Shaq Thompson - Number 1 Gettleman Bust?

[Snake]

Shaq isn't a bust. Wilks just isn't using him right. 

[therealmjl]

6 minutes ago, Snake said:

Shaq isn't a bust. Wilks just isn't using him right. 

This.

and lol chris gamble a carolina legend

[electro's horse]

i mean don't get me wrong he was a fine player and any time you draft a guy that starts for almost a decade it's a good pick. 

but legend? Eesh.

[thefuzz]

I think....the last 1st round "bust" drafted by Carolina was Otah, and you could say Brown, but he wasn't drafted in the first it just cost the Panthers a 1st round draft pick...and also could have gone the same way with Clausen.

 

Anyone remember who pulled those triggers?

[Car123]

2 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

i mean don't get me wrong he was a fine player and any time you draft a guy that starts for almost a decade it's a good pick. 

but legend? Eesh.

Ok, cult hero. Better?

[Snake]

9 minutes ago, mjligon said:

This.

and lol chris gamble a carolina legend

People don't like this but I can promise that if Davis was let go we could cover his production in Shaq or Mayo. 

[Mage]

12 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

I think....the last 1st round "bust" drafted by Carolina was Otah, and you could say Brown, but he wasn't drafted in the first it just cost the Panthers a 1st round draft pick...and also could have gone the same way with Clausen.

 

Anyone remember who pulled those triggers?

To be fair, injuries ruined Otah. I don’t think you can blame Hurney for that. When healthy Otah was a great player.

 

[FugAllY'all]

Uh, no.  Shaq will be 24 next season and will be a staple at OLB for the next decade. Davis's career lasted a couple years longer then people expected, that's the only reason we haven't seen the true value of that pick yet. 

[thefuzz]

28 minutes ago, Mage said:

To be fair, injuries ruined Otah. I don’t think you can blame Hurney for that. When healthy Otah was a great player.

 

We are talking about 1st round busts...injuries are part of that discussion.  If a player is drafted in the top 20, and and has 29 games total in this league...to me that means bust...even if injuries were the issue.

I'm not here saying that he was a bad pick, but the last "bust" we have had as a team has to be Otah....if he's even considered one.

[heel31ok]

14 hours ago, panthers34 said:

He’s much better at TDs position that he is the “Buffalo Nickle”. I think he’s going to be pretty good going forward as TDs role is reduced 

this is why can't call a bust just yet...

[thefuzz]

4 minutes ago, heel31ok said:

this is why can't call a bust just yet...

If a team picks up your 5th year option...you aren't a bust.

[Anybodyhome]

TD himself would have been a bust when he was drafted as a safety. Remember his first preseason when the Carolina Panthers tried to play him as a safety?

Michael Vick created the need in Carolina for Thomas Davis who had the speed and ferocity to spy and make plays like both a linebacker and a safety. Hence, his demise as a safety and coming out party as a LB.  

[Rags]

We tried to use Shaq like the Redskins used Su'a Cravens or the Cardinals use Deonne Buccanon -- basically a box saftey at LB. That's not Shaq's strength and he struggled trying to do this.

When he plays at WLB, where TD plays he's much better. Just hope he learns to wrap up more.

[JARROD]

15 hours ago, mc52beast said:

Didn’t Gettleman draft Amini?

Hurney. Gentlemen drafted that other bust small school offensive linemen— kugmila or something right?