WEEK 15 update
I'll be traveling with family over the next two weeks and this will be the final RTD of the season.
My sincere thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding this season. Long time readers surely noticed that this year's column was lighter than ever. It wasn't by design. In mid-September, my day job duties suddenly and unexpectedly more than doubled and have progressively cut further into my preparation and writing time. I'm disappointed that I've not been able to keep this column up to its usual standard. And I'm very thankful that Aaron Rudnicki and John Norton have been doing their usual amazing work all season and continuing to produce tremendous content.
I'm planning to have tier features and notes throughout the offseason and I'm very hopeful that 2016 will bring a return to the RTD as it should be.
Hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season. I'll be rooting for everyone's fantasy playoff success. Enjoy the rest of the NFL season and playoffs!
EVERY-DOWN LINEBACKER PROJECTION
| TEAM | EVERY-DOWN LB | 75-100% SNAPS | INJ | SUSP | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIZONA | Deone Bucannon | Kevin Minter : Alex Okafor | Daryl Washington (susp) | Cardinals using Minter less in passing down subpackages |
| ATLANTA | Paul Worrilow : Justin Durant | |||
| BALTIMORE | C.J. Mosley | Elvis Dumervil : Courtney Upshaw : Daryl Smith | Terrell Suggs (IR) | |
| BUFFALO | Preston Brown : Manny Lawson | Nigel Bradham | Bradham may return this week | |
| CAROLINA | Luke Kuechly : Thomas Davis | Watch for Carolina to begin resting starters when possible | ||
| CHICAGO | Shea McClellin | |||
| CINCINNATI | ||||
| CLEVELAND | Karlos Dansby | |||
| DALLAS | Sean Lee | Rolando McClain | ||
| DENVER | Brandon Marshall : Von Miller | Danny Trevathan | Marshall every down w/ Trevathan inactive, may not continue | |
| DETROIT | Tahir Whitehead : Stephen Tulloch | DeAndre Levy (IR) | ||
| GREEN BAY | Clay Matthews | Julius Peppers : Jake Ryan | Sam Barrington (IR) | |
| HOUSTON | Brian Cushing | Jadeveon Clowney : Whitney Mercilus | ||
| INDIANAPOLIS | D'Qwell Jackson | Josh McNary | Jerrell Freeman, Nate Irving (IR) | McNary saw more time this week than now-injured Irving had |
| JACKSONVILLE | Telvin Smith Sr : Jordan Tripp | Paul Posluszny | Tripp played every down, Skuta base only | |
| KANSAS CITY | Derrick Johnson | Tamba Hali, Dee Ford | Justin Houston | |
| MIAMI | Everyone active, but none healthy enough to be certain 80% plus snaps | |||
| MINNESOTA | Eric Kendricks : Chad Greenway | Anthony Barr | ||
| NEW ENGLAND | Jamie Collins | Dont'a Hightower : Jonathan Freeny | If Hightower not back, Mayo will see ~80% of snaps | |
| NEW ORLEANS | Stephone Anthony | Anthony rotated out some, Ellerbe returned but not every down yet | ||
| NEW YORK GIANTS | Jon Beason (IR) : Devon Kennard | |||
| NEW YORK JETS | David Harris | |||
| OAKLAND | Malcolm Smith | Khalil Mack | Aldon Smith (susp) | |
| PHILADELPHIA | Connor Barwin : Brandon Graham | Jordan Hicks (IR) | Still an ugly three player ILB rotation, none > 65% last week | |
| PITTSBURGH | Lawrence Timmons | Ryan Shazier | ||
| ST. LOUIS | James Laurinaitis : Mark Barron | Alec Ogletree (IR-R) | ||
| SAN DIEGO | Manti Te'o : Melvin Ingram III | Denzel Perryman | ||
| SAN FRANCISCO | NaVorro Bowman | Aaron Lynch : Gerald Hodges | Michael Wilhoite | |
| SEATTLE | Bobby Wagner : K.J. Wright | Bruce Irvin | ||
| TAMPA BAY | Lavonte David : Danny Lansanah | Kwon Alexander (susp), Bruce Carter | Carter got every down nod but unlikely to play w/ injury this Thursday | |
| TENNESSEE | Avery Williamson | Brian Orakpo : David Bass | Derrick Morgan (IR) | |
| WASHINGTON | Will Compton | Ryan Kerrigan : Mason Foster | Perry Riley | Compton now cemented every down, Foster played over Robinson last week |
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