Mayock's Mock

[Philagape]

The only one I give a fraction of a damn about, and some of you may care a lot more, because he's shown some accuracy before.

He has Kuechly to the Bills

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/mock-drafts/mike-mayock/150251

[B-DON]

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Not my fave pick but I can live with it

[Bangarang]

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WEAKNESSES The major knock on Kuechly is that he had a lot of "inflated" tackle production in college: i.e., most of his tackles came five-to-eight yards downfield. He didn't get up into the line of scrimmage to make powerful, impactful plays much, and won't be relied upon as a pass rusher at the next level, where he'll be strictly a tackling, sideline-to-sideline backer.

Oh joy.

[baalworship]

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Pro Football Weekly:

Negatives:
Has very short arms and is late to disengage when blockers get their hands on him. Average functional take-on strength. Does not attack downhill or show a lot of knockback body power — delivers few highlight-reel, slobber-knocking, head-buckling hits and falls into a lot of production 10 yards downfield. Can be beaten to the corner (see Virginia Tech) and timed speed appears manufactured (was asked to run three times at the Combine because of big splits — clocked a 4.77-second 40-yard time on second run more indicative of true play speed.) Limited upside — has a self-made, maxed-out frame, and what you see is what you get.

http://www.profootballweekly.com/prospects/player/luke-kuechly-40/

Limited athlete with limited upside who makes a lot of tackles 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. This sounds familiar.

[stuckincincy]

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Oh joy.

Welcome to the world of collegiate spread offense football.

[Bangarang]

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For the amount of hype he gets, I have Kuechly as my 2012 biggest bust award winner. He's getting comparisons to Urlacher for crying out loud.

[B-DON]

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Pro Football Weekly:

Negatives:
Has very short arms and is late to disengage when blockers get their hands on him. Average functional take-on strength. Does not attack downhill or show a lot of knockback body power — delivers few highlight-reel, slobber-knocking, head-buckling hits and falls into a lot of production 10 yards downfield. Can be beaten to the corner (see Virginia Tech) and timed speed appears manufactured (was asked to run three times at the Combine because of big splits — clocked a 4.77-second 40-yard time on second run more indicative of true play speed.) Limited upside — has a self-made, maxed-out frame, and what you see is what you get.

http://www.profootballweekly.com/prospects/player/luke-kuechly-40/

Limited athlete with limited upside who makes a lot of tackles 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. This sounds familiar.

Two can play that game.

STRENGTHS Kuechly is one of the most instinctual and technically sound linebackers to enter the draft in years, and he had the tackle production throughout his career to back it up. He is able to avoid trash at his knees and is elite when it comes to shedding blockers and keeping himself free to the ball. He is excellent working over the top of tight ends to maul and delay their release, and is capable of running with them down the field. He has the sudden burst and long speed to cover a very wide range against the run and is an extremely sure-handed tackler.

[baalworship]

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For the amount of hype he gets, I have Kuechly as my 2012 biggest bust award winner. He's getting comparisons to Urlacher for crying out loud.

I agree. Biggest bust for the hype. Should be a decent NFL player but nothing special like Poz.

[Philagape]

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As several posters point out, run defense is not as important at it was just a few years ago. And with the Bills' new line and DC, pass rushing is not a LB's responsibility.
If Kuechly is the pick, it would be more for his pass coverage.

[kingJofNYC]

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Run defense is certainly not important to the Bills because the teams has been trash against the run for years. Haven't been able to slow down the run since losing Fletcher.

[we are]

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Why didn't you mention how his third 40 was in the 4.5's again?

[alohabillsfan]

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Horrible pick! Oh joy a non special LB at 10 overall. These guys are big on entertainment and short on brains.

[B-DON]

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Horrible pick! Oh joy a non special LB at 10 overall. These guys are big on entertainment and short on brains.

Which team do you work for again? If buddy thinks he's worth tenth pick then so be it but this is far from a horrible pick

[baalworship]

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As several posters point out, run defense is not as important at it was just a few years ago. And with the Bills' new line and DC, pass rushing is not a LB's responsibility.
If Kuechly is the pick, it would be more for his pass coverage.

If we are getting someone for pass coverage why don't we draft someone much better at coverage?

Pass Coverage


Cornerbacks > Safeties > Linebackers


Elite pass catchers can only be stopped by elite corners. Drafting a middle linebacker to stop elite tight ends makes no sense to me. They can't do it.

[psubills62]

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Not a fan of Kuechly at 10. While Mayock is usually very accurate, I'm going to disagree with him here, as I said before I am 99% confident Kuechly or a LB won't be the pick.