An Offseason of Dreams: The Life Cycle of Anthony's LB Corps

In the tradition of Planet Earth and Shark Week, The Quarter-Slack offers you an epic tale of survival, of love, of life, of the struggle to be heard in a cacophony of other voices.  I give you:

Life as a LB on Mushin no Shin

3/8/12 dropped Sean Weatherspoon, LB ATL.  LB Count: 5

The first step in a dance that has no end.  Anthony discards the old, infertile LB from Hotlanta and begins to search for greener pastures.

4/10/13 dropped Paul Kruger, LB CLE.  LB Count: 4

The second casualty of the offseason.  After finishing the year with 6 linebackers, Anthony is finally in range of a normal amount of players for the position.  Sadly, it would not last, and we can consider this the high point of the offseason.

6/28/13 traded for Paul Posluszny, LB JAC.  LB Count: 5

A tackling machine who seems bitten by the injury bug, the former ND product is a worthwhile addition to any LB corps.  I think we're good here.  No?

7/22/13 added Bruce Carter, LB DAL.  LB Count: 6

Apparently no?  We must be done here though...

8/14/13 added Mykel Kendricks, LB PHI.  LB Count: 7

We seem to be headed in the wrong direction. Most teams have 7 players between DE/DT AND LB.

8/19/13 dropped Mykel Kendricks, LB PHI.  LB Count: 6

And then Anthony realized that there would be an RFA and UFA coming.  Why spend $0 on an LB if you could spend $15 on one!?  Better free up some space.

8/22/13 added Kiko Alonso, LB BUF, dropped Bruce Carter, LB DAL.  LB Count: 6

Okay, treading water, but at least there's no add.  2 back-ups is a fair amount, but not unreasonable.

8/25/13 added Jarvis Jones, LB PIT.  LB Count: 7

Building for the future?  In what future would you need 7 LBs??  They only needed 4 in the Matrix. I checked.

So this is where we stand heading into the season.  I have full confidence that we'll see at least 4 more add/drops before the first round.  I think Anthony put it best:  "8 LBs?!  That's more than a gallon of milk!"