LB London Fletcher is 33... should you knock him down your charts?
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Performance by Position and Age (Defense)
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Age
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DB
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DL
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LB
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Avg WCOFF
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% Diff
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Avg WCOFF
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% Diff
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Avg WCOFF
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% Diff
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22
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43.79
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n/a
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37.10
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n/a
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61.82
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n/a
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23
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44.78
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2.27
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31.05
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-16.30
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49.24
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-20.35
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24
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45.78
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2.21
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35.52
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14.37
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43.83
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-10.97
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25
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48.79
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6.59
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31.68
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-10.82
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40.99
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-6.48
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26
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44.80
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-8.18
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37.85
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19.49
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46.54
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13.52
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27
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47.84
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6.78
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37.12
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-1.92
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53.36
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14.67
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28
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48.73
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1.86
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40.80
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9.91
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48.75
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-8.64
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29
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51.09
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4.85
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41.90
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2.69
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62.06
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27.30
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30
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60.60
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18.60
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45.28
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8.07
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66.41
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7.01
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31
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57.47
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-5.16
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45.62
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0.75
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57.96
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-12.72
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32
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57.48
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0.02
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39.63
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-13.11
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63.55
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9.65
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33
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54.07
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-5.93
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42.10
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6.22
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79.22
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24.65
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34
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57.81
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6.92
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36.28
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-13.84
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74.83
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-5.54
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35
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46.81
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-19.03
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36.41
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0.37
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49.00
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-34.52
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36
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39.50
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-15.62
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36.00
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-1.12
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24.50
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-50.00
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37
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n/a
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n/a
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20.50
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-43.06
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n/a
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n/a
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38
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n/a
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n/a
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32.83
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60.16
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n/a
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n/a
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Interesting! Defensive players don’t seem to have a “wall” they run into
the way running backs do. The closest IDP position to mimic the runners is linebacker, where we notice that the LBs begin their inevitable slide at the age of 34. Linemen seem to level off starting at 32, then simply fade away; defensive backs seem to chug along smoothly until they hit 35, then retire before they hit 37.
