2024 All-Havoc Team

With the NFL All-Pro Team released earlier this week, it’s time for Field Vision to take a look at our All-Havoc team for 2024. Remember, Havoc is a proprietary metric developed at Field Vision that measures the value of a player’s contribution to their team relative to their position group. For more on how Havoc is measured and was developed, you can read Scott Bouska’s article here.

With that out of the way, these are the defensive players that stood out above the rest in 2024 according to our Havoc metric. I also listed the All-Pro’s at each position underneath the position groups so you can see how it compares.

1st Team All-Havoc

CB- Christian Benford, Buffalo: Benford led all corners with a Havoc Rating of 95.0 in 2024. He was 2nd in coverage and 21st in run support on the season. Benford accounted for 52 tackles and 2 interceptions while giving up a 9.2 percent target percentage and 9 yards per reception in coverage.

CB- Derek Stingley Jr., Houston: Stingley had a huge year for the Texans, who are still alive in the playoffs. His season Havoc Rating was 94.8, ranking first in coverage Havoc for corners. He accounted for 47 tackles, 10 pass break ups and 5 interceptions. Stingley allowed just a 45.8 percent reception percentage and 10.4 yards per reception in coverage on the season.

CB- Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore: Humphrey finished the regular season with a 93.7 Havoc Rating and always seemed to make the big plays when Baltimore needed them in tight games. He’s an all around corner finishing 4th in coverage Havoc, 4th in pass rush Havoc, and 12th against the run among corners. He accounted for 6 interceptions in 2024.

1st Team All-Pro CBs- Patrick Surtain II, Derek Stingley Jr., Marlon Humphrey(slot)

2nd Team All-Pro CBs- Trent McDuffie, Christian Gonzalez, Derwin James(Slot)

S- Kerby Joseph, Detroit: Joseph was seemingly everywhere for the Lions defense this season barely edging out Budda Baker for the top safety spot with a 94.7 Havoc Rating. He led all safeties in coverage Havoc for the season highlighted by his league leading 9 interceptions.

S-Budda Baker, Arizona: Baker posted a 94.6 Havoc Rating for the Cardinals and did it with his versatility. He was 21st in Coverage Havoc for safeties, but led everyone at his position in run stopping as evidenced by his 122 tackles on the season.

1st Team All Pro Safeties- Kerby Joseph, Xavier McKinney

2nd Team All Pro Safeties- Kyle Hamilton, Budda Baker

LB- Zack Baun, Philadelphia: Baun was quietly one of the best free agent acquisitions of the entire offseason doing everything for the Eagles. He led all linebackers with a 99.3 Havoc Rating and made 7 All-Havoc teams throughout the season. Baun led his position group in Coverage Havoc and also posted top 15 numbers against the run and in pass rush. He accounted for 111 solo tackles, 3 sacks and an interception on the season.

LB- Eric Kendricks, Dallas: After moving over to Dallas in the offseason, Kendricks put up a monster season with a 95.8 Havoc Rating. Kendricks was 4th among linebackers against the run and top 10 in coverage. He had 88 solo tackles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions on the season.

1st Team All-Pro LBs- Zack Baun, Fred Warner, Roquan Smith

2nd Team All-Pro LBs- Frankie Luvu, Bobby Wagner, Zaire Franklin

ED- T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh: Despite the disappointing finish to the season for the Steelers, their defensive line was incredible in terms of Havoc Ratings. It starts with T.J. Watt, who led all edges in Havoc with an 87.8 mark(Aidan Hutchinson posted a season rating of 97.3 but was left off due to being inactive over half the season). Watt was 6th in run stopping Havoc and 7th in pass rush Havoc among edges. He had 11 sacks and 24 hurries on the season.

ED- Alex Highsmith, Pittsburgh: Watt’s counterpart, Alex Highsmith, also put up a tremendous season. He was 2nd against the run and top 20 in pass rush Havoc on the season. Highsmith had 6 sacks and posted a 17.5 percent pressure rate on the season.

1st Team All-Pro Edge- Myles Garrett, Trey Hendrickson

2nd Team All-Pro Edge- T.J. Watt, Nik Bonitto, Andrew Van Ginkel

DT- Leonard Williams, Seattle: Leonard Williams finished the season with a flurry and rose to the top of our defensive tackle Havoc Ratings with a mark of 93.8. Williams had 4 sacks in his last 2 games and 11 for the season. He was 2nd among defensive tackles in pass rush Havoc for the season.

DT- Cameron Heyward, Pittsburgh: Heyward, in his 14th season, made his 5th All-Pro team and posted a Havoc Rating of 92.2. Heyward was 6th in pass rush Havoc and 2nd in run stopping Havoc among defensive tackles posting 48 tackles and 8 sacks on the season.

1st Team All-Pro DT- Cameron Heyward, Chris Jones

2nd Team All-Pro DT- Zach Allen, Jalen Carter

2nd Team All-Havoc

CB- Pat surtain II, Denver

CB- Marshon Lattimore, Washington

CB- Paulson Adebo, New Orleans

S- Jabrill Peppers, New England

S- Nick Cross, Indianapolis

LB- Bobby Wagner, Washington

LB- Azeez Al-Shaair, Houston

ED- Nick Bosa, San Francisco

ED- Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas

DT- Deforest Buckner, Indianapolis

DT- Jeffery Simmons, Tennessee

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