"You might be surprised who Rivera picks as the top team leaders"

[gettlemanjack]

makes sense:

Offense

1. Ryan Kalil (turned 30 last month, 9th yr as Panther)

2. Greg Olsen (turned 30 last month, 5th yr as Panther)

3. Cam Newton (turns 26 in May, 5th yr as Panther)

Defense

1. Thomas Davis (turned 32 last month, 10th yr as Panther)

2. Charles Johnson (turns 29 in July, 9th yr as Panther)

3. Luke Kuechly (turned 24 today, 4th yr as Panther)

from the NFL owner's meeting a few weeks ago:

"It really does start with Kalil and Thomas, Rivera said

"Last year, through our entire set of circumstances we went through

the whole year on the offensive side..it was Kalil," Rivera said. "On the defensive side it was Thomas."

Next Rivera mentioned defensive end Charles Johnson and tight end Greg Olsen. Then he brought up Newton and Kuechly, pointing out that the elder leaders "really mentored Cam and Luke."

http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/13039/you-might-be-surprised-who-panthers-ron-rivera-picks-as-top-leaders

[RelaxImaPro]

The most I got out of this thread was that Luke was born on 4/20.

 

So either way, I guess he's celebrating today.

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm not surprised by that at all... TD is the heart of the Panthers.

[t96]

I don't get why Newton would write that headline. Stir things up probably. It's not like he's disrespecting Cam or Luke by saying those guys first. They've been in the league much longer and are older with more experience. What's crazy that I realized recently is Cam is younger than Russell Wilson. Damn does that make me happy. And Luke only 24? Oh boy. Good things ahead boys.