Breaking Down Our Lb Situation

[La Pantera]

Question.

Let's say Beason as an individually a better player at MLB than WLB.

That said, let's also assume for the question that Rivera can put together the best overall D on the field if moves Beason to WLB.

Do you want Beason at WLB or MLB under that scenario?

No question, you go with whatever setup,that gives you the best D possible. If that means Beason at WLB so be it. Still think Kuechly will be a better WLB than Beason

[PantherPhann89]

Question.

Let's say Beason as an individually a better player at MLB than WLB.

That said, let's also assume for the question that Rivera can put together the best overall D on the field if moves Beason to WLB.

Do you want Beason at WLB or MLB under that scenario?

that's a hypothetical question. Beason is our MLB, unless his injury prevents it.

[Snake]

In our scheme you would flip Luke and Anderson. Also why no Jack LB? We will be using them as well.

[Marguide]

Don't forget that Beason could still call out signals and run the defense as an OLB. James Anderson handled it last year.

[Dash Global]

Question.

Let's say Beason as an individually a better player at MLB than WLB.

That said, let's also assume for the question that Rivera can put together the best overall D on the field if moves Beason to WLB.

Do you want Beason at WLB or MLB under that scenario?

This is what I was saying.

It doesnt really matter that Beason is / was our MLB.

What it SHOULD come down to is where does each player give us the best chance to win.

If our team is better served with Beason at the WIL than so be it, same thing with Kuechly as the WIL.

But should looking at both Beason and Kuechly and their abilities, id say Kuechly will better serve us on the outside.

[CRA]

that's a hypothetical question. Beason is our MLB, unless his injury prevents it.

Yes, it was a hypothetical.....one that could be a possible outcome.

Luke likely will be out MLB if he is what the Panthers think he is. Maybe not this year but soon

[MadHatter]

after finally understandin what you were trying to say, I agree, but moving Beason to me, wouldn't be a consideration until after I see how he comes back!

I know...I found those typos......damn Iphones. My fingers are too damn fat for that little keyboard.

Damn, I am so out of shape that my fingers are obese. I gotta get may ass back out running.

[OchoNueve]

Do you think that at the first day of practice Beason and Kuechly both go stand at MLB and just have a mean stare down?

[PantherPhann89]

I know...I found those typos......damn Iphones. My fingers are too damn fat for that little keyboard.

Damn, I am so out of shape that my fingers are obese. I gotta get may ass back out running.

I hate to hear that, I was considering moving on from Blackberry and going to I Phone.

[rayzor]

The bigger question might be what the learning curve will be for all the linebackers depending on how different this scheme will be from what they ran under Fox. Neither Beason or Davis got to play last year although you assume that they got a lot out of attending meetings and watching film and practice. Assuming we installed much of the defense last year. I got the sense we ran a pretty vanilla defense which is only a shadow of what we will run this year. It should be a big learning curve for all the defensive guys.

knowledge of the panthers scheme will help, but his experience will come more into play in recognizing what other offenses are doing. he's used to the speed of the game. there's quite a few ways in which his years in the league would give him a leg up in that "competition".

i agree, though, that we probably really didn't see a whole lot of what that scheme could do, though, esp. considering that a few of the players they were counting on and building around were out of the picture and they essentially had to scrap together what they could with inexperienced players and scrubs.

we should see a much more complex defense this year. i think that is why they chose kuechly, though. out of all the players on the board he was going to be more able to pick things up and hit the field ready to go...maybe not as the mike, but anywhere else on the mid-field he would be able learn quickly and play at a high level. in a lot of teams he could probably come right in at Mike and start but not when you've got a guy of beason's caliber.

[panthers55]

knowledge of the panthers scheme will help, but his experience will come more into play in recognizing what other offenses are doing. he's used to the speed of the game. there's quite a few ways in which his years in the league would give him a leg up in that "competition".

i agree, though, that we probably really didn't see a whole lot of what that scheme could do, though, esp. considering that a few of the players they were counting on and building around were out of the picture and they essentially had to scrap together what they could with inexperienced players and scrubs.

we should see a much more complex defense this year. i think that is why they chose kuechly, though. out of all the players on the board he was going to be more able to pick things up and hit the field ready to go...maybe not as the mike, but anywhere else on the mid-field he would be able learn quickly and play at a high level. in a lot of teams he could probably come right in at Mike and start but not when you've got a guy of beason's caliber.

There is no question that Beason will have a leg up on a rookie just coming into the league if everything else is equal. I expect Beason will help Kuechly out quite a bit and Luke will count on Beason to help transition him to the pro game. Unlike some folks on this board who seem to have an adversarial attitude to players who aren't their favorites, I suspect the players themselves know that it will take a combined effort from all of them to be great this year and they will work hard to help everyone improve.

If Beason starts it is a great thing because it means he is 100% back and the team benefits immensely. If you a Panther's fan and not a fan of an individual player you have to root for everyone to play well and contribute.

[rayzor]

There is no question that Beason will have a leg up on a rookie just coming into the league if everything else is equal. I expect Beason will help Kuechly out quite a bit and Luke will count on Beason to help transition him to the pro game. Unlike some folks on this board who seem to have an adversarial attitude to players who aren't their favorites, I suspect the players themselves know that it will take a combined effort from all of them to be great this year and they will work hard to help everyone improve.

If Beason starts it is a great thing because it means he is 100% back and the team benefits immensely. If you a Panther's fan and not a fan of an individual player you have to root for everyone to play well and contribute.

absolutely. it's in everyone's best interest that they work together. there is no room for positional rivalries/pissing matches on a championship team. to reach their goal they are going to have to go in and do what their told and all work together instead of against each other.

[panthernation23]

i would put my car, house and bank account on that jon beason can bench 225 more then 19 times these days

[Dash Global]

i would put my car, house and bank account on that jon beason can bench 225 more then 19 times these days

Just because someone has muscles dont necessarily mean they are strong.

Jus sayin....