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Been a bit since I posted the last one, because I've been working on other stuff. But here go the linebackers, OLBs and ILBs...

Other positions:
QB: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15531
RB: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15731
FB: viewtopic.php?p=100261#p100261
WR: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15758
TE: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15761
OL: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15782
DT: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15789
DE: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15791

Grading Key: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12444

Falcons in bold. Rookies denoted by an asterisk (*).

1. Patrick Willis - 7.25
2. DeMarcus Ware - 7.11
3. Clay Matthews - 7.03
4. James Harrison - 6.95
5. LaMarr Woodley - 6.81
6. Ray Lewis - 6.73
7. London Fletcher - 6.54
8. Brian Urlacher - 6.51
9. James Farrior - 6.44
10. Jon Beason - 6.41
11. Derrick Johnson - 6.33
12. Karlos Dansby - 6.33
13. David Harris - 6.31
14. Lance Briggs - 6.26
15. Tamba Hali - 6.19
16. Lawrence Timmons - 6.10
17. Jerod Mayo - 6.07
18. Nick Barnett - 6.05
19. Brian Cushing - 6.04
20. Jonathan Vilma - 6.01
21. Brian Orakpo - 6.01
22. Chad Greenway - 6.00
23. Bart Scott - 5.98
24. Daryl Smith - 5.91
25. Bradie James - 5.90
26. Anthony Spencer - 5.88
27. DeMeco Ryan - 5.86
28. Thomas Davis - 5.82
29. Shaun Phillips - 5.77
30. Cameron Wake - 5.77
31. Paul Posluszny - 5.74
32. Takeo Spikes - 5.71
33. Michael Boley - 5.70
34. Gary Brackett - 5.66
35. Lofa Tatupu - 5.64
36. D'Qwell Jackson - 5.63
37. Rey Maualuga - 5.63
38. Keith Bulluck - 5.63
39. Keith Rivers - 5.62
40. Will Witherspoon - 5.61
41. A.J. Hawk - 5.60
42. E.J. Henderson - 5.60
43. Stewart Bradley - 5.60
44. Rolando McClain - 5.60
45. Curtis Lofton - 5.60
46. Kamerion Wimbley - 5.59
47. James Laurinaitis - 5.56
48. Channing Crowder - 5.51
49. Shawne Merriman - 5.50
50. Calvin Pace - 5.48
53. Barrett Ruud - 5.46
58. Scott Fujita - 5.38
59. Desmond Bishop - 5.36
62. Mike Vrabel - 5.32
66. Keith Brooking - 5.28
68. Quincy Black - 5.27
70. James Anderson - 5.23
71. Jason Taylor - 5.23
72. Mike Peterson - 5.22
74. Brandon Spikes - 5.22
75. Sean Weatherspoon - 5.20
82. Aaron Curry - 5.16
83. Joey Porter - 5.13
89. Geno Hayes - 5.08
91. Daryl Washington - 5.03
93. Jermaine Cunningham - 4.96
94. Sean Lee - 4.96
100. Stephen Nicholas - 4.94
103. Von Miller - 4.91*
104. Scott Shanle - 4.91
105. Tully Banta-Cain - 4.90
107. Demorrio Williams - 4.88
116. Marcus Benard - 4.82
120. Dan Connor - 4.76
125. Larry English - 4.74
129. Jo-Lonn Dunbar - 4.69
134. Dannell Ellerbe - 4.68
135. Aldon Smith - 4.68*
138. Ryan Kerrigan - 4.66*
143. Akeem Ayers - 4.64*
148. Brooks Reed - 4.61*
153. Marvin Mitchell - 4.59
156. Martez Wilson - 4.57*
158. Rennie Curran - 4.56
161. Frank Zombo - 4.54
165. Coy Wire - 4.52
168. Jason Worilds - 4.51
169. Nic Harris - 4.51
171. Justin Houston - 4.51*
172. Jonathan Casillas - 4.51
173. Bobby Carpenter - 4.50
177. Bruce Carter - 4.50*
188. Sam Acho - 4.48*
189. Greg Jones - 4.47*
197. Casey Matthews - 4.45*
200. Dontay Moch - 4.44*
209. Quan Sturdivant - 4.42*
210. Aaron Maybin - 4.42
213. Brian Rolle - 4.41*
218. Akeem Dent - 4.40*
223. Spencer Adkins - 4.38
267. Bear Woods - 4.17
269. Cheta Ozougwu - 4.13*

IMHO your best list yet

Shows just how bad our LB corps is. I feel that Spoon will grace the top 30 after this year. But we still need to find a couple more LBs for the future.

The Curtis Lofton hatred continues, you sure hate on him. James Farrior is over the hill, otherwise decent list. Lofton is top 30 for me.

Lofton is not an every down MLB. The Falcons would do well to pull him off of the field on 3rd and long.