Gantt Has Us Taking Keuchly And Moving Beason Outside

[pantherj]

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profiles/luke-kuechly?id=2533056

Weaknesses

"The major knock on Kuechly is that he had a lot of "inflated" tackle production in college: i.e., most of his tackles came five-to-eight yards downfield. He didn't get up into the line of scrimmage to make powerful, impactful plays much, and won't be relied upon as a pass rusher at the next level, where he'll be strictly a tackling, sideline-to-sideline backer."

http://www.derp/2012/2/28/2831884/the-panthers-defense-a-treatise-on-the-jim-johnson-4-3-part-i

"The Linebackers of a Jim Johnson 43 Defense need to be disciplined as well as fleet footed and agile. More often than not, the LB's will line up in a 4-3 Under alignment, with The Will LB lined up over the B Gap, or between the DE and DT on the Weakside, The Mike will line up over the A Gap on the opposite side of the 1 Technique, and the Sam will typically lineup on the line of scrimmage over the outside shoulder of the TE on the Strongside. The WLB's responsibility is maintaining Gap discipline, and covering for any missed gaps on the weak side; The Will will rarely blitz, and will cover many intermediate and short routes. The Mike Linebacker is primarily charged with playing zone coverage in the middle of the field, however, Mike also blitzes more often than any other LB, and is integral in a zone blitz. The Sam is charged with covering any runs towards the outside of his sector, and will often cover short routes in the flat; Sam will blitz on and off during the game depending the flow of action. The Defensive Coordinator will typically mix up the lineup of LB's in order to confuse the origin of a blitz, as well as the coverage being played."

[calipanther]

It would be a solid pick. Nothing more than that. Fills big need based on injury history of Davis and Beason.