J.J. Watt and the Cardinals defense make Arizona a Super Bowl contender

Led by defensive lineman J.J. Watt, linebacker Chandler Jones and security Budda Baker, Arizona’s protection is permitting the sixth-fewest factors per recreation (19.0), placing it nearly stage with the workforce’s fourth-ranked scoring offense (31.4). By some superior metrics, the protection is the higher-rated unit of the 2, together with in Football Outsiders’ catchall defense-adjusted worth over common, which has that unit fourth, with the offense ranked eighth.