Let’s talk about Shaq and YGM

[Cdparr7]

Most people on the board are aware of Shaq’s age and financial burden on the team. Trading him or cutting him makes sense this off-season. Especially with Luvu,  Smith, and whoever we may bring in with draft capital we may acquire for him. What would be a good deal for Shaq?

 

YGM has never really turned into the Mike Rucker people thought he would be. (Look at his production and 46.5 PFF grade). Edge rushers are valuable, especially young ones with rookie contracts. What kind of compensation do you think the Panthers would get for YGM?  

[therealmjl]

Shaq is an overrated JAG who is insanely overpaid. Looking forward to moving on from that bloated contract. He has never lived up to his hype and simply isn't a difference maker. You could argue that Luvu has impacted the outcome of our games more this season in his first year at LB than Shaq has his entire career.

YGM is another JAG (at best) but at least he's on a rookie deal. Decent depth I guess but doubt we'd even notice if we moved on from him.

edit: inb4 top dawg slams me.

Edited October 19, 2022 by therealmjl

[The Natural]

So you don't think YGM is good enough to be on our team but in the very next sentence call him valuable and wonder what kind of compensation we could get for him. Help me understand.

[4Corners]

Shaq 28 years old OMGz so old

[Jon Snow]

Let's not and say we did.

Carry on.

[BIGH2001]

Neither one of these players should factor into our future and we won’t get much in return. 

[Catsfan69]

YGM should be viewed as decent potential depth.

 

We never should have let Obada go.

[Sgt Schultz]

The biggest problem with Shaq is his contract.  It was another example of Hurney thinking that if we pay a guy like he is one of the best, he will become one of the best.

With RA gone, Shaq is the third highest salary next year and, if I am not mistaken, provides the biggest cap relief.  Of course, dumping/trading him is only one solution to that problem.  We have the rest of the season to figure out what options are worth it, unless somebody pushes a lot of chips into the center of the table for him.

[jb2288]

29 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Shaq is an overrated JAG who is insanely overpaid. Looking forward to moving on from that bloated contract. He has never lived up to his hype and simply isn't a difference maker. You could argue that Luvu has impacted the outcome of our games more this season in his first year at LB than Shaq has his entire career.

YGM is another JAG (at best) but at least he's on a rookie deal. Decent depth I guess but doubt we'd even notice if we moved on from him.

edit: inb4 top dawg slams me.

i dont think you know what a jag is

[shaq]

14 minutes ago, Catsfan69 said:

YGM should be viewed as decent potential depth.

 

We never should have let Obada go.

fugin love Obada, 2 sacks in the past 3 games.

[Carl Spackler]

Are they going to the Bills too?

[Cdparr7]

49 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Shaq 28 years old OMGz so old

He will be 29 next season- about the same age as Kuechly when he retired. Thomas Davis lasting as long as he did was an anomaly and partly due to him not taking hits on his body for 3 years due to his ACL issues. 

[Jackie Lee]

YGM just gonna play out his contract then sign a bunch of one year vet min deals wherever. Shaq will get cut next year, No one is trading anything for either guy. Hopefully we draft a legit QB next year then actually build a decent team around our core players in 2024. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, therealmjl said:

Shaq is an overrated JAG who is insanely overpaid. Looking forward to moving on from that bloated contract. He has never lived up to his hype and simply isn't a difference maker. You could argue that Luvu has impacted the outcome of our games more this season in his first year at LB than Shaq has his entire career.

YGM is another JAG (at best) but at least he's on a rookie deal. Decent depth I guess but doubt we'd even notice if we moved on from him.

edit: inb4 top dawg slams me.

Yeah, pretty much. Shaq is okay. He wouldn't be a problem if he was paid like a run of the mill starting LB but he's nowhere near the difference maker he's paid to be. I have no idea why the Panthers organization has always thought so highly of him as a player. I've never seen any signs of a special player.