‘"Kuechly to me is one of the 10 best players in this draft," Mayock said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. "The intriguing thing about Luke Kuechly is historically inside linebackers are not valued, mostly because they get replaced in sub packages and nickel packages. Kuechly is the opposite. Kuechly’s strength lies in the pass game. He’s the best pass-dropping linebacker from the inside I’ve ever seen coming out of college football. He’s got instincts, he’s got speed. So on third down, when the sub package comes in the game, he’s going to stay in the game, a lot like Sean Lee in Dallas. I think there’s real value there because he’s a three-down inside linebacker. He’ll occasionally get enveloped by a big body but the NFL is a pass-first league, and there’s value in Luke Kuechly."’