Twitter: PFF top LBers through week 13

[JD_KaPow]

Further evidence that LVE should not be sitting on the sidelines replaced by Sean Lee..

And we are going to take him off the field for Lee. Ridiculous.

If Romo can lose his job to injury, so can Lee.

Insanity. LBs are not QBs. There are plenty of snaps to go around, and keeping LVE fresh needs to be a priority.

 

[ClappingCarrot]

Finally, a PFF list I can agree with, although Leighton has looked way better than Kuechly this season.

In Kuechly's defense though, it's kind of hard to get going and diagnose plays when your defensive line gets pushed back into you every play.

 

[DasSchnitzel]

I wonder if any team has ever had 2 LBs in the top 7 since PFF began doing this.

 

[Batman1980]

I wonder if any team has ever had 2 LBs in the top 7 since PFF began doing this.

Davis and Kuechly and Urlacher and that one guy for the Bears were formidable tandems for years.

 

[Direwolf63]

Davis and Kuechly and Urlacher and that one guy for the Bears were formidable tandems for years.

Lance Briggs.

Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman.

 

[Batman1980]

The hope here is that Smith and Vander Esch are the next Briggs and Urlacher.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

We could use Lee to cover Ertz his weekend....that much I do agree with. He’s our best cover linebacker

 

[erod]

Further evidence that LVE should not be sitting on the sidelines replaced by Sean Lee.

Move Jaylon to the strong side and put Lee at weak side. But whatever they decide to do LVE has to be on the field. He has become too important to just park on the sidelines.

And when he turns up hurt from overplay?

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

The hope here is that Smith and Vander Esch are the next Briggs and Urlacher.

You mean Lewis and Suggs unless.......

 

[Batman1980]

You mean Lewis and Suggs unless.......

Yeah let's not have a repeat of that scenario.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Waste of resources on a guy who wouldn't play a ton since we play a heavy dose of nickel defense.

Wilson is the ideal 3rd LB if you can get him back on a cheapish deal IMO.

I'm guessing Covington will get strong consideration to replacing Wilson .....

 

[Batman1980]

I'm guessing Covington will get strong consideration to replacing Wilson .....

What about Thomas?

 

[Nova]

Insanity. LBs are not QBs. There are plenty of snaps to go around, and keeping LVE fresh needs to be a priority.

I think he means that it makes more sense to spend resources elsewhere considering we have two pro bowl/maybe even all-pro caliber LBers already.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Lance Briggs.

Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman.

Willis and Bowman made the middle of the field like a black hole. Just awesome tandem. Jaylon and LVE have a 5-6 year window to reach and maintain that elite level. Looks like we won't have to wait too long for that.

 

[JohnsKey19]

What about Thomas?

Thomas is more of a WLB or coverage LB. Wilson's replacement will either be Covington or a draft pick. SLB is usually the easiest to find of the 3.

 

[reddyuta]

Bobby Wagner is one of the main reasons I kind of hope we don't play the Seahawks in the playoffs...seriously. That guy is amazing, Luke Kuechley too.

he is genius, he is always at the right place at the right time.

 

[cern]

individual rankings notwithstanding, the combo of vanderesch and smith is probably the best in the nfl currently.

 

[Nova]

You mean Lewis and Suggs unless.......

Suggs has more in common with DLaw

 

[DasSchnitzel]

Davis and Kuechly and Urlacher and that one guy for the Bears were formidable tandems for years.

Urchlacher and Briggs predate PFF, yeah? could be wrong but I thought PFF was only about 5 to 10 years old, I wanna say Urlacher retired around 07 or 08.

Davis and Kuechly are the only pair I can think of in that time frame which might be both in top 7. I wouldn't count Suggs and Lewis because EDGE is so different from typical LB

 

[windjc]

Just to be clear, this is top LBers in the entire league, not rookies.

Why is LVE only rated as the 7th best rookie on ESPN? And I believe they rate 2 LBers higher.