Welcome everyone to the PFF fantasy podcast IDP edition I'm John Macri and I couldn't be more

excited to do this rankings episode today as we are one week away from the Hall of Fame game, Texans versus Bears on August 1st.

And what better way to celebrate than by ranking the top 24 linebacker's for the 2024 NFL season, there isn't a better way. Let's be honest, I'm going to Oh, you're not. All right. I'm excited to get another one of these I.P rankings episodes out there after doing defensive linemen a few weeks ago, defensive backs last week.

Naturally, that leaves just one more position to cover and for those tackle heavy leagues,

which there are plenty of, it's the most important position it's the

linebackers right so now balance scoring formats which we like to use for PFF

related articles and stuff like that where you know we can tweak tackle scoring by position.

Linebackers won't be as valuable as they are in tackle heavy,

but still, like I said, I know there are a ton of tackle heavy formats out there

or formats that at the very least can't break out

scoring by position which is why linebacker is always such a popular IDP position every single year, right?

So just quickly, actually, before I start to really cover my ass

in case something happens in the week of July 20th to 26th

when this comes out, if there was a major injury

or something like that when I'm going

through these player rankings I am pre-recording this so apologize if there is

some you know big news wise item that comes out and and I don't reference it

but mention it in the comments and and we'll cover it there.

So let's get into it here and start with kind of the rationale for me as to why I have my

rankings in the order that they are before we actually get into the rankings themselves and I've said this in the rationale portion of all the past I d.P rankings episodes. I really believe that this information that I provide on why I'm ranking

players the way I am is more important than the rankings themselves because you

may not necessarily agree with you know the order of which these players are ranked but the proven data and information that I'll give you as to what I'm looking at and what matters is info that you can take and then apply to your own personal

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