The era of Ian Thomas

[Khaki Lackey]

He'll be demanding a new contract/threatening a hold-out in no time!

[hepcat]

It sucks the end of Greg Olsen's career seems like it'll be mired in injury, but Hurney is looking like a genius for grabbing Thomas. Could be the steal of the draft if he steps up, and so far so good.

[FugAllY'all]

Remember when Gettleman got fired because he played contract hardball with two guys who've severely declined and are alternately injured or suspended since the new GM met their demands? Woops.

[luke nukem]

2 hours ago, Bronn said:

Free agent... wouldn't be a bad target either, if in shape.

He is done

[Snake]

Olsen, Davis, and Kalil all have shown there age. Breaking your foot twice on non contact is the curtain closing. 

[Mr. Scot]

Voth's latest piece on Panthers.com includes a section where he hypes up Ian Thomas.

If you're reading the tea leaves, that probably doesn't say good things for Greg Olsen.

[Pup McBarky]

As I said earlier, promote Vander Laan, who's a former QB and smart and looked really good in camp. Give the youngsters a chance to learn and grow and we may have a really good 2-headed TE attack for years to come.

[The Lobo]

4 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

The routes we have him running are not Olsen routes. If you notice he does a lot of across the face of the LB/S's. We have him running routes across the field utilizing his athleticism. 

I am curious to see if IT is able to identify and settle in zones, and how he operates up the seam with awareness of the gap between safety and LB.

 

Also, Greg has the ability to play in slot and out wide. So much to see if the rook can do it.

Very good point. Hopefully he can run posts and the like and we will be just fine.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Very good point. Hopefully he can run posts and the like and we will be just fine.

Well, there's routes and there's routes...

Asking Thomas to run a pre-designed route like Olsen, that's fine.

Asking Thomas to be able to read and adjust his routes based on what he sees in the defense while also having the chemistry with Newton for the two of them to be on the same page?  That doesn't come so easy.  It takes time.

That's the kind of thing you lose with Olsen out.

[Mr. Scot]

A name I wouldn't have minded us looking at (suppose we still could)

 

[The Lobo]

23 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well, there's routes and there's routes...

Asking Thomas to run a pre-designed route like Olsen, that's fine.

Asking Thomas to be able to read and adjust his routes based on what he sees in the defense while also having the chemistry with Newton for the two of them to be on the same page?  That doesn't come so easy.  It takes time.

That's the kind of thing you lose with Olsen out.

Very true. From what I have read of Thomas it sounds like they have faith he will be like Olsen one day. The talent is all there and I think he will be solid for us.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Very true. From what I have read of Thomas it sounds like they have faith he will be like Olsen one day. The talent is all there and I think he will be solid for us.

Agreed.  As far as the talent/knowledge ratio, Thomas is still heavy on the talent side.  Experience will help balance that out, but obviously you don't get a year's worth of experience in a week.

[bigdavis]

4 hours ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

tbf when is the last time Olsen outran anyone or made anyone miss with the ball

Doesn't Greg hold the league record for being tackled at the one yard line?

[NAS]

I agree.  But the question is if Rivera will allow a rookie to have more than a situation role.   He will probably try to force Cam to throw to Manhertz instead.