Luke Kuechly
 

I think this guy is the pick.

He really does everything well. Obviously in the defense he played in he plays more of a DJ type roll, roaming around making plays, but that dosnt mean he cant be a thumper.

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A few times in this video he does a great job of disengaging from the blocker and making the stop.

More tape:

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I think he's the pick, too, if we stay at #11.

If we trade down, it really depends on who's still on the board.

That UCF clip doesn't look very good. Luke is always chasing the play or letting the play come to him. Seems slow in diagnosing most plays or maybe he just doesn't have the speed to get there. There were 2 plays where the ball carrier ran right by him. But maybe it was just a bad game for him.

That's just his style.

He has the sideline to sideline speed, but he's far from some kind of elite prospect. He's a guy that teams will attack in the NFL. As soon as a lineman gets his hands on Kuechly he gets turned around and he's done. If we're looking to replace Belcher, this isn't the guy to do it with.

But he's the best coverage ILB in this class. I'll give him that. Not that that says anything cause the ILB's as a group are fairly weak this year.

There are probably some LBs I'd take in coverage over Kuechly, but they'd all be like 215-225 lbs.

Kuechly is well over 240.

His combine numbers are very similar to Derrick Johnson's coming out. Speed and athletic ability would not be an issue

Yep. And running the 3-4, I don't know if we can swing having a 215 or 225 ILB.

Yes I know we have Belcher who is on the lighter side. But I think Kuechly would be a nice upgrade.

I do too.

DE: Dorsey, Bailey
NT: ???, Gordon, Powe
DE: Jackson, Gordon

OLB: Hali, Sheffield
ILB: Kuechly, Belcher
ILB: Johnson, Siler
OLB: Houston, Studebaker

Help is still needed at that damned nose. Passrushing depth is a must.

Don't forget that Berry is a good blitz guy.

It would be amazing if for some reason Perry was to slip into the second and we got Kuechly AND Perry.

not that impressed really.

He is a tackling machine, very instinctive.

I know we haven't showed any interest in the past, but we seem to be the only team linked to him. If we get A. Franklin in FA and then Kuechly in the 1st. Wow.. watch out, that might be the best defense in the league on paper.

I think it's pretty clear Franklin's a brokedick who apparently doesn't even fit our defense.

Kuechly is a read and react type ILB. To add on top of that, he didn't really have crap around him at BC. So in turn he was asked to pretty much free lance around making all the plays. Sometimes that even meant him getting the tackle a fair amount down the field. He wasn't able to attack the line of scrimmage as much as one would expect from someone his size/talent. The reason being was they couldn't have him committing to deep into the line of scrimmage only to lose him down the field for tackles. With the Chiefs he wouldn't have to worry about that. DJ is there to be more of the side line to side line type guy. That allows Kuechly to focus more on his general zone/area... also attack the line of scrimmage more as a thumper but still have the ability to go side line to side line (definite upgrade over Belcher).