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The NFL can seem like a world dominated by quarterbacks, but did you notice who won the Super Bowl last season? It was the Broncos, who had Peyton Manning in name alone; the future Hall of Famer threw nearly twice as many interceptions (17) as touchdowns (nine). The Broncos were led to that Super Bowl by their defense, which dominated the regular season and held three of the leagues best offenses to a combined 44 points in the playoffs.The centerpiece of that defense: star pass rusher Von Miller, who piled up five sacks in three games and was named Super Bowl MVP. If Miller was the best defender in the postseason, the best defensive player of the 2015 regular season was otherworldly Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, who led the league in sacks (17.5) and quarterback hurries (50). In addition to serving as helpful ambulatory examples of the word disruptive, Watt and Miller have something else in common: They were both taken in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft.We have a ways to go, but we may very well be watching the prime years of the best defensive draft class to ever play the game.The 2011 class did deliver a certain MVP named Cam Newton, but the vast majority of the drafts output has been from the other side of the line of scrimmage. In fact, forming a starting lineup from that 2011 class produces a terrifying defense. If you line them up in a 4-3, you can go with Watt at one defensive end spot across from the Rams Robert Quinn, who had a 19-sack season as recently as 2013. Jets end Muhammad Wilkerson would kick inside to play tackle alongside massive Bills nose tackle Marcell Dareus, forming a devastating two-way front four.Now consider the back end. The AFC West came away from the 2011 draft with a pair of terrors at outside linebacker. We can slot Miller alongside Chiefs star Justin Houston, who has averaged more than one sack per game over the past three seasons. The interior isnt quite as laden with talent, but we can move Seahawks cover linebacker K.J. Wright into the middle.Throwing on this team? Good luck. Our cornerbacks are an NFC West tandem; Arizonas Patrick Peterson and Seattles Richard Sherman are both capable of shutting down top talent. The lone weak spot comes at safety, where the likes of DaNorris Searcy and Chris Conte would be competing for starting reps. But thats not much of a complaint.The scariest thing, perhaps, is the players I havent named who narrowly miss out on this team. Chris Harris was an undrafted free agent in 2011 before turning into a perennial Pro Bowl corner in Denver. Jimmy Smith, Byron Maxwell and Buster Skrine could easily step in as nickel corners. Aldon Smith was as dominant a pass rusher as there was in the league before his career unraveled. Ryan Kerrigan and Pernell McPhee are dominant at their best, as is defensive tackle Jurrell Casey. Cameron Jordan has made two Pro Bowls and cant even sniff this team. The talent level in this class is unreal. It is already historic.What can rival it? The best defensive draft in post-merger NFL history is almost definitely the class of 1981, which produced five Hall of Famers on the defensive side of the ball: Lawrence Taylor, Ronnie Lott, Howie Long, Mike Singletary and Rickey Jackson.That 81 class made 15 first-team All-Pro appearances through its first five seasons in the league, a staggering number. The defenders of 2011? They have 16 All-Pro appearances in their first five seasons. Watt, Peterson, Sherman and Miller have been awarded the honor multiple times. The offensive players from that same draft have combined for just four All-Pro appearances over that span.Can the class of 2011 live up to the lofty heights of 1981 and send five defenders to Canton? Its not out of the question. Watt faces some injury concerns, but hes probably already done enough to justify enshrinement. Every eligible two-time defensive player of the year has made it to the Hall of Fame, and Watt has already won the award three times.The same logic also suggests that Peterson and Sherman have already done enough to get in. Of the 25 Canton-eligible, post-merger defenders who were named first-team All-Pros three times during their careers, 16 (64 percent) made the Hall of Fame. Both NFC West cornerbacks have done that before the sixth year of their respective careers. Miller, who has racked up the same honor two times, is knocking on the door. The fifth Hall of Famer isnt quite as clear, but with Dareus (when not suspended), Houston and Quinn all regularly producing dominant seasons, there are reasons to be optimistic.You can make the case that this is an offensive era. Enlightened by college football, its a pass-heavy league with tempo everywhere. 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"Im proud of the way Im playing just now, because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres.After recording a critical road win over Dayton on Saturday that could define its season, 15th-ranked St. Marys returns home for a game against San Jose State on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET) at Moraga, Calif.The Gaels (3-0) play only three non-conference games away from home this season and one of those is on a neutral court. The game at Dayton, which shared the Atlantic 10 regular-season title last season and was picked to win it again this season, figured to be a measuring stick for the Gaels in their bid to earn an NCAA Tournament berth this season.St. Marys dominated most of that game, moving out to a 20-point lead with 8:20 left before Dayton closed to within two with 25 seconds remaining. The Gaels held on for a 61-57 win, leaving a Nov. 30 game at Stanford as their only remaining non-conference game on their opponents home court.This was a good win in a tough environment, St. Marys coach head coach Randy Bennett said after the win over Dayton. It was certainly a good test for our team early in the season.The Gaels won despite shooting just 37.7 percent from the field and going 8 of 26 from 3-point range.St. Marys, which returns all five starters from last season, hit 40.6 percent of its 3-pointers last season, and the Gaels combination of usually reliable outside shooting and the inside dominance of Jock Landale, who had 15 points and 14 rebounds against Dayton, makes them difficult to defend.I dont know that anybody has answers against them, Dayton coach Archie Miller said. Theyre able to do what they do against anybody. We wont be the only team that struggles against thhem.ddddddddddddLandale, the only player in the Gaels starting lineup who was not a starter last season, is averaging 17.0 points on 71.1 percent shooting and 10.3 rebounds in the first three games. Emmett Naar, an all-conference selection last season, is averaging 9.0 assists.The Gaels will be favorites at home against San Jose State, which will be playing its first game away from home.The Spartans (1-2) opened with a 109-70 victory over West Coast Baptist, but then lost to Portland 79-66 on Nov. 15 and to Denver 74-69 on Saturday.The Spartans had three chances in the final minute to tie the game against Denver, but Isaac Thornton missed a 3-pointer with 51 seconds left and San Jose State committed two turnovers in the final 10 seconds.This one hurts, said Spartans head coach Dave Wojcik after the Portland loss. We didnt execute. And we didnt execute on the defensive side of the ball. They shot 67 percent from the field in the second half and we got out rebounded by 10. You cant beat teams when that happens.San Jose State 6-foot-8 sophomore Brandon Clarke, the Mountain West sixth man of the year last season, leads the team in scoring (17.0 points per game) and rebounding (8.0).The Spartans have three players who can hit from long range, with Jalen James (6 of 11), Ryan Welage (8 of 16) and E.J. Boyce (7 of 14) all making at least half of their 3-point attempts.The Spartans will need to hit their perimeter shots to give the Gaels a challenge. ' ' '