Luke Kuechly returns to Practice

[5158Poundin]

I have mixed feelings about Luke playing.  I have no doubt he is itching to get back on the field as he loves the game and it is his nature to want to dominate and destroy on the field.  I hope that whatever is decided, he is healthy and in good shape for playing.  I personally would rather not risk another injury but I can totally understand why Luke would want to end the season giving 110% on the field and NOT on the sidelines.  I just hope he is ok!

[PhillyB]

if he's cleared he's cleared. you don't just magically get more or less concussiony if you wait. benching him would be a bitch move and guaranteed he wouldn't stand for it.

plus he could lead us to 8-8 and a wildcard!

[The Lone Panther]

3 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

if he's cleared he's cleared. you don't just magically get more or less concussiony if you wait. benching him would be a bitch move and guaranteed he wouldn't stand for it.

plus he could lead us to 8-8 and a wildcard!

That's a joke, right?  It's hard to pick up sarcasm online. 

[Peppers90 NC]

another bad decision in a season full of bad decisions 

[Nick_81]

9 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

if he's cleared he's cleared. you don't just magically get more or less concussiony if you wait. benching him would be a bitch move and guaranteed he wouldn't stand for it.

plus he could lead us to 8-8 and a wildcard!

This... minus the wildcard comment, lol.  There's no need to bench him, if he's cleared.  Might as well go ahead and bench Cam now to, if you're going to sit Luke.  Sounds pretty silly.  Plus, how would it look on Luke, for everyone to know he was cleared, but they're sitting him anyway?  Especially after the scene on the day it happened...

[PhillyB]

4 hours ago, The Lone Panther said:

That's a joke, right?  It's hard to pick up sarcasm online. 

why bother caring otherwise?

[Khyber53]

Luke back on the field also gives him a chance to direct some of our younger players and mentor them during real time game action. There's probably no better coaching that they can receive than that.

 

[panthers55]

If he is released medically after seeing the specialist in Pittsburgh then I would assume that means he has no greater chance of having a concussion if he plays now or next year. So it comes down to Luke making the best decision about his own health after weighing the odds. Who am I to presume to tell him what to do with his own body. If he plays I hope he is careful sticking his head into piles and flying around. Sometimes concussions just happen and other times a player just disregards his body.

[Daddy_Uncle]

I would rather him not play the rest of the season but good luck telling him to stay off the field. You've already lost Cam with your bullshit and are already pretty close to the same with Kuechly. That would put him over the top

[Fox007]

20 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

If Luke gets injured either by concussion or something else before the end of the season... all hell is going to break loose. 

As well it should....not only that but it should and could cost Rivera his coaching career....if Luke plays it goes beyond a terrible coaches sub par intellect.....yet also....Luke himself has to realizes the season is over and he will do better for his team in the future and his career if he shuts it down this year.

Competitor this bla bla fug you that...smart people like him have to pick and choose their battles....this is not that season....I'd honestly lose respect for Luke as an intellectual if he wanted to play...only bad things could happen and it doesn't take a genius to see that...he has nothing to prove, nothing to gain, and everything to lose. Would be a monumentally stupid thing to do all around for anyone involved.

[Nails]

3 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

As well it should....not only that but it should and could cost Rivera his coaching career....if Luke plays it goes beyond a terrible coaches sub par intellect.....yet also....Luke himself has to realizes the season is over and he will do better for his team in the future and his career if he shuts it down this year.

Competitor this bla bla fug you that...smart people like him have to pick and choose their battles....this is not that season....I'd honestly lose respect for Luke as an intellectual if he wanted to play...only bad things could happen and it doesn't take a genius to see that...he has nothing to prove, nothing to gain, and everything to lose. Would be a monumentally stupid thing to do all around for anyone involved.

 

[Nails]

14 hours ago, PhillyB said:

why bother caring otherwise?

Vegas lists the odds of the Panthers winning the Super Bowl, right now, at 1,000-1.  I'll take their word for it.  Impossible?  No.  But worth something else bad happening to Luke or risking our top 10 pick?  You gotta be kidding.

[RumHam]

21 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't like. At all. There's nothing left to play for. The season is over. Why risk our best defensive player who's missed multiple games in both of the last two seasons due to concussions? Just let the guy fully recover.

Concussions are still largely a mystery. Current protocol in the NFL is that once the player performs to his baseline tests, he's good to go. But, are we sure about that? Not even a little bit. In combat sports, fighters who lose by knockout (either by ten count or technical) are automatically suspended for 30 days, three months if it is the second knockout within three months, or one year if it is the third knockout within one year.

Well according to this forum, Bradberry is the best defensive player?

[beastson]

14 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

As well it should....not only that but it should and could cost Rivera his coaching career....if Luke plays it goes beyond a terrible coaches sub par intellect.....yet also....Luke himself has to realizes the season is over and he will do better for his team in the future and his career if he shuts it down this year.

Competitor this bla bla fug you that...smart people like him have to pick and choose their battles....this is not that season....I'd honestly lose respect for Luke as an intellectual if he wanted to play...only bad things could happen and it doesn't take a genius to see that...he has nothing to prove, nothing to gain, and everything to lose. Would be a monumentally stupid thing to do all around for anyone involved.

Ron knows his position needs saving once again, cause if the players quit on him he's done because that's what he's known for, a players coach. He can't lose what he's known for. Luke coming back can maybe energize the team and hopefully get them to play harder to finish strong. All politics.