Monday, June 13, 2016

Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (3-4 Middle Linebackers)

Just like last year at this time, we are POWER RANKING THE NFL STARTERS!

This feature is going to be rolled out on a daily basis over the next month and is going to pick a specific position and rank each team's potential starter at that position. I say POTENTIAL starter because we are still a few months away from NFL training camps everywhere starting and teams and players can still make moves. And lord knows, some teams need to make a lot of moves still.

This column itself is supposed to give you a good idea about how your team is looking at each position as we start pointing the nose of the car towards the upcoming NFL season.

Also, since it's a power rankings, it's ranking the players based on how I feel they played last season.

So, with no further distractions....

I bring to you.......




The Ultimate Sports Blog's

2016-17 NFL Starter Power Rankings

3-4 Middle Linebackers


34. Michael Wilhoite (San Francisco 49ers)


Age: 29

Career Sacks: 0.0

Career Tackles: 166

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 62

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 29th



33. Manti Te'o (San Diego Chargers)


Age: 25

Career Sacks: 1.5

Career Tackles: 143

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 63

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 18th



32. Preston Brown (Buffalo Bills)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 0.0

Career Tackles: 132

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 66

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: 14th



31. Perry Riley (Washington Redskins)


Age: 28

Career Sacks: 9.5

Career Tackles: 269

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 23

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: 31st



30. Deontae Skinner (Philadelphia Eagles)


Age: 25

Career Sacks: 1.0

Career Tackles: 6

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 6

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



29. Sam Barrington (Green Bay Packers)


Age: 25

Career Sacks: 1.0

Career Tackles: 42

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 1

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 22nd



28. Todd Davis (Denver Broncos)


Age: 24

Career Sacks: 0.0

Career Tackles: 29

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 15

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



27. Zachary Orr (Baltimore Ravens)


Age: 24

Career Sacks: 1.0

Career Tackles: 25

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 19

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



26. Nate Irving (Indianapolis Colts)


Age: 27

Career Sacks: 3.0

Career Tackles: 12

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 12

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



25. Kevin Minter (Arizona Cardinals)


Age: 25

Career Sacks: 1.5

Career Tackles: 115

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 72

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 16th



24. Demario Davis (Cleveland Browns)


Age: 27

Career Sacks: 6.5

Career Tackles: 230

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 2.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 57

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 20th



23. Lawrence Timmons (Pittsburgh Steelers)


Age: 30

Career Sacks: 33.0

Career Tackles: 599

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 5.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 77

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 9th



22. Brian Cushing (Houston Texans)


Age: 29

Career Sacks: 13.0

Career Tackles: 379

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 63

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 23rd



21. Jake Ryan (Green Bay Packers)


Age: 24

Career Sacks: 0.0

Career Tackles: 35

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 35

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 12th



20. Ryan Shazier (Pittsburgh Steelers)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 3.5

Career Tackles: 79

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 55

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 19th



19. D'Qwell Jackson (Indianapolis Colts)


Age: 32

Career Sacks: 18.5

Career Tackles: 701

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 89

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 35th



18. Reggie Ragland (Buffalo Bills)


Age: 22

Career Sacks: Rookie

Career Tackles: Rookie

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Last Year's Ranking: Rookie



17. Darron Lee (New York Jets)


Age: 21

Career Sacks: Rookie

Career Tackles: Rookie

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): Rookie

Last Year's Ranking: Rookie



16. Avery Williamson (Tennessee Titans)


Age: 24

Career Sacks: 6.5

Career Tackles: 114

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 63

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 13th



15. Mason Foster (Washington Redskins)


Age: 27

Career Sacks: 6.0

Career Tackles: 268

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 25

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 26th



14. Navorro Bowman (San Francisco 49ers)


Age: 28

Career Sacks: 11.5

Career Tackles: 481

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 2.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 116

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 1st



13. C.J. Mosley (Baltimore Ravens)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 7.0

Career Tackles: 166

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 4.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 77

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 4th



12. Josh Mauga (Kansas City Chiefs)


Age: 28

Career Sacks: 1.5

Career Tackles: 161

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 46

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: 34th



11. Chris Kirksey (Cleveland Browns)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 5.5

Career Tackles: 87

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 40

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



10. David Harris (New York Jets)


Age: 32

Career Sacks: 35.0

Career Tackles: 647

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 4.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 67

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 32nd



9. Denzel Perryman (San Diego Chargers)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 2.0

Career Tackles: 64

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 2.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 64

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



8. Deone Bucannon (Arizona Cardinals)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 5.0

Career Tackles: 158

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 93

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



7. Jordan Hicks (Philadelphia Eagles)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 1.0

Career Tackles: 43

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 43

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: Not ranked



6. Benardrick McKinney (Houston Texans)


Age: 23

Career Sacks: 1.0

Career Tackles: 37

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 37

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 11th



5. Jerrell Freeman (Chicago Bears)


Age: 30

Career Sacks: 12.0

Career Tackles: 296

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 3.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 66

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 30th



4. Brandon Marshall (Denver Broncos)


Age: 26

Career Sacks: 3.5

Career Tackles: 171

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 1.5

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 77

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 2nd



3. Danny Trevathan (Chicago Bears)


Age: 26

Career Sacks: 3.0

Career Tackles: 192

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 73

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: 17th



2. Wesley Woodyard (Tennessee Titans)


Age: 29

Career Sacks: 15.5

Career Tackles: 407

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 5.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 54

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 28th



1. Derrick Johnson (Kansas City Chiefs)


Age: 33

Career Sacks: 26.5

Career Tackles: 821

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 4.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 95

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 2

Last Year's Ranking: 10th

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