With a pair of 2012 second-round linebackers getting new contracts in recent weeks, the first linebacker taken in round one of the 2012 draft could be next.
Via Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer, talks between the Panthers and linebacker Luke Kuechly are “heating up.”
At last check, the odds of getting a deal done before the start of the regular season were deemed to be 50-50. So progress apparently between the Panthers and the 2012 NFL defensive rookie of the year and 2013 NFL defensive player of the year apparently has been made.