2015-16 NFL Pre-Season Position Rankings: 3-4 Defensive Ends

We are about halfway through the NFL's off-season (YAY!!!!). OTA's have already started. Players are already getting injured. And the 2015-16 NFL season is getting so close, we can hear the footsteps coming up to the door and someone's just about ready to knock. With that said, it's time to look ahead at next season.

Now that NFL rosters are pretty much finalized (besides numerous upcoming cuts of course), it's time to start giving you guys an idea of how your team is shaping up for next season. What better way to do that than to start power ranking the starters at every position on each roster? It only makes sense.

Up next? The defensive ends currently playing in a 3-4 defense.....

Ultimate Football Blog's

2015-16 Pre-Season Position Rankings

3-4 Defensive Ends

KEY NOTE: This is a POWER RANKINGS. That means it's a "what have you done for me lately?" list. This is not an ALL-TIME greatest list. If the NFL commissioner came up to me tomorrow and said:

"Hey, you can have any 3-4 defensive end in the league on your team next season....who do you want?"


It would (most likely) go in this order.......



(PS: PFF grade means "Pro Football Focus Grade". For those of you who don't know, ProFootballFocus.com is an football analytics website that grades players based on a certain criteria and it's a criteria that I've come to love. It's a pretty simple grading formula to figure out as well. The more negative score the player has, the least effective he was on-the-field last season. For example a "-24.8" grade would be absolutely awful, but a "24.8" grade means the player was outstanding. See, I told you it was easy to figure out)

36. Kendall Reyes (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 11.5

Career Tackles: 94

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -21.3

35. Jarvis Jenkins (Chicago Bears)

Age: 27

Career Sacks: 2

Career Tackles: 75

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -16.7

34. Arthur Jones (Indianapolis Colts)

Age: 28

Career Sacks: 10

Career Tackles: 143

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -10.2

33. Desmond Bryant (Cleveland Browns)

Age: 29

Career Sacks: 20

Career Tackles: 204

Career Forced Fumbles: 3

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -6.5

32. Chris Canty (Baltimore Ravens)

Age: 32

Career Sacks: 21.5

Career Tackles: 335

Career Forced Fumbles: 5

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -1.8

31. Randy Starks (Cleveland Browns)

Age: 31

Career Sacks: 41

Career Tackles: 384

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -1.1

30. Mike DeVito (Kansas City Chiefs)

Age: 30

Career Sacks: 2.5

Career Tackles: 231

Career Forced Fumbles: 6

2014-15 PFF Grade:  1.4

29. Darnell Dockett (San Francisco 49ers)

Age: 33

Career Sacks: 40.5

Career Tackles: 459

Career Forced Fumbles: 7

2014-15 PFF Grade:  Injured last season

28. Frostee Rucker (Arizona Cardinals)

Age: 31

Career Sacks: 17

Career Tackles: 188

Career Forced Fumbles: 6

2014-15 PFF Grade:  4.3

27. Stephon Tuitt (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Age: 21

Career Sacks: 1

Career Tackles: 17

Career Forced Fumbles: 1

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -9.7

26. Ropati Pitoitua (Tennessee Titans)

Age: 30

Career Sacks: 9

Career Tackles: 147

Career Forced Fumbles: 1

2014-15 PFF Grade:  7.2

25. Derek Wolfe (Denver Broncos)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 11.5

Career Tackles: 91

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -1.5

24. Kendall Langford (Indianapolis Colts)

Age: 29

Career Sacks: 15.5

Career Tackles: 242

Career Forced Fumbles: 4

2014-15 PFF Grade:  0.4

23. Datone Jones (Green Bay Packers)

Age: 24

Career Sacks: 5

Career Tackles: 32

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  0.5

22. Jared Crick (Houston Texans)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 3.5

Career Tackles: 98

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -0.6

21. Allen Bailey (Kansas City Chiefs)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 7

Career Tackles: 86

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -2.6

20. Akiem Hicks (New Orleans Saints)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 6.5

Career Tackles: 118

Career Forced Fumbles: 1

2014-15 PFF Grade:  2.6

19. Cedric Thornton (Philadelphia Eagles)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 3

Career Tackles: 139

Career Forced Fumbles: 1

2014-15 PFF Grade:  3.3

18. Corey Liuget (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 18

Career Tackles: 169

Career Forced Fumbles: 5

2014-15 PFF Grade:  1.1

17. Cameron Jordan (New Orleans Saints)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 29

Career Tackles: 196

Career Forced Fumbles: 5

2014-15 PFF Grade:  -1.0

16. Justin Smith (San Francisco 49ers)

Age: 35

Career Sacks: 87

Career Tackles: 880

Career Forced Fumbles: 17

2014-15 PFF Grade:  16.6

15. Jason Hatcher (Washington Redskins)

Age: 32

Career Sacks: 32.5

Career Tackles: 230

Career Forced Fumbles: 4

2014-15 PFF Grade:  17.1

14. Ray McDonald (Chicago Bears)

Age: 30

Career Sacks: 19.5

Career Tackles: 210

Career Forced Fumbles: 4

2014-15 PFF Grade:  15.2

13. Stephen Paea (Washington Redskins)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 12

Career Tackles: 94

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  14.4

12. Timmy Jernigan (Baltimore Ravens)

Age: 22

Career Sacks: 4

Career Tackles: 23

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  11.1

11. Kyle Williams (Buffalo Bills)

Age: 31

Career Sacks: 34.5

Career Tackles: 457

Career Forced Fumbles: 3

2014-15 PFF Grade:  20.2

10. Mike Daniels (Green Bay Packers)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 14

Career Tackles: 76

Career Forced Fumbles: 0

2014-15 PFF Grade:  20.7

9. Jurrell Casey (Tennessee Titans)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 21

Career Tackles: 229

Career Forced Fumbles: 4

2014-15 PFF Grade:  21.2

8. Malik Jackson (Denver Broncos)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 9

Career Tackles: 89

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  26.3

7. Cameron Heyward (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 15

Career Tackles: 143

Career Forced Fumbles: 1

2014-15 PFF Grade:  28.0

6. Marcell Dareus (Buffalo Bills)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 28.5

Career Tackles: 201

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  25.6

5. Calais Campbell (Arizona Cardinals)

Age: 28

Career Sacks: 43.5

Career Tackles: 387

Career Forced Fumbles: 6

2014-15 PFF Grade:  32.6

4. Muhammad Wilkerson (New York Jets)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 24

Career Tackles: 236

Career Forced Fumbles: 7

2014-15 PFF Grade:  33.7

3. Fletcher Cox (Philadelphia Eagles)

Age: 24

Career Sacks: 12.5

Career Tackles: 141

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  30.5

2. Sheldon Richardson (New York Jets)

Age: 24

Career Sacks: 11.5

Career Tackles: 144

Career Forced Fumbles: 2

2014-15 PFF Grade:  39.9

1. J.J. Watt (Houston Texans)

Age: 26

Career Sacks: 57

Career Tackles: 295

Career Forced Fumbles: 12

2014-15 PFF Grade:  107.5