Which Teams Invested in Defense in 2026?

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Every offseason, once the main part of free agency is over, I compile all the defensive free agent signings to get a quantitative sense of which teams are investing in that side of the ball. One of the best measures of a player's value and ability is the contract that they sign, so I compile the Average Annual Value (AAV) for each team's free agents in (players the team signed) and free agents out (players signed away by other teams) to come up with a net dollar value for each team. A team...