Suh will be missed, but Haloti Ngata can’t be looked at as much of a downgrade. The health of the team as a whole, however, is dictated by the health of Calvin Johnson. Similarly to Rob Gronkowski, Johnson creates enough matchup headaches for secondaries to keep defensive coordinators up at night, and his absence is definitely noticed.</p>
<p><span style=. NFC North. 2014: 11-5. Detroit Lions. 10. player