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April 18, 2017

Panthers Defense

Short contract keeps top fantasy D intact

The Carolina Panthers have locked up defensive tackle Kawann Short with a long-term deal, and that's big. The franchise tag would have only kept him around for one more year, and that's assuming he signed it at all. Now one of the league's best defensive linemen isn't going anywhere.

It's a big plus for what's been one of the league's best fantasy defenses since Short entered the league in 2013 -- top-12 in each of his four seasons in a scoring system awarding 1 point for sacks, 2 points for takeaways, and 6 for touchdowns. It's not all Short, but he hasn't missed a game in those four season and has been a starter in each of the last three.

In those four seasons, the Panthers have more sacks than any other team -- and more takeaways than any other team. Short has been one of the constants on those defenses.

Teams sacks and takeaways over the last four years, sorted by total sacks (where Carolina has the biggest edge), are shown below.

TEAM SACKS AND TAKEAWAYS, 2013-2016
Team	13S	13T	14S	14T	15S	15T	16S	16T	Tot Sk	Tot Tk
Carolina	60	30	40	26	44	39	47	27	191	122
Denver	41	26	41	25	52	27	42	27	176	105
Buffalo	57	30	54	30	21	25	39	18	171	103
New England	48	29	40	25	49	21	34	23	171	98
Kansas City	47	36	46	14	47	29	28	33	168	112
Green Bay	44	22	41	27	43	22	40	25	168	96
Arizona	47	30	35	25	36	33	48	28	166	116
Minnesota	41	20	41	19	43	22	41	27	166	88
LA Rams	53	29	40	25	41	26	31	18	165	98
Seattle	44	39	37	24	37	22	42	19	160	104
Philadelphia	37	31	49	28	37	26	34	26	157	111
Baltimore	40	24	49	22	37	14	31	28	157	88
Tennessee	36	25	39	16	39	19	40	18	154	78
Pittsburgh	34	20	33	21	48	30	38	23	153	94
NY Jets	41	15	45	13	39	30	27	12	152	70
Indianapolis	42	27	41	26	35	25	33	17	151	95
Washington	36	26	37	19	38	26	38	20	149	91
Tampa Bay	35	31	36	25	38	23	38	29	147	108
Houston	32	11	38	34	45	25	31	17	146	87
Miami	42	24	39	25	31	16	33	25	145	90
Jacksonville	31	21	45	20	36	18	33	13	145	72
New Orleans	49	19	34	17	31	22	30	21	144	79
Detroit	33	22	42	27	42	18	26	14	143	81
Chicago	31	28	39	24	35	17	37	11	142	80
NY Giants	34	29	47	26	23	27	35	25	139	107
Cincinnati	43	31	20	26	42	28	33	20	138	105
San Francisco	38	30	36	29	28	12	33	20	135	91
Dallas	34	28	28	31	31	11	36	20	129	90
San Diego	35	17	26	18	32	20	35	28	128	83
Cleveland	40	21	31	29	29	21	26	13	126	84
Oakland	38	22	22	14	38	25	25	30	123	91
Atlanta	32	21	22	28	19	23	34	22	107	94

--Andy Richardson

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