| He gets good leverage and usually blocks against a rushing linebacker or defensive back. |
|
| In addition to linebacker, Peterson can play defensive end or cover wide receivers. |
|
| He has played all three linebacker positions, and now the team will need a replacement for him on the weak side. |
|
| I knew I wasn't going to be a quarterback or a linebacker or anything like that. |
|
| The Saints faked a punt using a guy they'd barely met while the Jets faked a field goal using a linebacker as a running back. |
|
| And that's exactly why third-year Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, a Pro Bowler in 2001, is approaching the season warily. |
|
| His athletic ability is so great that he can line up on either side or as a linebacker at times. |
|
| Defenses also often walked out a linebacker to Moss' side of the field to help defend slant routes. |
|
| The Lions must find at least one solid outside linebacker and cornerback to be competitive. |
|
| There might not be a linebacker or safety in the league who can cover Westbrook man-to-man. |
|
| The Packers lacked depth at linebacker and their coverage units have been merely average. |
|
| His move from outside linebacker was supposed to be a cure-all, allowing him to line up in a three-point stance and rush quarterbacks. |
|
| For example, you can take an inside linebacker and assign him to blitz the quarterback while you get a safety to cover the area he vacates. |
|
| Former linebacker Adam Archuleta went from walk-on to first-round NFL draft pick last spring. |
|
| Merriman plays as both a defensive end and outside linebacker, and quarterbacks better make sure they know where he is. |
|
| Then, late in the week, linebacker Ira Davis blindsides cornerback Jason David at his locker because Davis thinks David is seeing his girlfriend. |
|
| They felt he was a limited guy, sort of a safety-linebacker tweener who lacked size at linebacker and speed at safety. |
|
| But knowing Belichick's defensive bent, he could just as easily choose a lineman, linebacker, cornerback, or safety. |
|
| Defensively, they need a ballhawking safety, an interior pass rusher and more speed at linebacker. |
|
| Even their fourth linebacker, Rocky Boiman, has an interception return for a touchdown and a safety. |
|
|
|
| Ward's partner, former linebacker Chris Spielman, initially was uncomfy also. |
|
| Lewis, who was a solitary and sensational force in the middle of the former system, now must share the inside territory with another linebacker. |
|
| Clemons played middle linebacker last year for the Saints, but the Texans will play him at right outside linebacker. |
|
| The Titans have to figure out who is going to play left outside linebacker. |
|
| After verifying the onside linebacker is not blitzing, the fullback runs a sit-down pattern about 5 yards over the middle. |
|
| Safety Eric Brown and linebacker Shantee Orr converged on the Jaguar quarterback for a sack to force fourth down in the first quarter. |
|
| Dunn had smooth sailing once he cleared the line of scrimmage and had to make only one move on a linebacker to run free. |
|
| Above his locker was a gold plate declaring it the previous roost of Harry Carson, the Hall of Fame linebacker. |
|
| People are so eager to grab them that one man dives into the crowd like an NFL linebacker. |
|
| The other said linebacker James Harrison, then with the Steelers, because his perceived ferociousness would batter stereotypes. |
|
| He resigned himself to becoming a legitimate baller at linebacker. |
|
| A key member of the 1965 undefeated Gee-Gees team, Rick would excel at both linebacker and fullback. |
|
| Fourth-year linebacker and defensive captain Michael Cornell had 6.5 tackles and a fumble recovery in perhaps his last game. |
|
| He was a split end and outside linebacker in a smaller school in Alabama. |
|
| The Hamilton native is the top-rated CIS linebacker heading into the 2009 Canadian Football League draft. |
|
| You run timed drills in a specific task like punting or run stopping where you only get to control the relevant player like the punter or middle linebacker. |
|
| As his QB Wilson dashed up field, Tate blindsided Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee with a hit to the head. |
|
| Dyson was tackled by St. Louis linebacker Mike Jones a couple of yards shy of the end zone. |
|
| Whether it was great scouting or just good luck, the addition of middle linebacker Levon Kirkland should have a trickle-down effect on many areas of the defense. |
|
| Police say the NFL linebacker killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. |
|
|
|
| The suicide of NFL linebacker Junior Seau has reignited the debate over head trauma's long-term effects. |
|
| The suicide of the legendary San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau is all too familiar. |
