2021 Position Postmortem: Linebackers

With the 2021 season officially over, it’s time to break down the performance of the team position by position. We’ll look at the stats for the year, the departing players, new additions, and some predictions for what we’ll see in 2022.

The 2021 linebackers will be remembered for a all-or-nothing Viking warrior and the emergence of a forgotten blue-chipper. What surprises will 2022 have in store?

When the spread offense revolution began in the early aughts and fully took over the sport in the early teens, it not only transformed the way the game is played by damn near changed the way players are used.