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#9 Overall Pick 2012 - Luke Kuechly, LB

Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by PaulPaladin, Apr 23, 2012.

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  1. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM #61
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    NObody has ever come back from 3 ACLs.

    Achilles is dangerous.

    Good pick.

    Be intersting to see who's there at 40.
     
  2. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:30 PM #62
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    Good point on Davis.

    Think Beason will be ok, but nice insurance to have this guy avaialble.
     
  3. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:31 PM #63
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  4. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM #64
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    Marty Hurney is always saying we're taking the best available player no matter the position. We just did that! A very nice selection.
     
  5. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM #65
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    we had two guys who fit inside in a 3-4. If you want 3-4 you pick a rusher that's 260.

    They like his coverage a lot better than I did, but I didn't see him as much as I wanted. Coverage was a fucking terrible spot for LB for us. But I'm a little concerned that he can't blitz, and concerned for what his pick might mean for the guys we do have.
     
  6. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:35 PM #66
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    Nailed it.
     
  7. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:36 PM #67
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    Right. We simply could not assume Davis would be healthy. We needed depth at LB anyway. Pick makes a ton of sense.
     
  8. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:37 PM #68
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    Maybe he can cover a TE. God it would be fuckin nice to not have one facerape our LBs.
     
  9. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:53 PM #69
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    We're going to regret passing on Fletcher Cox.
     
  10. Apr 26, 2012 at 9:54 PM #70
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    just so I can look back on it in the future, I gotta admit if we were going to draft a LB I liked Hightower more. But Kuechly is more athletic, DH is an upfield player and can rush, and we need that from a blitzer (we have, essentially, none).

    I don't think we'll regret that hard on Cox. I don't think we would've drafted a DT. It was Coples or Kuechly, in my opinion. Kuechly had no concerns about whether or not he was going to play hard, right or wrong.
     
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