Fox was known for defensive discipline and it would be needed to improve a team that had finished in the bottom of the defensive rankings the previous year.

In the 2008 season the Mean Green would again finish at the bottom of the defensive rankings, allowing an average of 47.6 points per game.

But the Dolphins' defensive ranking did jump from 25th in the league to 6th.

Miami has improved from 24th in defensive ranking to first and found a running game to boot.

Rationale of the Ranking - points against is your defensive ranking (which can be hard to find online, by the way).

And Smith fulfilled his promise, lifting the Rams from last season's 26th defensive ranking to No. 3 this season.

While he was the defensive backs coach of the Titans, they achieved a top ten defensive ranking in 2002, his first season with the Titans.

He was formerly the Carolina Panthers' defensive coordinator, bringing the team's defensive ranking from 30th to second.

Miami compares with a No. 12 offensive ranking and a No. 3 defensive ranking.

Green Bay's defensive ranking in his first year improved to second in the league in 2009, from 21st in the league in 2008.