Comments on: Exploiting Luke Kuechly

By: PrometheanFR

PrometheanFR — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:36:27 +0000

David is a better LB than Kuechly? Good luck selling that one to the voters. Numbers don’t showcase everything (even though Kuechly is still leading all rookies in tackles and tackles for a loss). Luke has been an animal in coverage (although needs more development). He’s, at times, covered top-tier receivers and tight ends on par with Patrick Willis. At the end of the day, this is just fan talk. David isn’t on Luke’s level.

By the by, the only reason why David has more solo tackles than Luke is because Davis is playing inspirational football. Anderson is also playing at a high level.

By: teacherman777

teacherman777 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:34:58 +0000

I thought we were gonna be safe and Kuechly and I was shocked when we took Barron.

But am Happy now! We got 2 great defensive pieces. One to replace John Lynch, and the other to replace our great hero Derrick Brooks.

And Dougie??

Rock Star? U rock!

3 first round talents in 2012!

By: Bucfever40

Bucfever40 — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:15:34 +0000

Right on JBrooks, that says everything, not only that, what I didn’t like about Kuechely is he is a “drag down” tackler versus Lavonte being a “thumper” type tackler, you can see he (David) hits with authority, a down hill hitter, Kuechely is simply a Barrett Ruud clone, he’ll make a ton of tackles, but after being dragged for 5 to 8 yards down the field, David is exploding running backs behind the line of schrimage, eerily similar to #55 as a rookie, we thought then, wow this kid is going to be big….has that “it” factor, we clearly got the better LB by far. Imagine after next year’s draft, yea baby!!

By: Jbrooks8604

Jbrooks8604 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:32:34 +0000

Kuechly solo tackles – 50
David Solo tackles – 67

Nuff said.

By: BucsOrDie!!!

BucsOrDie!!! — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 18:55:21 +0000

Listen we lead the league in tackles for a loss and number 1 run defense so what more could Kuechley have done this year for us? Unless he has cover skills like Urlacher in his prime I say we made the right choice with Barron especially since a better MLB is coming out of college this year but I don’t see a real great safety in the first round this year.

By: Deminion

Deminion — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:20:12 +0000

Rather hve lavonte and mason anyday

By: lowlife

lowlife — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:33:18 +0000

Both teams will have their way with play action with the way Foster and Barron bite.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:55:41 +0000

I’d take Baron, David, and Muscle Hamster over Claibourne or Keuchly any day.

Another maneuver up and down the draft board, and landing three more “coveted” players and we are in business.

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:50:20 +0000

No complaints with the draft here.

By: Sneedy16

Sneedy16 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:32:29 +0000

@Jdubb

I was thinking the same thing. He pads his stats by jumping in on gang tackles. Watch the Bucs game this Sunday you will see. He has the occasional solo tackle, but he jumps in on the tackle.

I’ll admit though it would have been great to have him in the middle with Mason Foster on the Strong and David on the Weak. Given the way our division was going with the pass happy TE we needed a big safety that can cover them, so Barron was the way to go.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:14:05 +0000

Aren’t the play action issues the same knock on David so far. They are both beasts in clear pass and run scenarios, but when that play action goes into effect, they both bite hard.

By: Jdubb

Jdubb — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:09:41 +0000

Kuechly may have the advantage in total tackles but David has almost 20 more solo tackles (67 to 50) than Kuechly which is more telling in my mind. He makes more plays on his own.