Rank our LBs (2025)

[*bfine32*]

Time to go back to the D and rank our Off-ball LBs. I’ll list each team’s top 4; for us, that’s Wilson, Pratt, Knight, and Carter. The competition:

ARZ: MACK WILSON-AKIEEM DAVIS GATHER-BARON BROWNING-OWEN PAPPOE
ATL: KADEN ELLISS-DEVIN DIABLO-JD BERTRAND-TROY ANDERSON
BAL: KYLE VANNOY-ROQUAN SMITH-TAVIOUS ROBINSON-JACOB HUMMEL
BUF: MATT MILANO-TERREL BERNARD-EDEF ULOFOSHIO-BAYLON SPECTOR
CAR: DJ WONNUM-CHRISTIAN ROZEBOOM-PAT JONES II-JACOBY WINDON
CHI: TREMAINE EDMUNDS-TJ EDWARDS-RUBEN HYPOLITTE-NOAH SEWELL
CLV: CARSON SCHWESINGER-JORDAN HICKS-WINSTON REID-DEVIN BUSH
DAL: KENNETH MURRAY-JACK SANBORN-DEMARVION OVERSHOWN-SHEMAR JAMES
DEN: ALEX SINGLETON-DRE GREENLAW-JUSTIN SMART-DREW SANDERS
DET: ALEX ANZALONE-JACK CAMPBELL-DERRICK BARNES-MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ
GBP: QUAY WALKER-EDGERIN COOPER-ISIAH SIMMONS-TYRAN HOPPER
HOU: HENRYTOOTOO-AZEEZ ALSHAZIR-CHRISTIAN HARRIS-NICK NIEMANN
IND:  JAYLON CARLIS-ZIARE FRANKLIN-SEGUN OLUBI-LIAM ANDERSON
JAX: FOYESADE OLUOKON-DEVIN LLOYD-VENTRELL MILLER-JACK KISER
KCC: DREW TRANQUIL-NICK BOLTON-LEO CHANEL-CAM JONES
LVR: DEVIN WHITE-ELANDON ROBERTS-TOMMY EICHENBERG-CODY LINDENBERG
LAC: DAIYAN HENLEY-JUNIOR COLSON-TONY DYE-DENZEL PERRIMAN
LAR: TONY READER-OMAR SPEIGHTS-CHRIS PAUL-NATE LANDMAN
MIA: TYREL DODSON-JORDYN BROOKS-KJ BRITT-WILLIE GAY
MIN: IVAN PACE-BLAKE CASHMAN-ERIC WILSON-KOBE KING
NEP: CHRISTIAN ELLISS-ROBERT-SPILLANE-JAHANI TAVAI-JACK GIBBENS
NOS: DEMARIO DAVIS-PETE WERNER-JAYLAN FORD-DANNY STUTSMAN
NYG: BOBBY OKEREKE-MICAH MCFADDEN-DYONTAE JOHNSON-DARIUS MUASAU
NYJ- JAMIN DAVIS-JAMIEN SHERWOOD-QUINCEY WILLIAMS-ZAIRE BARNES
PHI: ZACK BAUN-NAKOBE DEAN-JIHAD CAMPBELL-JEREMIAH TROTTER
PIT: PATRICK QUEEN-PAYTON WILSON-COLE HOLCOMB-MALIK HARRISON
SFF: DEE WINTERS-FRED WARNER-NICK MARTIN-JALEN GRAHAM
SEA: TYRICE KNIGHT-ERNEST JONES-DRAKE THOMAS-JOSH ROSS
TBB: ANTHONY WALKER-LAVONTE DAVIS-SIRVORCIA DENNIS-DEION JONES
TEN: CODY BARTON-OTIS REESE-CEDRIC GRAY-JAMES WILLIAMS
WAS: FRANKIE LUVU-BOBBY WAGNER-DOMINIQUE HAMPTON-NICK BELLATORE

AVAILABLE: CJ MOSLEY-JAWHAN BENTLEY-ERIK KENDRICKS-DEVONDRE CAMPBELL

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

I voted middle of the pack 13-17. Logan just needs to get healthy and he is a top MIKE, Knight should be an upgrade big time over Pratt
right off as he is a damn good tackler and takes great angles, the things Pratt is bad at. I like Carter for ST's right away, but honestly Shaka
Heyward played great late last season and could be another factor. But until we see these guys play, I cannot vote higher than mid pack.

We have a new LB coach in Hodges and the last time Golden was with the Bengals Logan and Pratt were so much better. We will see.

[BigRed75]

Getting rid of Pratt will only make this unit better.

[Joelist]

It's hard to grade this unit right now because Golden is changing the system; he specifically said he'll be using more 3 LB looks than Lou did.

[Lucius Cincinnatus]

(05-30-2025, 01:57 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I voted middle of the pack 13-17. Logan just needs to get healthy and he is a top MIKE, Knight should be an upgrade big time over Pratt
right off as he is a damn good tackler and takes great angles, the things Pratt is bad at. I like Carter for ST's right away, but honestly Shaka
Heyward played great late last season and could be another factor. But until we see these guys play, I cannot vote higher than mid pack.

We have a new LB coach in Hodges and the last time Golden was with the Bengals Logan and Pratt were so much better. We will see.

Expecting a rookie LB to be an upgrade over a proven NFL starter, even if he has some warts, is begging to disappoint yourself. ILB is widely considered one of the most difficult positions for rookies to transition into the NFL. 

Pratt wasn't great last year, but there is a significantly better chance that Knight is worse in year 1 than better than Pratt..

[Nicomo Cosca]

Hard to judge considering the rookies are unknown at this point. Feels like one of the weaker position groups on the team. Probably only safety (and maybe TE) is worse. Have to go bottom tier as of now.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-30-2025, 04:09 PM)Lucius Cincinnatus Wrote: Expecting a rookie LB to be an upgrade over a proven NFL starter, even if he has some warts, is begging to disappoint yourself. ILB is widely considered one of the most difficult positions for rookies to transition into the NFL. 

Pratt wasn't great last year, but there is a significantly better chance that Knight is worse in year 1 than better than Pratt..

Could be right, Pratt and his poor tackling trying to strip the ball out was infectious in a bad way last year too. Hope he doesn't spread that crap 
around again to these rookies. If so, it might be a better idea to cut or even better trade the guy for a touch of value who knows. All I know is 
Knight's strengths in college have been Pratt's weaknesses in the pros the last couple of years.

[J24]

Oren Burks is an underrated addition to this team; I think he will be our will LB next to Wilson!

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-30-2025, 05:56 PM)J24 Wrote: Oren Burks is an underrated addition to this team; I think he will be our will LB next to Wilson!

Yeah, I didn't even mention Burks as he wasn't even mentioned as one of our LB's by Bfine lol

Oren played great in the Playoffs and the SB for the Eagles filling in no question.

[Goalpost]

Middle of the pack score, 13-17. I do like the new faces though.

[SunsetBengal]

(05-30-2025, 05:56 PM)J24 Wrote: Oren Burks is an underrated addition to this team; I think he will be our will LB next to Wilson!

Hmm, Wilson is the WILL backer. Are you thinking MLB?

[TKUHL]

I don’t get all the Pratt hate. Dude made some key plays for us. As much as I like Wilson, I thought Pratt had a better year. Haven’t looked at numbers, just my observation.