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Shaq Thompson torn Achilles


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32 minutes ago, Mr Mojo Risin said:

Shaq was a good player for us. Maybe he wasn't considered a "great" but definitely a leader on our team. Sucks if this is how it ends for him but that's life in the NFL. I hope he fully recovers and is able to enjoy the rest of his life pain free. Have to think this is the end for him

Yeah, he was a guy that came in at the wrong time with massive shoes to fill. Very underappreciated for sticking with this franchise through many a dumpster fire year. A solid but unspectacular Panther and a guy that deserves to be remembered fondly and not with the level of vitriol that some throw at him.

By all accounts a very solid dude and excellent teammate. 

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Shaq said in the off-season he wanted to play 5 more years......... I think he will want to play, but I dont know if panthers are the team. I know he wants to play in carolina, but who knows how a MLB GM goes about this touchy deal. 

Maybe they can agree to some small vet deal, but I dont see shaq as a backup if wallace takes off. 

 

Believe it or not he was one of the first LBs that had great coverage skills. passing league. but hes got age and ach killer. sucks alllll around. 

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3 hours ago, MHS831 said:

I met Shaq at the OTAs during his rookie year.  Washington was on the quarter system, so he was late.   I am 6'1" and I was taller than him--I am guessing he was 5"11" and he had a pretty thin frame--probably weighed about 220 then.  As a 4-3 OLB, maybe, but an inside LB?  His body has to be telling him to stop it.

shaq was a safety coming out of high school, but you're right. he's WLB in a 4-3

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1 hour ago, Jmac said:

He says he will be back and is not done. We shall see.

Of course he does. He has more career earnings with the Panthers than Luke Kuechly. Who wouldn't want to keep that going? But we need to make decisions with building for the future in mind. It's time to move on.

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