A lot of leagues have made their leagues tackle heavy, where top tier LBs are the studs you want and most of the time some of the edge rushers lose a little value in these leagues (it all depends on how much points is rewarded for a sack).
Scoring System: 2pts per tackle / 1pt per assist / 5pts per sack / 3pts per PD / 5pts per INT / 1.5pts TFL
LINEBACKER RANKINGS
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| RANK | PLAYER | TM |
| 1 | LAVONTE DAVID | TBB |
| 2 | LUKE KUECHLY | CAR |
| 3 | NAVORRO BOWMAN | SF |
| 4 | CJ MOSLEY | BAL |
| 5 | BOBBY WAGNER | SEA |
| 6 | ALEC OGLETREE | STL |
| 7 | JAMIE COLLINS | NEP |
| 8 | DEANDRE LEVY | DET |
| 9 | DERRICK JOHNSON | KCC |
| 10 | DEMARIO DAVIS | NYJ |
| 11 | LAWRENCE TIMMONS | PIT |
| 12 | TELVIN SMITH | JAC |
| 13 | MYCHAL KENDRICKS | PHI |
| 14 | PRESTON BROWN | BUF |
| 15 | KEENAN ROBINSON | WAS |
| 16 | KHALIL MACK | OAK |
| 17 | JERRELL FREEMAN | IND |
| 18 | KIKO ALONSO | PHI |
| 19 | NIGEL BRADHAM | BUF |
| 20 | PAUL POSLUSZNY | JAC |
| 21 | JELANI JENKINS | MIA |
| 22 | DANNY TREVATHAN | DEN |
| 23 | AVERY WILLIAMSON | TEN |
| 24 | CHRISTIAN JONES | CHI |
| 25 | JUSTIN HOUSTON | KCC |
| 26 | RYAN SHAZIER | PIT |
| 27 | SIO MOORE | OAK |
| 28 | ANTHONY BARR | MIN |
| 29 | SEAN LEE | DAL |
| 30 | STEPHONE ANTHONY | NOS |
| 31 | VONATZE BURFICT (INJ) | CIN |
| 32 | JEROD MAYO | NEP |
| 33 | D’QWELL JACKSON | IND |
| 34 | PAUL WORRILOW | ATL |
| 35 | KARLOS DANSBY | CLE |
| 36 | ZACH BROWN | TEN |
| 37 | PERRY RILEY | WAS |
| 38 | ERIC KENDRICKS | MIN |
| 39 | BRIAN CUSHING | HOU |
| 40 | SEAN WEATHERSPOON | ARI |
| 41 | BRANDON MARSHALL | DEN |
| 42 | STEPHON TULLOCH | DET |
| 43 | JAMES LAURINAITIS | STL |
| 44 | CLAY MATTHEWS | GBP |
| 45 | CURTIS LOFTON | OAK |
| 46 | VON MILLER | DEN |
| 47 | SHAQ THOMPSON | CAR |
| 48 | MASON FOSTER | CHI |
| 49 | JT THOMAS | NYG |
| 50 | CHRIS KIRKSEY | CLE |
| 51 | KJ WRIGHT | SEA |
| 52 | RYAN KERRIGAN | WAS |
| 53 | DEVON KENNARD | NYG |
| 54 | ROLANDO MCCLAIN | DAL |
| 55 | DENZEL PERRYMAN | SDC |
| 56 | DONTA HIGHTOWER | NEP |
| 57 | GERALD HODGES | MIN |
| 58 | MICHAEL WHILHOITE | SF |
| 59 | MALCOLM SMITH | OAK |
| 60 | DAVID HARRIS | NYJ |
| 61 | BUD DUPREE | PIT |
| 62 | ANTHONY HITCHENS | DAL |
| 63 | BENARDRICK MCKINNEY | HOU |
| 64 | THOMAS DAVIS | CAR |
| 65 | CHAD GREENWAY | MIN |
| 66 | BRUCE CARTER | TBB |
| 67 | KWON ALEXANDER | TBB |
| 68 | SAM BARRINGTON | GBP |
| 69 | DARYL SMITH | BAL |
| 70 | JON BEASON | NYG |
DEFENSIVE LINE RANKINGS
| RANK | PLAYER | TM |
| 1 | JJ Watt | HOU |
| 2 | Robert Quinn | STL |
| 3 | Chandler Jones | NEP |
| 4 | Everson Griffen | MIN |
| 5 | Calais Campbell | ARI |
| 6 | Muhammad Wilkerson | NYJ |
| 7 | Jason Pierre-Paul | NYG |
| 8 | Jerry Hughes | BUF |
| 9 | Carlos Dunlap | CIN |
| 10 | Fletcher Cox | PHI |
| 11 | Greg Hardy | DAL |
| 12 | Olivier Vernon | MIA |
| 13 | Marcell Dareus | BUF |
| 14 | Cameron Heyward | PIT |
| 15 | Aaron Donald | STL |
| 16 | Cameron Jordan | NOS |
| 17 | Gerald McCoy | TBB |
| 18 | Rob Ninkovich | NEP |
