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The defense was similar to the offense in that they also used a great number of players because of injury. While the offense used 403 different groupings of eleven players, the defense used 405 which was 9th most in the league. The Ravens had the most at 511 unique defensive lineups while the Bucs had far and away the least at 217. They had 7.7 percent of their defensive plays come against/from their most common lineup which was also a league high. The Broncos had 2.9 percent which was was 14th lowest. The Lions had only 1.4 percent.