Celebrating Luke Kuechly, Smartest Linebacker to Play the Game | NFL Films Presents 

After absolutely clobbering you too 😂😂

It's weird they don't even say the word "concussion" once...

@@whittengreen8781 well who knew smacking ur head over and over again could potentially not be great for ur brain's health. I mean that was just a shocking revelation in and of itself huh... all this concussion talk is hyped up bologna. Everyone has always known football is dangerous

@@BICfootball92 Everyone knows the sport is dangerous... I doubt we understood how dangerous later in life, though.

@@paigepellaton u can be paralyzed on any given play. We've all seen that. We all knew exactly how dangerous the game is at every level. Its no surprise how dangerous football is.

"And thou shalt not throw the seam route so says the gospel, according to his fan"

Luke was my favourite player to watch and to see that interception at Tottenham stadium live was so special. My upmost respect goes to Luke and wish him well whatever he does.

Trying not to cry through this whole video. Miss him so much!

2:02 some clean tackles, quite a literal show stopper.

I like your profile pic

Im still heartbroken, it isn't right, its not fair but its the best decision for him and his family💔

I cried watching his video

He'll be a defensive coordinator in no time

@@ricardovera116 same

"heartbreaking" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahhahahaha

Said Eric Reid did and remembered that

he said “remember that play?” like it’s something everyone should’ve remembered

Luke: You remember that play? Linebacker Coach: uh, yeah… sure!

Or he watched film of reid interception along with all of the interceptions thrown by the opposing QB... to find a weakness...

What's insane? He remembered a stupid play..big whoop

Man, really, this couldn't have been any better said.

Bro u worded tht PERFECTLY man , imma pats fan thru&thru but ALWAYS LOVED watching this man work!!! 1 of my FAV LB's EVERRRR!!!

No I first ballot hall of fame career

All I can say is generational linebacker. One of the best considering the small sample size he gave us just like Patrick Willis

Who?

The beast Patrick Willis was 8 years also...

Kuechly, Willis and Bowman are the best linebackers I've seen play over the last decade. All three left the game way to early with the exception of Bow who had his knee destroyed and was never the same after.

@@rhunt4014 they didnt leave early. They left at the perfect time. With a position like a linebacker keeping health in check is more important than anything football related no exceptions. They left before it was too late

@@mackaycreative6336 Luke was better

He's not a hall of Famer

Underrated comment here. Haha.

Defensive footballers seem to be really freaking good at pattern recognition, it's insane. I'm sure Luke has a career ahead of him as a statistician if he wants.

@@SamnissArandeen He majored in business at Boston College I believe, I'd imagine alot of that is statistical so you are correct :)

😂😂😂

Makes sense angles and geometry matter in sports.

Better to end your career too early than too late

@@B-Mag very good point.

As a Saints fan, I ABSOLUTELY agree with his decision. Even if I was a little sad when he first announced it.

first ballot

Easily

For real man. TBIs rob people of the latter half of their lives...

Exactly why he made the right decision to retire. Playing football at the NFL level for 10+ years just isn't compatible with having a cognizant mind down the road.

Dude only played 8 years and etched out a HoF career. Absolute beast

I think that's why he retired, just like Luck. He earned a decent amount of money and can now live the rest of his life in peace

I agree but I wouldn't be too worried. Concussions can really do a lot of damage to a brain when you haven't yet completely recovered from one concussion when you experience another. However, the way the NFL concussion protocol is set up now ensures the players' brains get long enough to recover after a trauma to avoid exactly that. It's a pretty great system to protect them from long term damage.

Came here to look for this comment. Thank you

I think in the big leagues most teams look at film with a xbox controller because it has better rewind and forward control

@@mrpancakedemon7454 it's not the fact that it's an Xbox controller, it's the fact that it's a 360 controller

I thought he was studying using Madden

😂🔥🔥

100%

I played the same way as Luke when I was in the semi pros and in high school ball. I was a defensive tackle and end. I'd stand up and recognize sets in high school, and start yelling out Play packages. I caused a few opponents to take time outs. It was really fun watching them burn timeouts because I knew their play. I finally got a couple of my friends to do the same thing, our defense went to the top of the district. It's too bad we couldn't score anything, so we missed the playoffs, but darn we have a good defense.

Who‘s Aaron Donald huh? Luke was the man.

His stats alone are Hall of Fame worthy, but his known presence on the field and overall football IQ are what's going to solidify his name in Canton.

@@howardbaxter2514 carrer wasn't long enough for hof

@@coreyandreas730 there are plenty of careers shorter than Luke that ended with being in the Hall of Fame. For instance, Fritz Pollard only played in 49 games in his career.

