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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.
Some teams keep their outside linebackers on the same side of the field at all times while others define them as playing on either the "strongside" (SLB) or the "weakside" (WLB). The strongside, or "Sam", linebacker lines up on the same side as the offensive tight end and often is responsible for covering the tight end or running back on pass ...
Tyrel Dodson, who had been the middle linebacker, now replaces the 6-2, 232-pound Baker as the Seahawks’ starting inside, weakside linebacker next Jones in Macdonald’s 3-4 scheme.
Smith attended William Howard Taft High School, where he was a letterman in football and track. [2] In football, he was named to the Student Sports Sophomore All-American and Cal-Hi Sports All-State first-team as a 2004 sophomore when he had 800-plus yards of total offense and 8 touchdowns, plus 2 interceptions, as Taft won the L.A. City title.
Star weakside linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper picked up an injury that required him to miss spells of Mizzou football’s game against the Vols on Nov. 11. Newson, next in line on the depth chart, had ...
A trade for a new linebacker. Jerome Baker was on the field for the light practice, including in 11-on-11 work. That’s the first time the starting weakside linebacker next to middle backer Tyrel ...
As a weakside linebacker, he accumulated 231 tackles (157 solo). He totaled 10 sacks for a loss of 85 total yards, and 24.5 tackles for losses with a net loss of 115 yards. He had three career interceptions and returned them a total of 56 yards, including one touchdown.
Rookie linebacker Tyrice Knight, starting at weakside linebacker for former Dolphin Jerome Baker, made a sure tackle in the open field on fullback Alec Ingold in the left flat on a swing pass.