NFL Trade Rumors
To help pass the time from now until the start of training camp, we’ll be looking at where every team ranks in positional spending. Our last single position group is linebackers. A great linebacker can still have an exponential impact on the success of a defense, but there are fewer great linebackers than ever. The modern NFL is a demanding place for linebackers and college football prepares them less than it used to, leading to a longer learning curve in the league.
One note: rather than count dead money toward the positional groups, we will have it ranked separately in a post of its own. For example, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa‘s $55.4 million dead cap hit won’t count toward Miami’s quarterback spending, but it will be included in their league-leading $179 million dead cap figure.
Here’s how the league’s linebacker rooms shake out from most expensive to least expensive:
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