Kuechly, Panthers agree to 5-year, $62M extension

[Matthias]

Congrats Luke!  The next contract will be a 100 mil!

[Guest]

Great news for Luke getting his deserves pay day.

Great news for the Panthers tying up the best ILB in the league to a long term deal.

Great news for the fans and all round that this offseason we have the leader/face of the defense and the leader/face of the offense signed to long term deals. 

On a side note, bet Luke wished LBs got paid like D-Linemen, what with Dareus getting a $108 million 6-year deal...

[MtnJax]

[KB_fan]

IT'S OFFICIAL!

Gotta love this tweet from the Panthers

 

[KB_fan]

I love LUUUUKE.  He's still such a kid at heart.  A boy who loves playing football, competing and hanging with his guys.

Max Henson ‏@PanthersMax 7m7 minutes ago

Kuechly: "Now that this is done we can focus on football. That's what I'm most excited about."

[KB_fan]

The guy is unreal:

Steve Reed ‏@SteveReedAP 6m6 minutes ago

Luke Kuechly said he will celebrate by "going to finish watching film" against Jacksonville and then heading to bed.

[KB_fan]

Joe Person ‏@josephperson 6m6 minutes ago

Kuechly on how he's going to celebrate: "I'm going to go watch some film." #asexpected

[KB_fan]

Max Henson ‏@PanthersMax 4m4 minutes ago

This moment is all about Luke & what he's accomplished, but he continues to mention the help he received from others to help him get here.

Steve Reed ‏@SteveReedAP 4m4 minutes ago

LK: "It's never been about me. I want to win. I'm one guy on an 11-man defense that needs to do my job. I don't like talking about myself."

David Newton ‏@DNewtonespn 2m2 minutes ago

Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly on why he doesn't like to talk about himself. "It's never really been about me.... http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0433764573334478334-4 …

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Article on Panthers.com really does make it sound like this is in addition to the 5th year option. So essentially a 7 year contract.

Cool.

[setzer2030]

If anyone, ANYONE, disagrees with this signing, please go cheer for another team.

[Mr. Scot]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 19m19 minutes ago

So now this is official. Cam Newton signed through 2020. Luke Kuechly signed through 2021. #Panthers

 

So this is what it feels like to have a real GM...

[Captain Obvious]

 

I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 19m19 minutes ago

So now this is official. Cam Newton signed through 2020. Luke Kuechly signed through 2021. #Panthers

 

So this is what it feels like to have a real GM...

weird, right?

I legitimately can't wait to see what happens next off season. I'm actually excited for the freaking off season.

I need to go lie down.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Great deal, Luke reminds me of Dan Morgan.

I sure the hell hope that isn't an omen or harbinger of things to come.