What Makes Each Top NFL Defense Unique with Ted Nguyen

The Domonique Foxworth Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Domonique Foxworth and Charlie Kravitz are joined by Ted Nguyen for a deep dive into the NFL's best defenses. They look at the defenses for the Vikings, Seahawks, Texans and Eagles and discuss what makes each defensive unit unique. They also break down base coverage vs. nickel, man coverage vs. zone, and the importance of versatility before giving their expectations for the new and improved Rams' defense next season and listing other defenses they could see improving. 0:00 Intro 1:33 Defensive vs. offensive coaches 4:11 Vikings' defense 8:01 Seahawks' defense 12:29 How the Seahawks and Texans prevent big plays 21:22 Texans' defense 26:25 Chiefs' defense 28:52 Eagles' defense 35:16 Importance of coach continuity 44:54 Rams' defense 48:51 Man coverage in today's NFL 51:17 How personnel dictates scheme 55:39 Broncos' defense 1:00:00 Defenses that could evolve next season 1:05:31 Maxx Crosby trade thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:02.5	Brian Padda, Senior Defensive Lyman from Miami.
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0:21.3	This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	Biggest one of conviction.
0:24.6	Being placed him to arrest.
0:26.5	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the you.
0:29.2	Listen now.
0:30.2	Off top, what's the shortest on-screen time for anyone to win an Oscar for their performance.
0:38.9	This is the Dominique Foxworth Show.
0:44.4	Welcome to the Dominic Foxworth Show.
0:46.7	I'm very excited about this show.
0:48.9	I'm also a little nervous about this show.
0:50.7	We brought in Ted Winn from The Athletic.
0:52.5	He's a scheme guy, a film junkie,
0:55.3	just like me. And I'm excited because Ted and I were texting with Charlie. What was it like
1:02.3	Friday last week? Thursday. Thursday last week. The Texas is Thursday about defenses. And it went,
1:06.2	it went bananas. And it sent Ted and I both into ridiculous film film study and we're just going back and forth
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