Comparing Luke to Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis....

[Floppin]

16 minutes ago, TheNewStandard said:

Most of these guys were pretty solid picks. I wonder if Tannehill would have been the choice had he been there?

Lol what? Most of those picks have turned out as abject failures.

[TheNewStandard]

8 minutes ago, Floppin said:

Lol what? Most of those picks have turned out as abject failures.

Injuries man...you can't really deny the talent. But I was speaking more about the "what if?" We would have pulled the trigger for Tannehill.

[KushMcDieselson]

28 minutes ago, TheNewStandard said:

Most of these guys were pretty solid picks. I wonder if Tannehill would have been the choice had he been there?

If you mean "solid picks based off of predraft rankings at the time" maybe. Otherwise no. Just no. Especially when you factor in how solid of a pick Luke was lol.

[XClown1986]

3 hours ago, w280sax said:

I went to see who was picked ahead of luke.  Big thanks to these 8 teams as they really did us a solid.

 

1.  Luck ind

2. Rg3 was

3. Trent richardson cle

4. Matt kalil min

5. Justin blackmon jax

6.  Morris claiborn dal

7. Mark barron tb

8.  Ryan tannehill mia

 

Dear God... 

[XClown1986]

39 minutes ago, TheNewStandard said:

Most of these guys were pretty solid picks. I wonder if Tannehill would have been the choice had he been there?

You are kidding right? Please be kidding.

[Jon Snow]

Luke was the number one pick in that class as it turns out.  How lucky is that?

[Mr. Scot]

5 hours ago, w280sax said:

I went to see who was picked ahead of luke.  Big thanks to these 8 teams as they really did us a solid.

 

1.  Luck ind

2. Rg3 was

3. Trent richardson cle

4. Matt kalil min

5. Justin blackmon jax

6.  Morris claiborn dal

7. Mark barron tb

8.  Ryan tannehill mia

That list hurts.

A couple of decent players, granted, but that phrase should never be used in conjunction with the top eight picks of the draft.

Next time somebody tries to tell you that draft position matters when you're evaluating how good a player is, remind them that Trent Richardson was drafted ahead of Luke Kuechly.

[Mr. Scot]

16 hours ago, Spaceballs83 said:

And to think. The Seahawks would have picked him if we hadn't. Scary thought!

Scarier thought: Hurney reportedly had Mark Barron rated higher on his draft board. The Saints saved us from ourselves.

Imagine if the Saints had drafted Kuechly and we got stuck with Barron.

[OneBadCat]

We are blessed as a franchise for having the best player in the league at QB and MLB. We always be competitive because of them. Then take into account guys like KB, Kalil, Olsen, Turner, Norwell, Star, KK, Butler, TD, Shaq. Then the next tier of guys like  Ginn, and Funchess, CJ, Ealy, Coleman, Stewart. We have the most talented team in the game most likely.

[Carolina Cajun]

I do think that Luke could go down as the GOAT at his position, he's just flat out incredible, but let's just remember that things have changed since Urlacher and Lewis came into the NFL.  Urlacher started in 2000 and Lewis came in 96 and the game had fewer plays per game and the running game was more pro style and less spread giving the MLB less opportunity to rack up such astounding numbers like Luke has.  I'm not saying that Luke isn't the greatest (he may be, and IMO will be as long as he stays healthy), but right now I think if nothing else, he definitely should be considered on par with both Urlacher and Lewis.  

[aussiePanther]

On 18/06/2016 at 6:47 AM, KB_fan said:

What say you Huddlers, what stats of Luke's impress you the most? 

They're not stats, as I'm not a stats guy, but:

• the way he commands the defense, the epitome of a "general on the field"
• the way he gets into a OC/QBs head and knows the play before they call it out, which comes from
• the way he works so hard at his craft and to know his opposition every week (really every day of the year)
• the way he is as a teammate, bringing others around him along on the way. There's no question in my mind he'll be a great coach once he's finished his playing career.
• the way he identifies his weaknesses and works to turn them in to strengths, like you mentioned his down field coverage last year, and getting off RB chip blocks the year before. Dying to find out what this years focus is.

How he carries himself off the field and how much of a warrior he is on the field, a pro's pro who you want to be representing you.

 

On 18/06/2016 at 7:15 AM, carolina-chuck2 said:

The man missed how many games last year too

3.5 with that concussion.

Those that still attempt to say Kuechly isn’t on the level of a Lewis or Urlacher tend to lean on the notion that Kuechly is more of a coverage linebacker, thus nowhere near the hitter that those two were.

I don't understand how anyone who has watched anything more than Luke's highlights of 2016 could even try to say that. It's the dumbest thing I've heard said about Luke.