Which Team Will Have the NFL’s Best Defense in 2026? Texans, Rams Battle for No. 1 Ranking on ’The Hot List’

The Los Angeles Rams revamped their defense this offseason, adding Myles Garrett, Trent McDuffie, and Jaylen Watson to a unit that already ranked top-five in PFN’s Defense Impact metric last season. While the Rams have a strong argument for the title of the NFL’s best defense, PFN’s Ian Cummings decided to go in a different direction when he ranked his top-five defenses on the latest episode of “The Hot List.