By Peter Christian
| DE | DT | ILB |
| Derrick Morgan | Ndamukong Suh | Rolando McClain |
| Carlos Dunlap | Gerald McCoy | Brandon Spikes |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | Dan Williams | Sean Lee |
| Brandon Graham | Brian Price | Daryl Washington |
| Everson Griffen | Terrance Cody | Darryl Sharpton |
| Greg Hardy | Arthur Jones | |
| George Selvie | Jared Odrick | |
| Jermaine Cunningham | Marvin Austin | |
| Corey Wooten | D’Anthony Smith |
| OLB |
| Navarro Bowman |
| Sergio Kindle |
| Bruce Carter |
| Sean Weatherspoon |
| Rod Muckelroy |
| Jerry Hughes |
| Eric Norwood |
| CB | S |
| Joe Haden | Eric Berry |
| Patrick Robinson | Earl Thomas |
| Perrish Cox | Taylor Mays |
| Donovan Warren | Chad Jones |
| Kyle Wilson | DeAndre McDaniel |
| Javier Arenas | Nate Allen |
| Brandon Ghee |