Carolina Panthers: Legacy of Linebackers

[SCP]

If Jon Beason and Dan Morgan could have stayed healthy and had full careers here, the Carolina Panthers would have one hell of a linebacker legacy:

Lathon

Greene

Lloyd

Mills

Witherspoon

Morgan

Beason

Davis

Kuechly

[The Lobo]

Yessir. We have always had great LBs and always will. I loved Spoon. One of my favorites.

[Dunn]

Man I remember when I thought Beason was the peak of LB skill...and then came Luke.   We have always had VERY good LBs in this league...seems to have always been a constant with this team.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Don't sleight James Anderson either. He was a tackling monster for a few years.

[Carolina Cajun]

AJ Klein will sign with someone else and be an utter stud too.  We have been very lucky to have the players we do.

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

Shaq going to be on that list soon

[KSpan]

If we're talking Carolina-specific greatness I'm not sure that Lathon's two decent years and two mediocre years, or Lloyd's single mediocre year really count (and I have a framed Lamar-autographed #57 jersey hanging in my office... was one of my favorites as a kid); I'd put Michael Barrow above Lloyd in terms of Carolina greatness, and Barrow's 3 seasons all matched or exceeded all but one of Lathon's seasons in Carolina. Heck, even Carlton Bailey's 95 and 96 years outperformed Lathon's 97 and both Lathon's and Lloyd's 98 seasons. The rest of the list, however, I'm cool with.

As a parallel, if we count Lloyd do we also consider Reggie White and Eric Swann when considering top DLs?

 

[MV%doe]

Chuck added some good ones, I could only add Michael barrow even though he didn't stay long.

 

Seal was right about Anderson, he was the single season all-time leader in tackles(during beason golden years).......then a guy named Luke was drafted.

[stankowalski]

For some reason I like the LB's we drafted and became successful (Kuechly, Davis, Morgan, etc.) more than the one's that came in as FA's.  And hopefully Shaq can become another successful LB that we drafted.

[B.BERSIN]

When Beason was playing for us, I really think there could be no better MLB than him.

Then we drafted Luke Kuechly...

[outlaw4]

Linebackers has been one of the most consistent areas of our team over the years. Can't say they've always been the greatest but ever since I've been a fan, that cupboard has never been empty. The team keeps finding ways to keep it reasonably stocked.