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Shaq Thompson

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onmyown Grand Master

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7 minutes ago, Smithers said:

Shaq had arguably his best year last season, even outplaying Luke (who admittedly had a down year).  His contract is 8Th among OLB, yet he is the youngest by far of the 7 in front of him.  People want to give Luke a pass for a terrible year because of a bad DL, bad coaching, etc.  yet Shaq had an even better year despite those things.  Shaq is not average.  He’s an above average OLB who is only 26 years old.  

Pretty sure Shaq is just outside the top 3 paid OLB in mainly 4-3 based defenses, 13th overall.

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2 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Pretty sure Shaq is just outside the top 3 paid OLB in mainly 4-3 based defenses, 13th overall.

Not sure how the scheme is relevant.  Heck teams change schemes all the time.  We are a good example of that.  He signed his contract as a 3-4 OLB.

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11 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

There is no way you can argue he is above average.  That's ludicrous 

While I don’t think he’s worth his contract, he was easily above average last season. However, he has not been above average for the majority of his career.

You also have to consider he played next to one of the best MLBs in NFL history.

If you look closer at the linebackers that are paid what Shaq is paid you’ll notice some are on the backend of their contracts, some are actually used as a 3-4 OLB and have a third of the tackles but 4x the sacks, none played next to a player anywhere close to Luke, and you’ll also find they’ll have more than one above average season - even those with <5 seasons.

If Shaq puts up 2 more seasons like last season, by salary and position metrics, he’d be worth his contact.

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3 hours ago, Smithers said:

Based on?  Your opinion?  Stats don’t back up your assumption.  

He’s average. 

which sadly means he’s all pro compared to the rest of this roster. Dude is just an average starter in the nfl on pretty much every other team.

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