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Shoring up the DL/Kuechly's Prime/Draft Notes

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Luke Kuechly has had some head hits and early in the year seemed to be trying too much, but turned it around and was his old form the second half of the season.  

Something I feel is going unnoticed is of course not the need of DL talent, but the effect it has on Luke if fixed.  Every time he's led this defense with a stellar DL, he's been an absolute monster, arguably the best MLB of all time.  Rewatching some highlights, you'll see our line got no push last year which made it hard for the entire defense.  We got sacks and well designed blitzes but we were constantly out muscled at the line.  Even in today's NFL with crazy stats and scoring, a dominant DL still wins games.  

This isn't anything mindblowing, but watching his clips, you just see the level of awesomeness he delivers and it's absurd (Vids at end)

That is why this draft can be huge.  With Cam healthy: If we fix the DL, we fix this team in my opinion.  

There is such a plethora of what I'd say is RD3 or better talent that are fits even with our apparent transition (bolded faves): 

DE/(or) EDGE fits: Rashan Gary, Montez Sweat, Brian Burns, Clelin Ferrell, Jachai Polite, Jaylon Ferguson, Oshane Ximines, Ben Banogu  

3-4 DE/DT/3 Tech Fits: Christian Wilkins, Dre'mont Jones, Chris Slayton

NT: Dexter Lawrence, PJ Johnson, Greg Gaines, Demarcus Christmas

2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9THCYEwx_CM

So the short of it:

Fix this DL, we're contenders.  

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23 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

You left off "arguably" which makes the statement true

:) 

Back to the thread at hand; I think we need at least 2 D-linemen in this draft.  You build from the lines out, even in today's NFL IMO.  

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11 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Luke is 27. If he plays at his current level or close to it for another 5-6 years which isn't out of the question at all then he very well may go down as the greatest MLB of all time. 

By far he has the best  “intangibles” of all time.  Best linebacker is debatable.  But he is certainly in the discussion.  

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18 minutes ago, Black&BlueBubba said:

By far he has the best  “intangibles” of all time.  Best linebacker is debatable.  But he is certainly in the discussion.  

Best Middle Linebacker.

And no, it's not that wild to think about.

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On 3/23/2019 at 7:47 PM, davos said:

Luke Kuechly has had some head hits and early in the year seemed to be trying too much, but turned it around and was his old form the second half of the season.  

Something I feel is going unnoticed is of course not the need of DL talent, but the effect it has on Luke if fixed.  Every time he's led this defense with a stellar DL, he's been an absolute monster, arguably the best MLB of all time.  Rewatching some highlights, you'll see our line got no push last year which made it hard for the entire defense.  We got sacks and well designed blitzes but we were constantly out muscled at the line.  Even in today's NFL with crazy stats and scoring, a dominant DL still wins games.  

This isn't anything mindblowing, but watching his clips, you just see the level of awesomeness he delivers and it's absurd (Vids at end)

That is why this draft can be huge.  With Cam healthy: If we fix the DL, we fix this team in my opinion.  

There is such a plethora of what I'd say is RD3 or better talent that are fits even with our apparent transition (bolded faves): 

DE/(or) EDGE fits: Rashan Gary, Montez Sweat, Brian Burns, Clelin Ferrell, Jachai Polite, Jaylon Ferguson, Oshane Ximines, Ben Banogu  

3-4 DE/DT/3 Tech Fits: Christian Wilkins, Dre'mont Jones, Chris Slayton

NT: Dexter Lawrence, PJ Johnson, Greg Gaines, Demarcus Christmas

2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9THCYEwx_CM

So the short of it:

Fix this DL, we're contenders.  

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WE ARE NOW CONTENDERS

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