Why no interest in Luke Kuechly?

[buddieluver]

ran a 4.5 40 and mike mayock thinks he is shawn lee 2.0

[ABQcowboyJR]

We have invested 2 2nd round pick in ilb the last two years. Gotta see if carter can play.

[TheCoolFan]

Yep he's impressive but we've got more needs. If they want to spend a 4th rounder or later on a LB then that's OK

[Bowdown27]

Originally Posted by ABQcowboyJR

We have invested 2 2nd round pick in ilb the last two years. Gotta see if carter can play.

Exactly

[cobra]

There is interest in Luke. Lots of people have expressed interest in him.

Personally, I'd be ok with drafting him. He's just not my first choice. But if the draft fell so my preferred players were not available, I would not be upset about taking him at all.

[TheCount]

We have essentially invested two firsts at the position. We believed both Lee and Carter were 1st round talents that slipped.

So spending another 1st, this time a "real" one seems a bit wasteful so so many other needs.

[newlander]

Originally Posted by cobra

There is interest in Luke. Lots of people have expressed interest in him.

Personally, I'd be ok with drafting him. He's just not my first choice. But if the draft fell so my preferred players were not available, I would not be upset about taking him at all.

.........he's a stud....but our oline and dline are SO bad: I just don't see it: hope to hell he doesn't end up in our division

[cobra]

Oh, and I wouldn't pass on Luke if he is BPA because we have Carter. Luke is a blue chip player, in my opinion. And I would never pass on a blue chip player as compared to an unproven player. Worst case scenario, one of them pans out. Best case scenario, you have two studs at ILB and can use them for scheme versatility or trade bait.

[JonJon]

If we hadn't taken Carter last year, this would be my pick without a doubt. But as others have said, we have needs elsewhere. Heck of a talent though....I can see us looking back years later and saying, dang, we could have had this guy.

[Zaxor]

Look I am that guys biggest fan here...he is my pet cat this year and by far the best defensive player I saw all year bar none

[cowboysooner]

He has one of the smallest bust chances of any of the players.

[reddyuta]

our scouts love LBs,i bet he is very high on their board.It all depends on who is available at 14

[fanfromvirginia]

I'm all for taking him if he happens to be the BPA at 14 but he won't. On the off chance that 14 comes around and DeCastro, Poe and Glenn are all gone, I'd be fine with trading down to grab him.

I've said it before and I'll say it again -- it doesn't matter what positions we needed when we selected guys like Ware and Sean Lee and Murray and Witten. What matters is that we got the right guy. Passing up a potential blue chip super star (if that's how the FO feels about him) because you want to see what you've got in a backup would be foolish.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by cobra

There is interest in Luke. Lots of people have expressed interest in him.

Personally, I'd be ok with drafting him. He's just not my first choice. But if the draft fell so my preferred players were not available, I would not be upset about taking him at all.

^^^THIS^^^

[TheFinisher]

Originally Posted by cobra

Oh, and I wouldn't pass on Luke if he is BPA because we have Carter. Luke is a blue chip player, in my opinion. And I would never pass on a blue chip player as compared to an unproven player. Worst case scenario, one of them pans out. Best case scenario, you have two studs at ILB and can use them for scheme versatility or trade bait.

+1

If we can address CB and Interior OL in FA then I think we can lean more towards a BPA approach, we need help everywhere on defense and he looks like the total package at LB. A Kuechly-Lee tandem would be the heart of our defense for years.