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Most Irreplaceable Defenders - Kuechly #2

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so if luke sucked ass as a middle lb he'd still be more important simply because he has more responsibility?

If Luke sucked as a MLB he wouldn't be playing. But because he is a Beast, smart, and has a high football IQ he has that responsibility.

See how that works? Talent plus brains equal responsibility. Equal DPOY. Easy Peasy.

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Star and Short came in last last year. Thanks for making the point that MLB(Keuchley) don't need rotation. When the ball barely pass the line LBs do nothing. DEs rush every single down. That's why they need rotation. It's not a testament to Keuchley's greatness for his lack of rotation. It's credit to the awesome job of the DL.

So if the ball rarely passes the line of scrimmage. How do opposing teams manage to score? We should be shutting everyone down.

Dude you are just too funny. Do you ever read what you write? Cuz I think you would be amused with what we have to read coming from you.

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Luke made game-changing plays on a regular basis like Sherman.

That's the key to an elite player. Do they make plays that change the game in favor of them. I would argue keek does it as much as Sherman and has more responsibilities in general.

Whoever that haplo guy is I have no idea why he acts like like just flops on the pile to get tackles that is ridiculous and no one should argue with him further

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Luke made game-changing plays on a regular basis like Sherman.

That's the key to an elite player. Do they make plays that change the game in favor of them. I would argue keek does it as much as Sherman and has more responsibilities in general.

Whoever that haplo guy is I have no idea why he acts like like just flops on the pile to get tackles that is ridiculous and no one should argue with him further

 

i thought the "he's another pile-jumping slow white guy like barrett ruud" stuff was over after he got a few starts at mike

 

the impact on our defense in 2012 once he got moved to the middle was so apparent that you'd have to be an idiot to still be arguing that he'd be dan connor without our defensive tackles.  we basically had dwan edwards and a bunch of tackling dummies in 2012.

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i thought the "he's another pile-jumping slow white guy like barrett ruud" stuff was over after he got a few starts at mike

the impact on our defense in 2012 once he got moved to the middle was so apparent that you'd have to be an idiot to still be arguing that he'd be dan connor without our defensive tackles. we basically had dwan edwards and a bunch of tackling dummies in 2012.

I still argue that star is the most important piece on our defense because he made keek that much better this past year along with everyone else. That's not a diss on keek. The defense as a whole is an engine where different parts need to be operating on all cylinders and keek definitely is the instructor for that.

It sure does sound like white-boy stigma though that some have eluded to just like when announcers and media ppl talk only about lukes brains. Kuechly is an athletic freak. Fast as lightning and he's fuging huge. Nobody talks about that ever. He put up the best combine numbers in his class but maybe his 12 year old face is clouding ppls judgements about him athletically.

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