Jaylon smith and shaq thompson

[rwoods3428]

I just had a random thought althought this probably would never happen. With the reports coming out that we have "Scary" interest in cravens and the fact that we have looked at a good number of safties so far. What if we drafted Jaylon in a later round giving him a year to heal and learn. We could move shaq to safefy. Shaq and cravens are alot of alike. Drafting Jaylon smith would be for the future but i thinm it could work. 

[The Link]

TD is going to retire at some point in the near future, so i'f we're going to draft Smith I would rather keep Shaq at Linebacker. Shaq, Luke, and Jaylen would have the potential to be the best linebacking corps in the NFL for the next 5-8 years.

[Nick_81]

I like Shaq as Davis' replacement.  The flashes he had last season really excite me, for his future.

 

 

[cbarrier90]

Shaq, Luke, and Jaylon could be incredible for the future, but everything I've seen indicates his injury situation is similar to Marcus Lattimore, and Lattimore never made it back onto the field.

We would be the ideal situation roster-wise for Smith to "redshirt" but I have no idea where you could value a player in Smith's predicament.

[Catufb85]

I actually asked my other Panther enthusiast friend today the very question.  With no real "glaring" needs and if our "guys" are off the board.  Do you invest a 2nd or 3rd round pick in Jaylon Smith allow him to recover this year and then take over for TD when he retires.  Luke, Jaylon, and Shaq could be scary for years.  But comes with the risk he could never play again.  Then I looked through countless mocks and saw that major of the analyst still had Smith going in the mid 2nd round to teams with glaring needs but said its worth the risk at that point for them.

thoughts? 

[cbarrier90]

5 minutes ago, Nick_81 said:

I like Shaq as Davis' replacement.  The flashes he had last season really excite me, for his future.

 

 

Shaq replicates TD's style in the future for sure but he was drafted to start alongside Luke and TD in the present.

There's still the matter of finding that 3rd LB to start once TD hangs it up. We can pretty much assume Klein is gone for a starting job somewhere and Mayo is a MLB that hasn't shown much of anything other than special teams.

[Bartin]

I'm not even thinking about taking Smith until the 5th round and I wouldn't pull the trigger until at least the 6th. Nerve damage is some serious stuff.

[Panthro]

The panthers would pry have to nab him in the 1st if they want him. I mean he would have to possibly be an all world player to sit him for a year

[csx]

I'm not sure trying to find clones of current greats is really the way to go. I understand why it's an interesting approach though.

[LinvilleGorge]

If the staff thought Shaq was best suited at safety, then he'd be playing safety now.

It sucks for Smith and I hate it for him, but he may never play again.  He's going to be off of a lot of draft boards due to that knee.  Someone will take a flier on him and give him a chance but he has a major uphill battle in front of him.

[davos]

Deion Jones could be just as good and may be right there for us in Round 2.  He reminds me a lot of TD coming out but could start at safety in the box in our nickel packages.  He could eventually be TD's replacement and could make for a deadly defensive unit. 

[Bartin]

Someone is going to have to explain the obsession with finding TD's replacement a lot of people seem to have. We already have him. We drafted him last year. We play a 4-2-5 nickel defense and we play nickel 70% of the time which means there are only two LBs on the field for 70% of the snaps. Luke is one of those 2 for the next decade. Once TD retires the other will be Shaq. The 3rd LB plays 30% of the snaps on our team and until TD retires any LB we draft will barely touch the field unless it is on special teams.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Today's league you don't need 3 great lb's 

[MrBubba]

If Smith was on board at second pick wouldn't shock me if we took him.  Bottom line we don't know medical report.