|
| Andy Young was shadowboxing with James Orange, a wild bearish man as big as an NFL linebacker. |
|
| The assistant principal circles her, arms outstretched as if in a linebacker drill, but assiduously avoiding contact. |
|
| A linebacker came up and nailed him head-on, stopped him cold. |
|
| Badly in need of linebacker help and some bulk on the defensive line, the Packers drafted speedy linebacker Nick Barnett and defensive tackle Kenny Peterson. |
|
| Broncos MLB Al, the team's leading tackler and lone veteran linebacker healthy, was having an Pro Bowl-caliber season before suffering a neck stinger on Sunday. |
|
| An offensive tackle blocks down on a defensive tackle, the onside guard, in most cases, blocks the outside linebacker, and the fullback kicks out on the defensive end. |
|
| Junior linebacker Jeremy Dorse had 11 tackles and Mark Kegal's interception at the Rosamond 10 late in the game preserved the victory. |
|
| Senior Elston Forte went from being a linebacker to the linebacker in as short a time frame as he could imagine. |
|
| Carroll said if freshman linebacker Brian Cushing doesn't return within two weeks, he will probably redshirt. |
|
| Though Mikell has long thrived as an in-the-box thumper, the Rams prefer to use the springier Stewart, who also serves as the dime linebacker in that capacity. |
|
| Gibbons, a linebacker and running back on the football team, tosses mostly off-speed stuff, trying to induce ground balls and easy infield outs. |
|
| He plays middle linebacker and running back. |
|
| An outstanding defense, led by linebacker Manti Te'o, drove that Irish team to an undefeated regular season. |
|
| I had him twice, flinging myself at him like a linebacker, but he wriggled away and I was down in the dirt, in the dust, a cyclone of dust, the sheep poking at my bare arms and outthrust hands with their stony black hooves. |
|
| The middle linebacker is not always in the middle of the formation, but is usually between the other two linebackers. |
|
| And talk radio's subtext included resentment that there would be no Wheaties cereal box idolization of Ray Lewis, the Ravens' fleet, formidable linebacker. |
|
| The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk. |
|
| During his 13-year career as a game-changing NFL linebacker, Lawrence Taylor hit opponents so hard he often made them see stars. |
|
|
|
| Bradley might push for playing time right away at the strongside linebacker spot. |
|
| Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender. |
|
| As a high school linebacker, he was good enough to be captain, but also gracious enough to help a more talented player take over his starting position. |
|
| Quayd Standridge, who also handles wide receiver and linebacker duties, fills in as punter. |
|
| True to his reputation, emotional ASU linebacker Vontaze Burfict was involved in several personal foul penalties during the game. |
|
| The defensive end on the side of the walk-up linebacker will align in a 4 technique. |
|
| For linebacker Ray Lewis, a fitting end to a storied career. |
|
| When he was met by linebacker Kendrick Dunn, Davis dispatched him with a stiff-arm on his way to a 20-yard gain. |
|
| Senior Fred Gamble's shift from noseguard to inside linebacker at least is partly credited for the resurrection of the Cowboys' season. |
|
| A 41-yard interception return for a touchdown by second-year linebacker Alex Lothian of Brampton put the Gee-Gees up 42-11 at 2:55 of the third quarter. |
|
| Xavier Adibi, the Texans' 25-year-old linebacker, is the son of an immigrant who came to Oklahoma State University to play soccer and eventually earn a doctorate in biochemistry. |
|
| The linebacker corralled the runner who had slipped through the hole. |
|
| Cardboard caricatures are set up, and the film plods from unfunny gag to unfunny gag like a 350-pound linebacker who's suddenly been asked to take over the running game. |
|
| Outside linebackers Gino Capuano and Victor Sambola, middle linebacker Mike Vizzo, nose guard Justin Burke and defensive end Marcelino Guerra led Worcester Tech on defense. |
|
| The police report said the playbooks were taken from the office of linebacker coach Vernon Hargreaves and the pages were removed from the binders, which were left behind. |
|
| Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel weren't calling the plays, linebacker Tedy Bruschi wasn't making big ones and New England got off to an uncharacteristically slow start. |
|
| Linebacker Carlton Bailey shaved his head last year.... Soon, the bald head became the rage among the linebackers. Now, just about every Giants linebacker has a chrome dome. |
|
| Among the underclassmen already making an impact are linebacker Andy Watts, defensive tackle Mike Berry, free safety Tommy Caton and noseguard Brian Wilson. |
|
