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L-u-u-u-u-u-ke Color Rush Brett Maher Jersey , and this time it's unanimous.Luke Kuechly was voted the NFL's top inside linebacker by The Associated Press for the second straight year Friday, with all 10 members of the panel picking the Carolina star first.ago, with Seattle's Bobby Wagner second followed by C.J. Mosley of Baltimore. Kuechly got seven of 11 first-place votes in 2017, and Wagner picked up the other four. No such split this time."Hands down the top linebacker in the game," wrote Barry Wilner, the AP's lead NFL writer based in New York. "Kuechly is destructive against the run, savvy and versatile against the pass. A leader by example."While injuries — most notably concussions — limited Kuechly for two seasons and ultimately ended a three-year All-Pro run in 2016, the five-time Pro Bowler was back in All-Pro form last year. Kuechly had 125 tackles and three interceptions while tying a career high with five quarterback hits."Kuechly has been one of the top inside linebackers ever since entering the league and only injuries have slowed him down," wrote AP Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow, based in San Francisco.The 27-year-old missed just one game last year with a concussion and helped Carolina get back to the playoffs, with the Panthers losing a wild-card game to New Orleans.Kuechly played a career-low 10 games in 2016, the only time the Panthers have missed the playoffs in the past five seasons with Kuechly as their defensive anchor."Carolina's do-everything LB is the best in the business once again," wrote Denver-based AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton.Seven of the 10 second-place votes went to Wagner, who finished with 76 points to 69 for Mosley.Wagner is the central figure in the Seahawks trying to move on from the Legion of Boom era since safeties Kam Chancellor (neck injury) and Earl Thomas (broken leg after contentious holdout) have likely played their final games in Seattle, while cornerback Richard Sherman has moved on to San Francisco.The 28-year-old Wagner has one sack and one tackle fewer than Kuechly since the start of the 2014 season. He's coming off consecutive All-Pro seasons, including career highs in tackles (168) and QB hits (13) in 2016.Wagner had 13 tackles for loss and another 13 quarterback hits last year while battling hamstring issues http://www.authenticsdallascowboys.com/cheap-la_el-collins-jersey , and had a groin injury early this season."Wagner is right up there with Kuechly in terms of making an impact whenever he's on the field, and he has become even more important for Seattle without the Legion of Boom," wrote New York-based AP Pro Football Writer Dennis Waszak.Mosley was a walk-in starter as a rookie first-round pick in 2014, the last time the Ravens made the playoffs. They missed the postseason for a third straight year in 2017 despite a career-high 132 tackles from Mosley.Tied for second in the AFC North with Cincinnati, Baltimore is the only NFL team allowing fewer than 300 yards per game. Opponents are averaging 281 yards."Baltimore is playing smothering defense and looking much like the 2000 squad that won a Super Bowl, and Mosley is a key piece to this unit," wrote Tennessee-based AP Pro Football Writer Teresa Walker.New England's Dont'a Hightower was a distant fourth with 37 points, followed by Benardrick McKinney of Houston (31), Dallas' Sean Lee (28) and Deion Jones of Atlanta (21). Miami's Kiko Alonso (20 points), Telvin Smith of Jacksonville (19) and Washington's Zach Brown (15) rounded out the top 10.The rankings:1. Luke Kuechly, Carolina2. Bobby Wagner, Seattle3. C.J. Mosley, Baltimore4. Dont'a Hightower, New England5. Benardrick McKinney, Houston6. Sean Lee, Dallas7. Deion Jones Color Rush Jaylon Smith Jersey , Atlanta8. Kiko Alonso, Miami9. Telvin Smith, Jacksonville10. Zach Brown, WashingtonTweetcap: Cowboys offense sputters in 16-8 loss to Panthers, what happened? It’s simple. We often hear about how NFL offenses need continuity to reach their potential. It takes time to build continuity and sometimes defenses come into week one a little more prepared than the offenses. Following suit with a few other teams in the NFL, the Cowboys joined in as an offense that has severe execution issues. What happened?Well, credit the Panthers, who were just a smidge better but let’s start with these quarterbacks. Both Cam Newton and Dak Prescott had similar outings:We’ll come back to Dak Prescott in a few moments, let’s hit the uncomfortable areas one at a time.A.) Blocking was awfulThe true difference