Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (4-3 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

4-3 Middle Linebackers

15. Kiko Alonso (Miami Dolphins)

Age: 25

Career Sacks: 2.0

Career Tackles: 117

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 30

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 1

Last Year's Ranking: 5th

Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (Guards - AFC)

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

Guards (AFC)

32. Orlando Franklin (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 28

2015-16 Run Blocking Grade: F

2015-16 Pass Blocking Grade: F

Last Year's Ranking: 4th

THE USB Baseball Report: Tenth Edition

Hi, hello & welcome to THE USB Baseball Report! I'm Steve Cook, and we're back with the tenth edition of this column after taking a bye last week. Can you believe that ten of these things have been produced? Neither can I! The baseball season is just flying by and before you know it we'll be in September and wondering how I can combine this and my NFL picks into one column.

This week we've got exciting non-game action, more fun baseball fights, and USB contributors meeting up at GABP to watch the Reds! Let's get it started!

MLB Draft!

This week was a huge week for the half of the National League that's been tanking for the past year or so. Major League Baseball held their 2016 Draft in Secaucus, New Jersey at their network studios. To their credit, MLB has been trying to make their Draft a bigger deal over the past few years, televising the proceedings on their network and hyping up the top prospects on shows in the weeks ahead of the draft. It's a tough thing for them to sell for several reasons:

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

Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (Offensive Tackles - NFC)

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

Offensive Tackles (NFC)

32. Ereck Flowers (New York Giants)

Age: 22

2015-16 Pass Blocking Grade: F

2015-16 Run Blocking Grade: F

Last Year's Ranking: 15th

Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (4-3 Outside 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

4-3 Outside Linebackers

30. Sean Weatherspoon (Atlanta Falcons)

Age: 28

Career Sack: 8.0

Career Tackles: 221

Sacks (for 2015-16 season): 0.0

Tackles (for 2015-16 season): 9

Interceptions (for 2015-16 season): 0

Last Year's Ranking: 33rd

Power Ranking The 2016-17 NFL Starters (Offensive Tackles - AFC)

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

Offensive Tackles (AFC)

32. King Dunlap (San Diego Chargers)

Age: 30

2015-16 Pass Blocking Grade: F

2015-16 Run Blocking Grade: D

Last Year's Ranking: 15th