Steelers LBs (1 Viewer)

[Tenacious]

Harrison himself is saying he's 75-85% recovered from his back injury.According to the Post Gazette today,

Lawrence Timmons "is an option" to move to outside linebacker if there is an injury to a starter there.

My linkI'm sure I'm not the only one starting to get the feeling that Harrison will not play 16 games.So let's say he doesn't. What are the scenarios and who are the players we should be keeping an eye on?I've heard Worilds would fill in and has potential, but does he have every-down potential and does his skill level approach replacement level? If Timmons moves over who steps up on the inside? Foote we are familiar with. What about Stevenson Sylvester? What kind of prospects are there?

 

[Badm]

I'm very interested in this as well. It appears this current LB crew has stayed amazingly healthy. For teams looking for depth as the season progresses, which backup here is promising?

 

[Kenny Powers]

Right now, its a mystery who would step in between Foote or Sylvester. They had been rotating Sylvester between all 4 positions, which I think bodes well for his chances over Foote. Worilds hasnt shown much IMO, and Id prefer either ILB from a fantasy perspective, especially if its Sylvester that gets more playing time.

 

[future_itisnow]

I'm very interested in this as well. It appears this current LB crew has stayed amazingly healthy. For teams looking for depth as the season progresses, which backup here is promising?

There has been some talk in the past few days that Timmons could rotate out to OLB if needed this season. From a backup scenario there are two players to keep your eyes on:S Sylvester on the inside.& J Worilds on the outside.As we know the Steelers love their LB's to be groomed over time and ready for action when called upon. Both of these guys should be stashes in deep leagues sooner rather than later.