These are two separate stories that we’re tying together. Pro Football Focus loves their grades and they love to rank things, and I know that rankings posts generate some good traffic in the deadest periods of the NFL offseason.
PFF recently ranked the best linebacker groups, but with the caveat that outside linebackers in 3-4 defenses would fall under defensive line. So this list was exclusively for players listed as off-ball linebackers. It may surprise you to find out that the Seattle Seahawks ranked 8th overall (the San Francisco 49ers were unsurprisingly number one).