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Rank the following Panthers linebackers from best to worst

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If you want to say a guy like Will Witherspoon had a better overall career as a Panther than Dan Morgan, I don't know, the stats might say that. But for this particular thread where I'm assuming there are no injuries involved, I don't think you can rationally argue that Will Witherspoon at his best ever approached Dan Morgan. That especially holds true for Micheal Barrow and Carlton Bailey or, I don't know, James Anderson.

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Need to,separate between 3-4 and 4-3. Greene was really a DE and not often in coverage. The same for Lathon who wasn't that great doing either.

So 3-4 linebackers it would be Mills, Greene, Lathon

As for 4-3 it would be Kuechly, Davis, Beason, Morgan. Morgan could have been number 2 if he had ben able to stay healthy. But since he didn't he is at the bottom of my list.

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Greene and Lathon, when they were salt and pepper in 96 were the best pass rushing combo in the NFL.  Lathon could have been on the top of this list if he could have stayed healthy.  But they are not really LB in my opinion they were pass rushers.  To me LB are more than just pass rushers.  So for me its:

 

Kuechly

Mills

Davis

Morgan

Beason

 

Morgan and Beason were never that good in pass coverage.  The best 2 pass coverage LB are TD and Witherspoon.  But he's not on the list so....

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Need to,separate between 3-4 and 4-3. Greene was really a DE and not often in coverage. The same for Lathon who wasn't that great doing either.

So 3-4 linebackers it would be Mills, Greene, Lathon

As for 4-3 it would be Kuechly, Davis, Beason, Morgan. Morgan could have been number 2 if he had ben able to stay healthy. But since he didn't he is at the bottom of my list.

Greene still put up big numbers in the 4-3 though. But yeah, he was a pass rusher regardless....but he has some diversity to his game

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I guess I should clarify that I meant Barrow was only here for a little while. We signed him from Houston and he did play well, I was thinking two seasons, but if you say three I still wouldn't put him there. He was like Curtis Loftonish. Good solid under the radar player in my opinion.

Morgan had 20 something tackles in the Super Bowl and was always a great linebacker when he didn't have a concussion. Lamar Lathon was Terrell Suggs 20 years ago and as good as Kevin Greene. Just my opinion.

Great thread though.

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Just like in the pro bowl, I don't feel 3-4 pass rushers and 4-3 LBers should be considered the same position. Also, are we ranking based on what they did for the Panthers only? Are we taking into consideration what they "meant" to the organization, or just their play on field? What about players whose resumes aren't yet complete, are we projecting for Kuechly? If so, there's little doubt he will end up as one of the greatest LBs of all time, much less in Panthers history.

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The fact that anyone could put Thomas Davis at the bottom of any list just hurts my heart.

He is the most underrated player in the history of the league.

Davis healthy and older.....is better than any version of Beason. IMO

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If we were to play one game and I had to take only one of those guys, without a doubt I would take Kuechly

Depends who the game is against. A pass heavy team I might opt for someone else. Run or balanced than Luke

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