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In January 2023, the Ravens awarded Smith with a contract extension that made him the league's highest-paid linebacker. Smith was the NFL's third-leading tackler last season and was voted the team ...
The middle or inside linebacker (MLB or ILB), sometimes called the "Mike" or "Mac", [15] is often referred to as the "quarterback of the defense". [16] Often it is the middle linebacker who receives the defensive play calls from the sideline and relays that play to the rest of the team, and in the NFL he is usually the defensive player with the electronic sideline communicator.
13 NFL linebackers currently make at least $10 million in average salary per year, led by Darius Leonard.
Leo Chenal (/ ʃ ə ˈ n ɛ l / shə-NEL; [1] born October 26, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers .
The NFL Top 100 Players of 2017 was the seventh season in the series. It ended with reigning Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady being ranked #1. This made Brady the first player to be voted #1 more than once. It was also just the second time the #1 ranked player was not the reigning NFL MVP of the league, as Matt Ryan came in at #10.
Fred Warner is in the same spot as he was to start the season — the clear-cut choice as the top off-ball linebacker in the NFL. The fiery leader of the San Francisco 49ers defense was voted the ...
Raekwon McMillan (born November 17, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft, and later played for the Las Vegas Raiders and the New England Patriots. He played college football at Ohio State.
In 2001, Sports Illustrated’s Paul Zimmerman named Butkus the greatest middle linebacker in NFL history. When NFL Network ranked the 100 greatest players ever in 2010, Butkus was No. 10.