Denver laid the blueprint last year.
Despite a mediocre offense with two middling quarterbacks, the Broncos won the Super Bowl behind a hellacious defense that consistently applied ferocious pressure off the edge and up the middle. How many teams — like Denver — have a true No. 1 edge rusher and could follow that same path to a Super Bowl this season?
A look at the top pass rushers:
We have a dominant
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Denver: Winning the Super Bowl MVP capped a dominant postseason for Von Miller. Excluding an injury-shortened 2013, he has totaled at least 11 sacks in each of his other four seasons in the league and has 25 sacks over the past two years.