Round 1 - Carolina Panthers Select Shaq Thompson

[Mol3m4n]

What have you done Gettleman?

 

You made me pie SuperJ!

[jfo89]

Said it in the general chatter thread, I hated him pre-draft, but I will support any panther. He's part of the team now, so I love the pick.

[LinvilleGorge]

While I sorta like the pick, what ever happened to BPA?

 

With OT and WR being the most pressing need and Perriman being the highest rated available, why wasn't he drafted?

 

"Highest rated available" on the NFLN or ESPN big board mean a whole heaping pile of jackshit.  The only board the Panthers care about is Gettleman's board.

[Password is Taco]

Biggest reach in round 1. A special teamer who has no position? Glad we are letting the players make picks now, guess its why the panthers have been such a failure in its history.

[Nick_81]

I'm just curious where we play him. We play a 4-3 base, but we only actually put 3 LBs on the field on a little over 30% of defensive snaps last year. I don't see taking snaps away from Luke or TD to get him on the field, so he's either going to have to straight up play SS or he's going to have to play in some sort of joker role to see a decent amount of snaps.

Or, we could stay in base more because of his versatility. I'm excited to see how we use him.

[AceBoogie]

When we have the #1 defense in the NFL next year people will stop bitching.

Ron Rivera has had a top defense everywhere he's been, yet he's never won a damn thing. I wonder why. Hmmmmm

[Mol3m4n]

AAAAAAAANNNNNDDDDD Andrew Luck gets another weapon.

[h0llywood]

Gettleman's BPA > Mayock's BPA

 

Scouts Inc. had Perriman with a 90 Grade and the 20th overall player. Meanwhile Shaq Thompson is graded 78 and 69th overall.

 

There was 4 other OLB graded higher than Shaq who were still available. 

[PantherBrew]

Go to Luke's draft night and replace his name with Shaq. Same reaction.

[TylerVagyler]

Mike Solarte ‏@MikeSolarte  7s7 seconds ago

DG-He prevents touchdowns and scores touchdowns. Call me crazy, but I like that.

[uncfan888]

I don't understand why we didn't draft Gurley and Humphries..

Seriously though, this is a great pick

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

lol jesus are we really gonna put this guy in the SAM position.

 

[MtnJax]

I'm just curious where we play him.  We play a 4-3 base, but we only actually put 3 LBs on the field on a little over 30% of defensive snaps last year.  I don't see taking snaps away from Luke or TD to get him on the field, so he's either going to have to straight up play SS or he's going to have to play in some sort of joker role to see a decent amount of snaps.

 

Simple. in base 4-3, Shaq plays OLB. when we go to Nickel, slide Shaq back to SS and take Harper off the field.

[CollegePanther]

Fast, hard-hitting, versatile, Kam Chancellor like play-maker. Why anyone would hate this pick I don't understand. I'm excited as fug!