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- noun American football Playing as a
linebacker
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What kind of linebacking combinations will we see?
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Concerns about Rice's secondary and linebacking corps might have been quelled a bit in the Spring Game because junior DB Xavier Webb (five tackles, pass breakup) and linebacker Justin Hill (one sack, 3.5 tackles) impressed coaches.
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Robert Brazile, a seven-time Pro Bowler but largely forgotten linchpin of the Oilers '1970s teams, rounds out our linebacking corps.
The not-so-Super team: Best players never to reach the final 2009
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And they drafted LB Aaron Curry with the fourth overall pick, adding him to a strong linebacking corps that includes Lofa Tatupu and LeRoy Hill.
NFC preview: Cowboys putting team squarely in Romo's hands 2009
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The 2010 Eagles, coming off an 8-5 season that ended with a loss to USC in the Emerald Bowl, will again rely heavily on running back Montel Harris and the defense, which is highlighted by a linebacking corps that loses Mike McLaughlin (to an NFL free-agent signing) but is set to get back Mark Herzlich, who missed last season battling cancer.
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The linebacking corps would benefit from an infusion of youth.
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Bradshaw is active And so is Michael Boley, which could be important for New York given how flimsy their linebacking corps has been looking over the last couple of weeks.
Green Bay Packers 38 New York Giants 35 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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The linebacking corps will miss free agent Bart Scott, and Ray Lewis isn't getting any younger.
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Despite exceptional DE Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, improvement at tackle and in the linebacking corps is vital to stopping the run.
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The defensive line and linebacking corps took the biggest hits, leaving the defensive secondary as the strength of the stop troops in 2010.
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