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Who was better.. Kuechly or Beason in his prime and pre injury?

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It's been posted, but another vote for 'Luke is a godly MLB, but Beason was damn good himself'. Carolina hasn't gone into a season with anything less than a Top 5 MLB since Lester Towns/Dean Wells in 2001.  Morgan and Beason had their share of injuries, but they were elite players when healthy and Luke is Carolina's latest elite MLB.

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now this is a cool question because they play in such different eras. The nfl might as well be a different game compared to the early 2000s. 

I will say this: Dan Morgan was the most physically dominant player that has put on a panthers uniform. Just inhuman. 

He also had the best game a panther had ever had period. There were five of him on the field in the super bowl. If they'd won that game he would have been mvp. 

Delhomme would have won it.

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Beason was Patrick Willis before there was a Patrick Willis. Injuries ended that high level of play. 

 

With th that being said Luke straight up stole best ILB from Willis in his rookie year and hasn't looked back since. Getting Luke at 9 overall was probably the best pick of the 2012 draft which is one of the more awful draft classes of the past couple years but he is the lone bright spot. Thanks hurney for the parting gift

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Not sure why everybody is being so mean to the topic creator.

 

Any way, I'd give a slight edge to Jon Beason. He was better at getting a turnovers. Wish he would have stayed healthy.

Luke is a more consistent tackler but there are a lot games where that's all you get.

 

No need to disparage either guy, both were fantastic and I'm thankful we had both. 

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We have been blessed with MLB since we drafted Morgan. 

Beason was originally drafted as an OLB coming out of Miami and was an absolute stud there. Then Morgan's damn concussions finally caught up with him and we moved Beason to the middle to take over. Beason was always undersized at 6 feet even but played with heart and motor that few posess. He was a damn good player for us. 

Luke is better, but how many MLB's in history is Luke not better than?

Dan Morgan should always be remembered as one of the Panther greats as well. Dude was an absolute stud for us and played laid it all out on the field, as evidenced by his concussion problems. I love all 3 of them and don't care how you rank them. 

We've been blessed at MLB since inception. Sam Mills, Michael Barrow, Dan Morgan, Jon Beason, Luke Kuechly. We've always had great MLBs.

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I like Beason, but he was no Kuechly. Kuechly, if he stays at this high a level for most of his career, will go down as the best Panther ever.

 

The comparison of Beason to Muhammad and Kuechly to Steve Smith was a great one. It's no slight to Moose to say that 89 was obviously better just like it's no slight to Beason to say Kuechly is obviously better.

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Beason was a top 5 LB every year. Luke is the best LB in the NFL. I thought Beason was an amazing tackler until I witnessed the greatness of Luke, who outclasses Beason in every facet of the game. There is no one with Keuchly's ability to be around the ball and make tackles at the rate that he does.

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Someone on our team: "He's the best in the league!"

That same pleayer leaves: "He was overrated, not even good as our backup."

That player has a good game: "We should've never let him go!"

/Huddle Logic

Oddly enough, we also have the flipside.

For some, players that are subpar here suddenly become all pros that we never should have let go as soon as they sign somewhere else.

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