We now get to the other half of the front seven equation. As we said in the last post, teams ask different things of their linebackers than others. Obviously, that will have a way of effecting how rating systems like PFF rank them and it will have an effect on the numbers we generally like to look at. Most regular fans have a basic understanding of the differences between 3-4 and 4-3 defenses, but even when you get between those, each defensive coordinator asks different things depending on their tendencies.
So, we will look at linebackers, but doing a power ranking of just linebackers can be done for entertainment purposes.