Thomas Davis as Instrumental to Carolina Panthers’ Success as Luke Kuechly

January 6, 2015   ·   Brent Sobleski   ·   Jump to comments

If Luke Kuechly is the heart of the Carolina Panthers defense, Thomas Davis is its soul. 
Davis remains overshadowed by one of the game's top defenders despite being one of the NFL's top linebackers in his own right. 
Instead of comparing the two, their body of work should be looked at as a symbiotic relationship that forms the league's best linebacker tandem.
"It’s just little things that, maybe it’s not drawn up that way, but it works," Kuechly told the Charlotte Observer's Joseph Person in November. "That’s kind of what’s fun about him is he sees the same things. I think we play well with each other, and it’s fun."
Kuechly's comment came two weeks before the Panthers hit their stride as a team, but his words proved to be prophetic because Davis took his game to another level that following weekend. 
According to Pro Football Focus (subscription required), Davis received his best grade of the season Nov. 16 against...

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