Kuechly decides to come back at 32 years old...

[CamWhoaaCam]

is he still the best LB in the NFL?

 

Luke we miss you!

[LinvilleGorge]

No, definitely not. Not after all this time off and not a good 30+ pounds lighter by the looks of it.

[TheBigKat]

We’re all at risk for CTE just watching the Panthers play let along playing for them

 

 

[PleaseCutStewart]

2 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

We’re all at risk for CTE just watching the Panthers play let along playing for them

 

 

Maybe the wisest words I've ever seen on this forum

We were lucky that Luke graced his presence for this dumpster fire organization as long as he did. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Luke got out just in time, I bet he was the first person in the Panthers-verse to smell that Tepper was a rat

[KSpan]

14 minutes ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

Luke got out just in time, I bet he was the first person in the Panthers-verse to smell that Tepper was a rat

He seemed to want to have nothing to do with Rhule. I don't blame him.

[jasonluckydog]

35 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

is he still the best LB in the NFL?

 

Luke we miss you!

Um where did you read Luke is making a comeback?  Or are you just asking a hypothetical question? 

[CamWhoaaCam]

5 minutes ago, jasonluckydog said:

Um where did you read Luke is making a comeback?  Or are you just asking a hypothetical question? 

[t96]

Yes he’d easily be the best LBer in the league

[CanMan11]

Kuechly was overrated .. MLB's can only impact a game so much. Short / Star made him better. Don't get me wrong he was great just overrated.

[cookinbrak]

Luke, TD, Burns, and Luvu. Sweet lord, yes.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

4 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

Luke, TD, Burns, and Luvu. Sweet lord, yes.

Burns doesn’t belong in the same sentence 

[tukafan21]

33 minutes ago, KSpan said:

He seemed to want to have nothing to do with Rhule. I don't blame him.

Nah... Luke was just a different breed and knew that he couldn't continue to play the game with the same reckless abandon that he played it with while not putting his brain at significant risk after multiple concussions already.

Luke was never going to play at even 95% of himself, those concussions was going to make him completely change the way he played the game and would be more like 60-70% of what he used to be.

Granted, that would still be a Pro Bowl level LB, but I think he knew he just couldn't play the game that way so he had to retire to save himself.

Edited December 1, 2023 by tukafan21

[EgoDogg]

4 minutes ago, CanMan11 said:

Kuechly was overrated .. MLB's can only impact a game so much. Short / Star made him better. Don't get me wrong he was great just overrated.

I am also grateful that Short and Star showed Luke how to understand an opponent inside and out, from routes being run to signals and audibles.

The way they trained Luke to move the players around him to the best position in order to make a play. Chef's kiss. 

More people should know that about them.