@@coreyandreas730 terrel davis literally only played 4 seasons. If you are good enough you can get in. Luke was def a hof player his entire career.

@@gnoodle6994 it'll be close

🤯 That would be an amazing commentary pairing!

They would be terrifying. The booth would call every play before it even happens.

it would be the most perfect thing ever. not a single play would go by that wasn't called 5 seconds earlier by them lmao

One's thing for sure, all of us would know exactly what to expect before it happened

Oh yeah, this is big 🧠 time.

😀😃😄💙💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙

Dude only played 8 years and etched out a HoF career. Absolute beast

@@brunamurray9741 um....ok

Thanks Obama

hey obama your a inspiration of mine. Thanks for serving for our country

@@elliotb8133 No problem my fellow American.

I did 😭

Yo for real, I was gonna comment that it literally brought a tear to my eye but scrolled the comments first to see if anyone else had the same reaction lol

He’s not dead, bro. Write him a letter or something

@@alexanderbraddock6543 Fr they should if they’re that emotional about him as sports fanatics.

They said he might come out of retirement

Pat WASNT small you tripping dude was 6’1 240 pure muscle

@@ygswaggy8357 talking about the length of Kuechly and Willis’ careers, not their size..

@@ygswaggy8357 ur high bro

Deserves hall of fame just off of skill alone.

The real '15 MVP!!!

I guarantee if we had him against KC we would have won.

Same

Agreed, on and off the field, absolute top notch.

you must be new here lol... Agent89

When a grown man starts to break down, he is truely invested in what he sheds tears for. Luke is a g.

And robbed of the potential of Ryan Shazier

Totally agree. However, it was good to see Willis and Kuechly retire before their health got worse. Also, Calvin Johnson was the same way. I thought he was the most physically gifted player I ever saw but even with all of that the injuries still ended his career

@@KevyWhitShazier robbed himself. Shouldn’t be leading with the crown of your helmet.

@@KevyWhitShazier sucked. Don’t lead with your crown

59 likes. I'm going to leave that as is.

@superchef710......He's the bigger version of sam mills. A linebacker that completely used his athletic ability and intelligence to their max potential.

Ray Lewis: 👁️👄👁️

@JD we're you dropped as a baby or something?

@JD if he is overrated than Tim Tebow is a good blocker

In the pouring freaking rain he did that

And Tedd gin and Josh Norman

Lol and now you lost McCaffrey too

Hes already a scout and will probably be a defensive coach and/or coordinator in the future

@Ima Castle no one said he could coach people to be the same level as he was

He is working with the Panthers right now

I’d like to see him in the patriots

@@WhatsY0UTUB3 no body has to. If he learned to be a coach he’d excel.

He's broken you couldn't tell he said it himself nearly broke down on national tv I'd say what is he hiding?

As much as I hated seeing him go, as a panthers fan... I totally got it.

Probably didn’t want end up like junior seanu

Yep, he might have some head problems later, but at least hes not someone like Earl Campbell

As a Panthers fan I love this guy he’s my favorite player to ever play the sport

As a Panthers fan I love this guy he’s my favorite player to ever play the sport

That's what I was thinking. The whole time I was like ok when are they gonna bring up all the concussions cause that's a huge part as to why.

Nudge nudge wink wink

Who could understand why lol

U kno its always a cover up jus matters how much cover

They don’t want the sport to look bad lol you can’t even get concussed in the madden games.

you and me both

gotta respect the hell out of it though

The pathers were so bad it forced him to retire

@@scottp4269 i respect it so much 😪

Can't tell if this is sarcastic or not

@@christophr3538 ditto

i still cant watch that video without crying..it broke my heart to see Luke leave . but im happy he is doing what is best for him

DAMN LMAO

Corny

Dude only played 8 years and etched out a HoF career. Absolute beast

I just hope concussions don't rob him of that mind 30, 40 years down the road.

Ayo?

@Her Yang

I thought vikings say Skål instead of cheers

8:48

So wholesome

He could be the head coach with those brains

Well he’s becoming that this year

Looks like this aged well for the bills

@@duxfan298 he’s not with them

Yeah and they always say luke was better yet in all but 1 game the Seahawks won and by the numbers 54 is better in all but interceptions.

Honestly it doesn’t matter to me. Coverage-> Luke Run stopping->Bobby; reacts faster and has faster closing speed. Tackling ability-> Tied. For me. 1. LT 2. Ray Lewis T3. Bobby Wagner T3. Luke Kuechly 5. Derrick Brooks That’s my 5 guys.

@@anthonydeshields9613 Wagner is almost a liability in pass coverage sometimes. That’s what separates them for me.

I just hope concussions don't rob him of that mind 30, 40 years down the road.

Ditto😪

He was the anti-Cam Newton.