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Shaq Thompson In The First?

Jeremy Igo

By Jeremy Igo,
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davos Grand Master

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I wouldn't be mad, but I'd rather have Jaelen Strong or Eric Fisher.  May be a moot point though.  No telling who may or may not still be on the board at #25.  All three could be gone or all three could still be there.

 

I've seen you mention Eric Fisher a few times now...do you mean Ereck Flowers or Jake Fisher?

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Jake Fisher.  I have no clue why I keep calling him Eric.

 

Ha no worries.  Yeah Fisher seems to be on the rise.  Kind of reminds me a bit of Lane Johnson from a few years back. Not a 4th overall pick (Because he was inconsistent at times apparently) but both are around the same size, were TE converts, and owned the shuttle drill. 

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Shaq Thompson is a lot faster then his 40 time at the combine and his pro day will show that. Same thing happened to TD

 

TD said in a recent interview that he didn't prepare for the 40 at the combine and knew nothing about the technique, etc., which was why he timed slow.

 

The same is likely NOT true with Shaq Thompson. The combine is a different beast now than it was when TD was drafted, and these kids prepare much better for the 40 because they know that's where they get all the attention (good or bad). Based on that, I'm not buying that his speed is comparable to TDs.

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Thompson said a couple weeks back that he's "a LB and a LB alone."

So he doesn't have much value for us.

 

Pretty much this. If we draft him to play LB, how many snaps does he realistically see? We play sub packages more than base, and I just don't see taking out the best coverage LB in the game (TD) from our Nickel package for a greenhorn rookie.

 

So, we're looking at a couple years before he gets enough snaps to make him worth a 1st round pick, and if that's the situation we're looking at, we might as well take a mid-round OLB to groom and spend our 1st on a higher impact/value position.

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Pretty much this. If we draft him to play LB, how many snaps does he realistically see? We play sub packages more than base, and I just don't see taking out the best coverage LB in the game (TD) from our Nickel package for a greenhorn rookie.

So, we're looking at a couple years before he gets enough snaps to make him worth a 1st round pick, and if that's the situation we're looking at, we might as well take a mid-round OLB to groom and spend our 1st on a higher impact/value position.

Agreed. He's not going to get snaps over TD at the Sam, and the Will plays only sparingly in our defense anyways. You can find LBs all over the draft anyways and I'd rather do that than pick up one whose going to sit for a couple years and not contribute. The team has too many needs and is in a good position to address one of them at 25. Can't afford this kind of luxury pick.

If he were willing to convert it might be a different story, but even then it'd still be a position he'd have to learn meaning we aren't going to see an immediate impact.

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