| 19 | Ziggy Ansah | DET |
| 20 | Sheldon Richardson | NYJ |
| 21 | Corey Liuget | SDC |
| 22 | Demarcus Lawrence | DAL |
| 23 | Mario Williams | BUF |
| 24 | Cameron Wake | MIA |
| 25 | Vic Beasley | ATL |
| 26 | Jonathan Hankins | NYG |
| 27 | Malik Jackson | DEN |
| 28 | Sen’Derrick Marks | JAC |
| 29 | Charles Johnson | CAR |
| 30 | Ndamukong Suh | MIA |
| 31 | Geno Atkins | CIN |
| 32 | Dante Fowler (inj) | JAC |
| 33 | Jacquies Smith | TBB |
| 34 | Sharrif Floyd | MIN |
| 35 | Kony Ealy | CAR |
| 36 | Tank Carradine | SF |
| 37 | Ra’Shede Hageman | ATL |
| 38 | Tim Jernigan | BAL |
| 39 | Clinton McDonald | TBB |
| 40 | Leonard Williams | NYJ |
| 41 | Jabaal Sheard | NEP |
| 42 | Michael Bennett | SEA |
| 43 | Mario Edwards | OAK |
| 44 | Damontre Moore | NYG |
| 45 | Allen Bailey | KCC |
| 46 | Stephon Tuitt | PIT |
| 47 | Danielle Hunter | MIN |
| 48 | Henry Anderson | IND |
| 49 | Danny Shelton | CLE |
| 50 | Kyle Williams | BUF |
| 51 | Frank Clark | SEA |
| 52 | Randy Gregory | DAL |
| 53 | Owa Odighizuwa | NYG |
| 54 | Adrian Clayborn | ATL |
| 55 | Robert Ayers | NYG |
| 56 | Kawaan Short | CAR |
| 57 | Chris Long | STL |
| 58 | Derek Wolfe | DEN |
| 59 | Tyrunn Walker | DET |
| 60 | Brandon Williams | BAL |
DEFENSIVE BACK RANKINGS
| RANK | PLAYER | TM |
| 1 | HARRISON SMITH | MIN |
| 2 | RESHAD JONES | MIA |
| 3 | MORGAN BURNETT | GBP |
| 4 | TJ MCDONALD | STL |
| 5 | ERIC WEDDLE | SDC |
| 6 | TYRANN MATHIEU | ARI |
| 7 | LANDON COLLINS | NYG |
| 8 | DA’NORRIS SEARCY | TEN |
| 9 | BRADLEY ROBY | DEN |
| 10 | ERIC BERRY | KCC |
| 11 | JONATHAN CYPRIEN | JAC |
| 12 | ANTREL ROLLE | CHI |
| 13 | TASHAUN GIPSON | CLE |
| 14 | TYVON BRANCH | KCC |
| 15 | PRINCE AMUKAMARA | NYG |
| 16 | WILLIAM MOORE | ATL |
| 17 | JASON MCCOURTY | TEN |
| 18 | KAM CHANCELLOR | SEA |
| 19 | CALVIN PRYOR | NYJ |
| 20 | TJ WARD | DEN |
| 21 | HA HA CLINTON-DIX | GBP |
| 22 | ANTOINE BETHEA | SF |
| 23 | BARRY CHURCH | DAL |
| 24 | CHARLES WOODSON | OAK |
| 25 | DONTE WHITNER | CLE |
| 26 | AARON WILLIAMS | BUF |
| 27 | REGGIE NELSON | CIN |
| 28 | JAMES IHENDIGBO | DET |
| 29 | KENNY VACCARO | NOS |
| 30 | COREY GRAHAM | BUF |
| 31 | KYLE FULLER | CHI |
| 32 | EARL THOMAS | SEA |
| 33 | KEHMAL ISHMAEL | ATL |
| 34 | MIKE ADAMS | IND |
| 35 | BRADLEY MCDOUGALD | TBB |
| 36 | ALTERRAUN VERNER | TBB |
| 37 | DEONE BUCANNON | ARI |
| 38 | MICHAEL GRIFFIN | TEN |
| 39 | SHAMARKO THOMAS | PIT |
| 40 | MALCOLM JENKINS | PHI |
| 41 | JAMES SAMPLE | JAC |
| 42 | CLAYTON GEATHERS | IND |
| 43 | EJ GAINES | STL |
| 44 | TRE BOSTON | CAR |
| 45 | WILL HILL | BAL |
| 46 | RON PARKER | KCC |
| 47 | JONATHAN JOSEPH | HOU |
| 48 | JOSH NORMAN | CAR |
| 49 | DESMOND TRUFANT | ATL |
| 50 | STEVIE BROWN | HOU |
| 51 | DEVIN MCCOURTY | NEP |
| 52 | JAHLEEL ADDAE | SDC |
| 53 | WALTER THURMOND | PHI |
| 54 | KENDRICK LEWIS | BAL |
| 55 | XAVIER RHODES | MIN |
| 56 | CHARLES TILLMAN | CAR |
| 57 | RAFAEL BUSH | NOS |
| 58 | DARIUS SLAY | DET |
| 59 | MARCUS GILCHRIST | NYJ |
| 60 | ROMAN HARPER | CAR |
