Continuing my 2016 position grades for the Los Angeles Chargers, we will look at the inside linebackers in this edition.
Because there are so many linebackers on the team, and the responsibilities of each are so different in a 3-4 defensive scheme, I have decided to split up the inside linebackers and outside linebackers. In the next edition, you’ll see the grades for the outside linebackers.
As was the theme at just about every position (and a theme in my grading posts), the Chargers suffered a season-ending injury to one of their stars. Manti Te’o suffered a torn ACL early in the year and the Chargers were forced to turn to younger players to make up for his loss.