From explosive breakaway runs to grinding yards in the trenches, starting running backs have shown their ability to carry their NFL teams.

According to the football analytics outlet, here was the highest-graded player on every team on defense in the league during Week 7's slate: Arizona Cardinals: LB Dennis Gardeck PFF grade: 81.3. Atlanta Falcons: DT Grady Jarrett PFF grade: 89.

As the trade deadline nears, we looked at cap space and draft capital for all 32 teams. Which franchises can actually maneuver big deals?

Week 7 NFL action is complete. We are just more than a third of the way through the season, so we have a considerable sample size to project how these teams will fare going forward.  Four teams seem to be the ones who will be fighting for the No.

The NFL has relatively simple draft rules compared with the NBA's arcane lottery system. But Tankathon remains an indispensable resource for teams that suck. It's a website that tracks where each team would stand in the next year's draft, according to the results thus far in the season.