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Luke Kuechly Video on Panthers.com

Ivan The Awesome

By Ivan The Awesome,
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CPF4LIFE Grand Master

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Funny how only 2 months ago before the draft there were plenty on here bitching about this potential pick comparing him to Aaron Curry, predicting he would be a bust, wasn't going to be able to blitz and on and on.

So is that still the concensus or is the buzz that everyone is hearing from players and coaches already making believers out of the doubters. Or is it still way too early to know..................

Nobody said Kuechly was gonna be a bust.

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Nobody said Kuechly was gonna be a bust.

That is false. Plenty of users would call knowledgeable football posters "Kuechly fanboys" for wanting us to draft him.

I heard plenty of "He's the next Dan Connor!!" of course those were the dumbasses that don't actually evaluate players and just compare the two based on skin color.

And then there were guys like Panthro who called him the next Aaron Curry for some strange reason.

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That is false. Plenty of users would call knowledgeable football posters "Kuechly fanboys" for wanting us to draft him.

I heard plenty of "He's the next Dan Connor!!" of course those were the dumbasses that don't actually evaluate players and just compare the two based on skin color.

And then there were guys like Panthro who called him the next Aaron Curry for some strange reason.

people based their ability to play the game more on the color of their skin than anything.

he's a white LB so he's going to play like a white LB. smart but slow and not athletic.

same garbage that went on with a lot of those who didn't want to draft cam. he's a black QB so he's going to play like a black QB. won't be much of a passer but he'll be a good runner.

people don't want to admit they do it, but they do and they most certainly did.

stereotypes suck. i don't care what color your skin is.

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I could bump that HUGE pre-draft poll I made a week leading up to the draft. If I am not mistaken, over 150 users participated in the poll and Luke was the one player the majority on here did NOT want us to draft.

I think that had to do more with the position he played and not his talent. Most, thought CB and DT were bigger needs, but some did think Luke was over hyped.

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I think that had to do more with the position he played and not his talent. Most, thought CB and DT were bigger needs, but some did think Luke was over hyped.

I think it was a number of things. People thinking that picking Kuechly was abandoning Beason, some thinking he was overhyped and wasn't very good, others wanting another position so they trashed everyone else, and some were just trolling. But there were a number who seemed obsessed with wanting a pass rush or blitz and criticized him relentlessly for not playing in a scheme where he demonstrated those skills regardless of whether he has the physical abilities to be able to blitz or pass rush.

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