B/R NFL 1000: Top 60 Inside Linebackers

July 3, 2015   ·   Matt Miller   ·   Jump to comments

Who is the best player in the NFL? Not based on the last 10 years or one game, but over the last year, who was the best? Good luck answering that one without starting a fight, right?
Well, that's what the NFL 1000 aims to do by scouting, grading and then ranking the best players at each position before putting them in order and breaking ties to come up with the top 1,000 players. No narratives, no fantasy football points, no "QBR"—this is cold, hard scouting.
The B/R 1000 metric is based heavily on scouting each player and grading the key criteria for each position. The criteria are weighted according to importance for a possible best score of 100.
Potential is not taken into consideration. Neither are career accomplishments.
Inside linebackers are judged on their run-stopping skills (35 points), pass-rush ability (10), coverage skills (20), tackling ability (35) and value as a starter or backup (five points). How do we value starter points? If a player is a c...

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