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Linebacker is a lot more detail oriented and you have to know a lot more than a defensive end necessarily would on any given…

— Justin Cole

I think that it definitely makes the transition easier being able to know linebacker and having also played on the defensive line. You can…

— Justin Cole

If I'm out wide, and they put a linebacker on me, I think that's a mismatch every time, regardless of who is on me.

— Zach Ertz

In the NFL, defensive backs are faster.

— Dwayne Haskins

I wondered if teams were going to find a place for me, but the Bears said linebacker right away. I tried outside linebacker first…

— Brian Urlacher

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do…

— Alex Smith

It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working…

— Gaines Adams

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and…

— Julian Edelman

Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they…

— Larry Fitzgerald

You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so you just…

— Cris Carter

Whether it's with the front, the secondary, the linebackers, everybody has to do their job.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

All the RPOs and the options that teams are running. They're always trying to match up their fastest guys up on the linebackers.

— Leighton Vander Esch