was that the Cowboys offensive line, with no help from an inaccurate quarterback, underachieved in a major way. It’s interesting too because it was the Panthers’ offensive line that was advertised as outmatched. They even lost another starter in their victory:Any way you slice it, this offensive line got off to a bad start and played way out of character. For instance, what was up with Tyron Smith?Holding calls kill any momentum for an offense and Tyron Smith wasn’t alone, La’el Collins was also drawing the laundry:It was going to be a tough matchup for rookie Connor Williams going up against the Panthers standout DT Kawann Short. Williams was just no match for Short from the get-go:The Panthers knew that was a favorable matchup for them and they attacked Williams with regularity. Often times they tried to isolate the rookie which was a very bad thing for him:Backup center Joe Looney had a decent outing but was a product of his environment at times. He couldn’t ever be Travis Frederick, reaching to help out the rookie, but he could have been better:The Cowboys gave up six sacks for -32 yards lost http://www.authenticsdallascowboys.com/cheap-tyrone-crawford-jersey , which is plain awful. In fact, last year’s dreadful “Atlanta Game” featured 8 sacks for -50 yards, the Cowboys came close to that again. B.) We have a “Dakuracy” problemAs bad as the offensive line played, at times they gave Dak Prescott protection but he only compounded the issues. He either held onto the ball too long or was inaccurate on the move, which is an area he typically excels in.Before we just dump all over Dak Prescott, he was also the only reason they got into the end zone for eight points. On their only scoring drive, he literally willed this team down the field with his legs, arm, and a little help from Ezekiel Elliott to put the ball in the end zone. Prescott also ran a QB draw to make it a one possession game but for the most part, Dak was just way off. It comes down to this very astute point by Mike Doocy:He didn’t have much help, his receivers weren’t reliable outside of completions to Cole Beasley. For example, on 4th and 10, blame Dak for delivering a late ball to Deonte Thompson on the comeback route. At the same time, blame Thompson for letting that ball go through his hands. There was a clear trust issues between Dak and his receivers in this game and it must get fixed quickly.C.) Ezekiel Elliott was bottled up by stout run defense but coaching shares blameEzekiel Elliott showed his rust against the Panthers because the guy we all know would not allow this:Though Zeke admits that he needs to play much better than he did, he’s not blaming the lack of work in the preseason:The Panthers are a top-notch run defense and you have to come in expecting them to do what they do well. The Cowboys coaching staff is too stubborn for it’s own good at times. The coaches need to find other ways to win because it’s not going to work perfectly each time. It’s insane that they couldn’t get the only two players with definable ways to beat you involved more in their passing game:Zeke had three receptions for 17 yards, one of his catches was for 13 of those yards. The Panthers kept feeding Christian McCaffrey even when it didn’t work but they kept persisting. If Zeke is the only guy that truly scares the defense http://www.authenticsdallascowboys.com/cheap-kavon-frazier-jersey , the Cowboys should have at least tried to get him more involved. As for Tavon Austin, we heard he would be getting touches in this offense with his blazing speed. So much for that?You can’t win many games when you don’t try to get guys involved. Coaching has to be better because they owe it to their quarterback to help him succeed. They didn’t do that in week one and it all unraveled very quickly.So, though popular opinions on social media among media types have determined the following: 1.) They missed Dez Bryant, he would have made those tough catches2.) Dan Bailey would have made that kick, why Brett Maher, why?Realize that none of those two things are anything more than fun fodder for a discussion dominated by overreaction. The truth is much simpler as the offense failed miserably in a series of events: Bad blocking led to poor quarterback play which was exacerbated by pitiful coaching.Now, the staff has to regroup, realize their shortcomings, and hopefully better themselves for week two against the Giants. Guess what, coaches? That New York team is good at stopping the run, too. This Cowboys offense has to improve on the fly because there is no such thing as patience in the National Football League.