Luke Kuechly Receives Invitation To NFL Combine, Begins Preparation
by A.J Black on Feb 7, 2012 6:31 PM EST
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PrintThe list of players invited to the NFL Combine were released today, and it's no surprise that Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly made the list. Kuechly will have to show his skills against other linebacking prospects such as Arizona State's Vontaze Burfict and Alabama's Don'ta Hightower and Courtney Upshaw.
Interestingly two BC players not getting invites were cornerback Donnie Fletcher and defensive lineman Max Holloway. Fletcher had a disappointing Senior Bowl, but it was surprising that he was left off the list all together. Kuechly is the lone Boston College rep this year.
To get ready for the combine, Kuechly has been in Texas training with Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson, Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill along with 29 other NFL prospects. In training Kuechly has been working on his strength and quickness and he has a busy schedule ahead of him as he prepares for the Combine:
"Yes, there are football-specific drills. But the combine presents a specific set of predictable tests. With the right preparation, prospects will be ready for exactly what's thrown at them. From an athletic standpoint, that means Kuechly's working on his [40-yard dash] time, plyometrics, stretching, footwork, making sure he maximizes his explosiveness.
From an off-the-field perspective, it means getting ready for the Wonderlic test and making sure he interviews well with coaches, general managers, scouts and personnel men."
Already viewed by most as the top linebacker in the draft, and a top ten pick, Kuechly will have to show that he has the NFL ready skill set that most Eagles' fans have witnessed over the previous three years. But really is any of us worried that Kuechly might flounder in the Combine. I highly doubt it. If there is any player that can live up to the challenge, it has Luke Kuechly.
And for any of you that want to watch him rock the combine, it will be held February 22 – 28, 2012 and can be seen on the NFL Network.
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Gut feeling that he ends up on Chargers or Eagles.
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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Feb 7, 2012 6:37 PM EST reply actions
If he ends up with the Giants, I’m just going to go in the kitchen and bash my head in with a mallet. That being said, there is no chance in hell he ends up with the Patriots either. I’d just like to see him end up with a team that has a chance to winning a Super Bowl. So not the Washington Redskins.
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No Patriots. Don’t want Luke to get all the way to the Super Bowl only to lose to the Giants.
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by Brian Favat on Feb 7, 2012 7:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Eagles are out too then.
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by Brian Favat on Feb 7, 2012 7:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The New Football Paradigm
In both College and Pro, the passing rules were both relaxed, QB’s now wear dresses, and you can’t decapitate WR’s coming over the middle without losing 50K?
The emphasis is on linebackers who are outside pass rushers and possess great speed and quickness and came from pass coverage systems in college where they were in space and were on for passing downs in the new deal.
The latest mock drafts have separated the linebackers from not only inside and outside, but a new breed, pass rushers.
Luke is in the inside group, but he is a glue boy old fashioned wrap up tackler and run stopper. He has show flashes of speed and quickness to the ball and the Pick 6 versus Miami showed he has real LIVE game playing speed.
I think Luke is all 3, but I am not a drafting GM and they go with 40 times and that burst of speed and pass defense skills and system guys and Luke was a tackling machine and does not fit that mold, but I think this kid is something else and they are very wrong!
The 3-4 defenses are looking for the pass rush LB’s and there is the issue.
When I was a kid 3rd and 4 mean’t Jimmy Brown and maybe 2 tries if you were in the red zone?
Now 3rd and 1 or 2 is a passing down and most teams are in the shotgun and passing on first down?
It’s now all about the QB?
Cam Newton’s numbers were incredible. Andy Dalton led Cincy to the playoffs after Carson Palmer, Heisman HELLO!!, and Ocho and TO left!!!
Are you kidding me?
It’s a QB league, you can’t touch them, so the passing game is now dominant and everyone wants pressure on the QB, (in college too a 15 years of Spazoo defensive failures for no pressure on the QB and then no blitzing!! has killed BC in big games!!!), so Luke may slide into Round 2, but I hope a 4-3 defense snares him.
The Giants used a guy as a sub teacher and he made a Super Bowl INT on Gronk! I hope the Giants take Luke!!!
GO EAGLES!
One more thing
The Giants have used a fierce pass rush as a key to winning 2 Super Bowls.
McGovern and your stooge moron mentor Spazoo:
Wake up and go check BC stats versus the pass even in the season were were number 1 against the run?
BALANCE as Mr. Miagi used to say?
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