Kuechly now credited with 26 tackles. New NFL Record. (According to our PR Department)

[therealmjl]

my question is has he reached his ceiling. hes already incredible. maybe not in coverage but everything else i really don't know.

Luke has no ceiling.

[beastson]

my question is has he reached his ceiling. hes already incredible. maybe not in coverage but everything else i really don't know.

 

the pick on brees lets me know its just his 2nd year

[Dex]

my question is has he reached his ceiling. hes already incredible. maybe not in coverage but everything else i really don't know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbUI1uCeEU

[TheRumGone]

i meant in terms of his tackling ability and reading offenses.

 

hes already the best in the game. how can he possibly get any better?

[TheJason]

22 years old.

 

The Big Deuce Deuce

[CatMan72]

Awesome, but unfortunately this is an unofficial record since the NFL doesn't keep records on tackles  :(

 

Either way, Luke is the man and the best LB in the league - we don't need records to know that. 

[Jmac]

Luke would probably much prefer to go to the other bowl...the one that starts with an "S".

[Chaos]

my question is has he reached his ceiling. hes already incredible. maybe not in coverage but everything else i really don't know.

 

Ceilings are often asked if they will ever reach their Luke.

[L-TownCat]

Didn't the team credit Luke with like 200 tackles last year? That's like a full 35+ tackles more than the league gave him.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Kuechly is a great line backer and likely a future HOFer but that doesnt mean he is a HOFer and even as good as kuechly is he can still improve I think his best has yet to come

[Kettle]

Awesome, but unfortunately this is an unofficial record since the NFL doesn't keep records on tackles :(

Either way, Luke is the man and the best LB in the league - we don't need records to know that.

Are you sure? I see the stat running in the ticker all the time on NFLN.

[TN05]

Just to clarify, team and NFL tackle stats are different and not the same. To give an example, the team credits Luke with 205 tackles over the 2012 season while the NFL 'only' gave him 164 (still enough to lead the league). Team tackle totals tend to include any time the player is even somewhat involved in a tackle, while NFL totals are a little more stringent.

*According to offical NFL press-box stats, Luke Kuechly only tied the NFL record set by David Wilson for tackles (24), while Panthers team stats give him 26 tackles.

*The Brian Urlacher 'record' 25-tackle game is based on the Bears team stats - the offical NFL stat for that game is he had 19 tackles. (http://www.nfl.com/player/brianurlacher/2504098/gamelogs?season=2006) This is similar to Dan Morgan only being credited with 18 tackles in the Super Bowl when the Panthers credit him with 25.

So basically Luke Kuechly was credited with more tackles by the Panthers than the Bears credited Urlacher with in the 2006 Cardinals game. Either way Kuechly is a record-holder but NFL stats are the ones to go by.

 

[CatMan72]

Are you sure? I see the stat running in the ticker all the time on NFLN.

 

Yup, it's not an officially tracked stat... so there's nothing in the record books on it. 

 

The reason for this is that beyond a certain point it's highly subjective. 

[nitroblast]

Teams are always generous with their stats. PFF's review gave him 17.