The NFL game is always evolving as offenses try to stay one step ahead of their defensive counterparts.
The league has been making a gradual shift to a more pass-oriented game for decades, but in recent years, offenses have been making dramatic changes to facilitate a faster-paced game.
As offenses make these changes to mimic some of the more high-powered offenses we see in college, defenses are left trying to play catch-up.
One of the defensive adjustments that has popped up in recent years is the rise in prominence of undersized, athletic linebackers with elite range.