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Is Shaq Thompson a bust?

bLACKpANTHER

By bLACKpANTHER,
in Carolina Panthers

Is Shaq Thompson a bust?  

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  1. 1. Is Shaq Thompson a bust?

    • Uh, no.. he's already proven to be solid
      79
    • NO WAY - he's got pro-bowl potential
      19
    • Uh, yeah.. obviously
      9
    • Time will tell..
      36

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Ricky Spanish Grand Master

Ricky Spanish

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No. People throw that word around really flippantly here. Bust indicates that he sucks. He doesn't suck. At worst he's a solid starter. At best he's the heir apparent to TD.

Only problem is he isn't getting the reps you would want from a first round pick and that's less on him and more on the coaching staff/scheme. But then again when you have one of the best OLB's in the game ahead of you on the depth chart, it's hard to get your playing time on the field. 

So I would say not a bust, but his talent was not really necessary at the time he was drafted and the coaching staff isn't doing the best job of allocating their resources. 

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t96 Grand Master

t96

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No but lack of opportunity has hurt him. I guess it’s a good problem to have though that TD has played so well this late into his career after the injuries too, and he’s still going... Nobody could’ve expected that.

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Using him as a nickle back against speedy WRs in the slot constantly is a bust. We will see how he does when TD is on the bench serving his suspension. I'm rooting for the dude but I just haven't seen enough either way. I wish there was more need for a full time 4-3 package but opposing teams seem less than willing to play to our strengths. Why not play against nickle and dime defense when our 3rd and 4th CB can't beat out a LBer?

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Ricky Spanish Grand Master

Ricky Spanish

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3 minutes ago, Carolina-Chuck10 said:

NFCS Linebackers

(1) Luke Kuechly

(2) Deion Jones

(3) Lavonte David

(4) Thomas Davis

(5) Kwon Alexander

(6) AJ Klein 

(7) Manti Teo

(8) Devondre Campbell

(9) Craig Robertson

(10) Kendall Beckwith

Guess who’s not top 10? Shaq Thompson

The only guys on the list better than Shaq are the top 4, possibly top 5. 

This list is a joke.

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4Corners Grand Master

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7 minutes ago, Carolina-Chuck10 said:

NFCS Linebackers

(1) Luke Kuechly

(2) Deion Jones

(3) Lavonte David

(4) Thomas Davis

(5) Kwon Alexander

(6) AJ Klein 

(7) Manti Teo

(8) Devondre Campbell

(9) Craig Robertson

(10) Kendall Beckwith

Guess who’s not top 10? Shaq Thompson

Did you just like pull this list out of your ass? Where did you find this? I’m surprised you can name more than 7 NFL players 

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