Luke Kuechly On His Early Retirement, Brain Health & Hall of Fame Career

Chris Long is joined by one of the NFL's most revered figures, Luke Kuechly! Luke opens up about his early retirement, what makes a great leader, brain health, and the future of football.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Luke Kuechly Interview Introduction
1:20 - Leadership Qualities & Insights
3:34 - Bryce Young & CJ Stroud
5:40 - Defining Toughness in Football
8:00 - Q-Collar Technology & Brain Health
10:40 - Preparing for Retirement from NFL
13:12 - Role & Impact of Linebackers
17:13 - Super Bowl Insights & Predictions
17:34 - Luke Kuechly's Perfect Pitch
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[@illmatic1]

One of the best MLBs to ever touch the field

[@YuckFouTube2]

Facts, he was an absolute beast

[@chazhasman7208]

Luke was insane , it’s like how can you be so perfectly instinctual

[@larry2281]

He is the second greatest linebacker of all time. Could have been the best possibly if he didn’t retire early.

[@YuckFouTube2]

@@larry2281 idk about 2nd best ever, Ray Lewis, Jack Ham, Dan Morgan, Dan Thomas, Derrick Johnson, Patrick Willis, and prob some others from the 1960's I'm forgetting

[@rockyruane9379]

lol

[@MrDividends092]

I could listen to Luke talk football all day. we need him on our sidelines forever #Keeppounding

[@teamsilva7563]

As a saints fan it was so frustrating playing the panthers when they had Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis absolutely flying around the field.

[@ElMarko6994]

As a panthers fan it was always frustrating playing the saints when they had one of the best quarterbacks of all time back there slinging dimes all over the field, lol I remember that one game when Luke had like 24 or 26 tackles and TD had a bunch and we still barely beat yall. Yall were always the team I dreaded playing the most in our division because it was always gonna be a tough game and as long as yall had drew as qb yall were always a threat, lol no lead was too big against him

[@michaelwebb9381]

Its cool to hear Chris say he grew up as a Panthers fan. This is true because Ive heard his dad Howie mention on Fox Sports that he and his whole family were Panther fans.💯💯💯

[@PlayboiArti]

Super interesting! I wonder why they like Panthers?

[@ivanmatic23]

@@PlayboiArtiChris grew up and went to Virginia. Could be cause the panthers are only 4 hours away

[@tannerlock2]

Cincy area athletes baby! Luke is a Cincy High School legend and our Charles Johnson from our high school in Erlanger N. KY area had bad luck with injuries but he’s an inspiration to this day running his D1 training gym in our area

[@thedailygreatness]

Luke needs to join the Young Former Player Turned Head Coach movement. He lives and breathes the game.

[@donjohnson5172]

Luke is the man. It killed me to see the look on his face when he got hurt that final time. Many fans were upset that he decided to stop playing but I don't hold it against him at all. Dude gave us the better part of a decade and he's been exemplary off the field as well. Couldn't ask for a better example for future panthers to look up to.

[@sundrop1776]

I would’ve loved to see Long play for the Panthers.. damn I hate we missed that LUUUUUUKE!! #KeepPounding

[@jamesbarrick3403]

Luke is a class act. Panthers are in a death spiral. Horrible front office

[@oluayanbiola7566]

Luke!!!!

[@BLAKEx617]

One of the most impressive players I ever saw, guy somehow had the entire field covered at all times

[@milo8425]

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke

[@carloscortes7266]

Luke finally said to Chris what I had been thinking. They both do look skinny for their world.

[@ElMarko6994]

Fun fact kuechly never lost to Brady. lol I think it was only like 3 games but as a lifelong panthers fan who doesn’t like Brady because of beating the panthers in our first superbowl it’s a nice little stat I can throw out there because Brady was one of if not the best qb to ever do it and to watch how kuechly would play against him was really something to see. lol Brady would audible then kuechly would or vice versa and it was cool watching two really smart great players have like a mental chess match on the field like they were playing another game within a game of football

[@louuuu15]

My MLB 💙

[@blackstallion21487]

User God

[@WalkerA92]

Wish a network would hire him

[@ElMarko6994]

He commentates games for the panthers on our local station, I would bet that he could get on with any network he wants and he chose to stay around the panthers organization, you can tell he really loves the team

[@johnnyblackrants7625]

17:36 Long calls Chiefs 27-21. Man was literally 3 points off the exact score.

[@christianc2901]

is that clark kent

[@stillholding4975]

Always wished Luke was a raider

[@davieb113]

Luke could play superman for DC just sayin

[@HardyOh]

I get that you guys want to split up the segments of each podcast episode (view counts, etc.), but can you guys also upload the full episode in one video?

[@evilmcfluffin6774]

Love luke to bad he retired early but im sure it was better for him overall

[@Rasdawg915]

I feel robbed because if he retired in his prime. He could have been on the same level or even better than ray or dick... but i respect what he did.

[@davieb113]

Join FOX ….

[@Musso88]

Luke is so sick. Always has been.

[@claymac7895]

To act like Luke doesn't have severe CTE is just lying. Because he does.

[@PlayboiArti]

What makes you say that??

[@keljerel]

He looks fine to me. He speaks clearly for someone who had a ton of concussions.

[@ElMarko6994]

Lmao severe cte?? Oh so you can tell what a test that has to be done after a former player dies can just by watching a 15 minute interview where he’s very articulate and thoughtful giving out detailed answers? That’s crazy bro you should be the leading researcher on CTE if that’s the case because you can diagnose what no other doctor can. I’m not saying he won’t have issues in the future because of the concussions but he doesn’t seem to have any problems as of right now and to say he’s showing obvious signs of severe cte is just ridiculous, like he said that’s why he retired early because he doesn’t want to have major issues later on

[@bryantrulen7570]

I feel like Chris is too into talking aimlessly