'14 FL LB Jakob Johnson (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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Urlacher's weight is not against the norm... Go to NFL.com and check LB's weight in NFL it's riddled with 260 plus players. Heck I weigh 253 it's not that big, some people make it sound like you turn into Frankenstein athletically after 230.
 
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RSATURDAY said:
Urlacher's weight is not against the norm... Go to NFL.com and check LB's weight in NFL it's riddled with 260 plus players. Heck I weigh 253 it's not that big, some people make it sound like you turn into Frankenstein athletically after 230.
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That is skewed because the rush LB in a 3-4 is bigger than most DE's.

Robert Mathis, John Abraham, and Ryan Orakpo were 3 ProBowl OLB's in 2014. All came into the league, and 2 were wildly successful, as DE's.

Guys like Kuechly, Posluszny, Derrick Johnson, and Patrick Willis are your top ILB's. All under 250 and most 6'1" or 6'2."
 
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Madkins8 said:
That is skewed because the rush LB in a 3-4 is bigger than most DE's.

Robert Mathis, John Abraham, and Ryan Orakpo were 3 ProBowl OLB's in 2014. All came into the league, and 2 were wildly successful, as DE's.

Guys like Kuechly, Posluszny, Derrick Johnson, and Patrick Willis are your top ILB's. All under 250 and most 6'1" or 6'2."
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I think Mayo is around 250 but I agree that is more of the exception.
 
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Madkins8 said:
That is skewed because the rush LB in a 3-4 is bigger than most DE's.

Robert Mathis, John Abraham, and Ryan Orakpo were 3 ProBowl OLB's in 2014. All came into the league, and 2 were wildly successful, as DE's.

Guys like Kuechly, Posluszny, Derrick Johnson, and Patrick Willis are your top ILB's. All under 250 and most 6'1" or 6'2."
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This.
 
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They must feel pretty good about the incoming LB crew to let Stripling poach both Maggitt and Johnson from Thigpen.
 
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NashVOL93 said:
Weatherd's gonna end up at rush end, like Maggitt. So mostly just the Triple B's.
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Maggitt is still the SLB, he will just come down in nickel and leave AJJ and JRM as the true LB's in nickel.

Weatherd will play the same role. It is still a LB position.
 
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Madkins8 said:
Maggitt is still the SLB, he will just come down in nickel and leave AJJ and JRM as the true LB's in nickel.

Weatherd will play the same role. It is still a LB position.
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If you want to get technical, sure, they're still 'backers. But they play the nickel 60-70% of the time. If Maggitt's spending 70% of his snaps at the 9-tech, he's a rush end.
 
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I really look forward to JRM in the backfield. I think he will bring much needed speed to the LB position. Nice to have competition at multiple positions in the secondary
 
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NashVOL93 said:
If you want to get technical, sure, they're still 'backers. But they play the nickel 60-70% of the time. If Maggitt's spending 70% of his snaps at the 9-tech, he's a rush end.
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Last year we spent about 40% of snaps in nickel.

I think that number goes up some this year with more confidence in the nickel personnel, but I still think Maggitt will have his hand on the ground < 50% of the time.
 
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Madkins8 said:
Last year we spent about 40% of snaps in nickel.

I think that number goes up some this year with more confidence in the nickel personnel, but I still think Maggitt will have his hand on the ground < 50% of the time.
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I'm just glad that Maggitt is in the conversation. We really missed him last season!
 
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