Luke Kuechly

And so this to me felt a lot like, uh, I think it was 2013, the Panthers had two games and within a period of a month that I would rate as better than this one, but it was close.

And one of them, they beat Tom Brady on the final play of the game when Luke Kuechly probably passed interference, uh, but it was not called.

And they, uh, they called that the robbed Gronkowski 'cause it was Gronkowski that would've caught that ball if not for Kuechly just basically tackling him in the end zone, and getting the Hall of Famer call.

And the other one was when Dominic Hixon caught a touchdown pass in the left corner, I still remember that, uh, where Cam just threw a bullet at Dominic Hixon, who you probably don't even remember, uh, never made another big catch in his life, but he made that catch, and that beat the New Orleans Saints and Drew Brees.

Patrick Willis absolutely had it.

Um, Luke Kuechly is another guy that had it, um, a- and Ray Lewis.

And, you know, obviously those guys, Luke Kuechly and Ray Lewis would play Mike linebacker.

Yep.

So he's more of a Will, so, um, I think that's why Patrick Willis, um, i- is coming to mind.

As we move to the midway point of phase one, matchup number eight, Panthers-Seahawks.

Carolina gets some nice boosts, including on defense, Luke Kuechly, Greg Olsen is there, Steve Smith Sr.

I returned prime C- uh, Christian McCaffrey, all outside of Cam Newton.

That looks good.

Dang it, Carolina.

I keep saying it, but when there's a defensive legend up for grabs, gotta take advantage.

Luke Kuechly looking like the Legion of Boom kind of.

I don't know.

... man.

Like, Luke Kuechly, and when McCaffrey was new, and Cam Newton and all those, and that crew was exciting to watch, either going in person or watching on the TV.

But then also the 49ers, you know, just because that's who I, I grew up really...

With Joe Montana and Steve Young-

But now the guy's flying around.

I, I, I mean, they're calling him Luke Kuechly reincarnated.

Like, it's amazing.

He's getting a lot of praise.

They're great.

You know, Luke Kuechly was, you played with.

Yeah.

It literally was the perfect linebacker.

118 tackles, 4 interceptions, 1 sack, 2 forced fumbles in just 13 games.

Luke Kuechly.

Yeah, Prime Luke Kuechly.

If there's a Panther I'm taking on that team, it's Luke Kuechly.

Just a delight.

Just-

I'm putting him in there.

And who have I cut?

The amount of force when you're accelerating, but also decelerating, you have to absorb is enormous.

And it ties back to that checkbox approach when you said Luke Kuechly, he felt he was good to go when he hit a 60-inch box.

And you say, "Hey, these guys are f- high 4.2s, low 4.3s." They checked that box, but they're out of the league in two years.

So if anything, if anyone listens to this, ask your coach, "Now what? Hey, I checked this box.