ComboGuardCity wrote:xKLNx Phenom wrote:ComboGuardCity wrote:Patrick Willis is the best MLB in the league no question. He's on a tier of his own. I think Ray Lewis and Beason are great. Harris can be mentioned with them too as well. However, I think Beason has a disadvantage because he doesn't have Bart Scott playing with him. If I were building a team for the future ground up, I think Beason would get the slight edge over Harris.
Beason plays outside most of the time.
I saw 2 Panthers games last year and it looked like he was playing MLB? They also run a 4-3 so maybe it threw me off.
Beason played MLB the last two years but hes moving to weakside linebacker this year so Dan Connor can play MLB.
It's tough to compare the 4-3 Linebackers to 3-4 ILB since their responsibilities and assignments are different and they really are almost different positions.
Also look at a player like Vilma that racks up the tackles 5 yards past the line of scrimmage, or some other guys that just compile stats, while other guys must take on and shed blockers, etc.
