SUNDAY TALK with a TACKLING DUMMY Gone Mad in the A Gap...the NFL's Leading TACKLERS in the 2012 Season...and did a ROOKIE ILB lead All Tacklers? #NOSE4ThePigskin

Toucan Sam of Froot Loops Cereal says, " Always Follow your Nose" as he has a pretty Big Beak but he taste good. Never mind that the Bluedude introduces you to the Top Tacklers in Combined Tackles with Solo Tackles riding Shotgun. This Series is called "Sunday Talk with a Tackling Dummy Gone Mad in the A Gap".

There were some interesting Names in the Top 11 Tacklers for 2012 as a Few Teams did their Homework and found Rookie Gamers with a Toucan Sam Nose for the Pigskin. Was there a Rookie that led Sunday Tackle Football in Tackles as he was a Tackling machine in College? What about the Best Backers in the Biz from the Gold Rush at the Stick did Bowman or Willis make the List? Was everyone who made the Top 10 a Backer or do we have some Safeties or Down Lineman?

The Final List of the Top 11 Tackling Dummies Gone Mad in the A Gap sponsored by..See the Pigskin ...and go get the Pigskin then go through the Ball Carrier and finish the tackle we will worry about Fed Ex Envelopes in your Mailbox at a later time.

Top 11 Tacklers in the NFL for 2012
Note: Solo Tackles in Parenthesis ( ) * for Rookies

1. Luke Kuechly MLB #GoPanthers 164 (103) *
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2. Navorro Bowman ILB #FortyNiners 149 (97)

3. Chad Greenway OLB #SKOLnation 148 (98)

4. Jerod Mayo OLB #PatsNation 147 (88)

5. Jerrell Freeman ILB #BlueSwagger Indy 145 (90)

6. James Laurinaitis MLB #RamsNation 142 (117)

7. Bobby Wagner MLB #12thMan Space Needle 140 (86) *

8. Lavonte David OLB #ItsABucsLife 139 (112) *

8. Paul Posluszny MLB #JagsNation 139 (106)

8. London Fletcher ILB #Skins 139 (78)

11. Daryl Washington ILB #BirdGang #AZCards 134 (108)  

Answering Questions....

Yes Rookie Luke Kuechly led Sunday in Overall Tackles with 164....and better than Advertised coming out of Chestnut Hill, Mass University...Boston College. Super Productive as the Panthers chose him the Top 10 in the 2012 NFL Draft for insurance for the all of a sudden Oft-Injured Pro-Bowl MLB from the "U"....Jon Beason. Beason went on IR after a Month into the Season and wait until Kuechly and Beason are on the Same Field Together. Panthers Lead Man Ron Rivera has something in the Croc Pot simmering slow.
 
Kuechly, Wagner, and David were the Three Rookies in the Top 10 with David #2 Overall in Solo Tackles behind Tackling Machine James Laurinaitis of the Jeff Fisher Group...the Rams

Bowman led the 49ers Backers with 149 Tackles..Teammate Patrick Willis had 120 Tackles but was still Top 20.

Greenway led the Vikes D and just has a Nose for the Pigskin...and maybe that stems from chasing around Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin in Practice

Mayo is the #1 Players on that Pats D when talking Production and then its NT Vince Wilfork #1B...

Freeman unheralded made Plays all over the Turf for the Colts and No One knew him but the Opposing Offenses.

Wagner is the Leader of the New Kids on the Block...Seahawks Nation and the that Grade A Secondary called the "Legion of Boom"

David started where he left off from Big Red Lincoln to #BucsNation...all that and flying to the Pigskin with "Young & Reckless" (by the way a Nice Clothing Line that is "Young & Reckless)

Posluszny has always been productive (even with his Original Team #BillsMafia) but the Jags need to build around him and some other Holes in that Roster..

Fletch Dawg of the Redskins is arguably the Most Underrated Backer of out Time and the Most Productive....Still going Strong and he is the Key to that 'Skins D.

Washington was played behind Dockett and Campbell and was Big-Time and among the Best Backers in Red Jersey Collections (QB Sacks) as well...The go-to Man for the Ray Horton led #BirdGang D

Note: Tackling Numbers from CBSSports.com...Sunday Knowledge from the Bluedude