Mike, Sam and Will

• Nate

  Do they play linebacker?
• Sonofanump

  I know Singletary and Mills did.
• zambrown

  

  Nice reference, keebler. Sam and Mike I can see, but it's amazing that every team has a guy named Will - I wouldn't have thought that was that common a name. Are they linebackers because of their name or if you become a linebacker, do you have to change your name??
• capninsano

  Don't forget Mike's sister Meg
• capninsano

  Oh and Uncle Buck and his dog Rover.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Sam-Strong Side
  Mike-Middle
  Will-Weak Side
  
  just incase anybody was actually wondering what those referred to and didn't have a clue
• tk421

  

  What do you call the forth linebacker in a 3-4?
• fan_from_texas

  tk421 wrote: What do you call the forth linebacker in a 3-4?

  Different teams do it different ways. Most 3-4 schemes that I've seen go Stud/Whip and Call/Okie for the 4 LBs.
  
  Or they'll go Sam/Will with Anchor/Quick.
  
  Michigan, when they ran the old 3-4, called the 4th backer the "Tiger" back.
• capninsano

  Meg is commonly the middle weak linebacker....buck is sometimes a linebacker..sometimes a safety..rover is usually a strong safety...really mike, sam, and will are the only universal ones
• tk421

  

  Cool. Learn something new everyday.
• tcby99

  errrr
  
  of course
• Firad

  

  When I played in high school team we ran a 4-4 and had the Sam and Will for inside LBs and we called our strong side OLB the Lion (our mascot) and the back side OLB was call the Hero.
• DESCENTdmc

  thought this was gonna be something about me. was wondering why I was the weak side
• zambrown

  

  Darby - you took all the fun out of it!
• tuskytuffguy

  Long live Tight Will Tulsa. Any Buckeye should know what I mean, if not, shame on you.
• darbypitcher22

  

  there are all sorts of different names.
  
  Zam, I suck the fun out of everything.