Defense
| Position | First Team | Second Team |
|---|---|---|
| Defensive end | Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis Colts (AP, PFWA, TSN) Osi Umenyiora, New York Giants (AP, PFWA) Michael Strahan, New York Giants (TSN) |
Derrick Burgess, Oakland Raiders (AP-2) Michael Strahan, New York Giants (AP-2) |
| Defensive tackle | Richard Seymour, New England Patriots (AP, PFWA) Jamal Williams, San Diego Chargers (AP, TSN) Rod Coleman, Atlanta Falcons (PFWA) Marcus Stroud, Jacksonville Jaguars (TSN) |
Tommie Harris, Chicago Bears (AP-2) Rod Coleman, Atlanta Falcons (AP-2) |
| Inside linebacker | Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears (AP, PFWA, TSN) Al Wilson, Denver Broncos (AP, TSN) |
Zach Thomas, Miami Dolphins (AP-2) Mike Peterson, Jacksonville Jaguars (AP-2) |
| Outside linebacker | Lance Briggs, Chicago Bears (AP, PFWA) Derrick Brooks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (AP) Cato June, Indianapolis Colts (PFWA) Shawne Merriman, San Diego Chargers (TSN) |
Joey Porter, Pittsburgh Steelers (AP-2) Cato June, Indianapolis Colts (AP-2) |
| Cornerback | Champ Bailey, Denver Broncos (AP, PFWA, TSN) Ronde Barber, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (AP) Nathan Vasher, Chicago Bears (PFWA) Deltha O'Neal, Cincinnati Bengals (TSN) |
Nathan Vasher, Chicago Bears (AP-2) Deltha O'Neal, Cincinnati Bengals (AP-2) |
| Safety | Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh Steelers (AP, PFWA, TSN) Bob Sanders, Indianapolis Colts (AP) Darren Sharper, Minnesota Vikings (PFWA, TSN) |
Mike Brown, Chicago Bears (AP-2) Darren Sharper, Minnesota Vikings (AP-2) |
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Famous quotes containing the word defense:
“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”
—Barry Goldwater (b. 1909)
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”
—Malcolm X (1925–1965)
“Unlike Boswell, whose Journals record a long and unrewarded search for a self, Johnson possessed a formidable one. His life in London—he arrived twenty-five years earlier than Boswell—turned out to be a long defense of the values of Augustan humanism against the pressures of other possibilities. In contrast to Boswell, Johnson possesses an identity not because he has gone in search of one, but because of his allegiance to a set of assumptions that he regards as objectively true.”
—Jeffrey Hart (b. 1930)