Ian Thomas facing five charges for trying to get away from cops on a dirt bike

[Prowler2k18]

5 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

That seems to be all it takes. 

That will be his downfall

[Mr. Scot]

39 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

Why so much money? I don't understand. Did they think someone was going to sign him? 

More that they thought nobody else wants to sign here...

...and they may be right

[Basbear]

33 minutes ago, Smithers said:

I sure do.  We have a bunch of people on this board who are letting the Carolina Panthers cause them anxiety, anger and frustration.  Ray Rice punched a woman.  Kareem Hunt beat a child.  Ian Thomas…sped on a dirt bike.  
 

Sure…we just guaranteed him a whopping 8 million.  Oh well.  The sun will rise tomorrow 

Its the slowest time of the NFL year and this is being talked about on NFL network and countless others sites/tvshows. The timing is bad since the panthers just agreed to a vast over-pay, it makes them appear dumberererr.

I was lucky enough to live in a area were I drove 4/3 wheelers, go-carts, golf carts on the street right regular. So me and thomas at least got that in common, still lawyers talking about getting them reduced form felonys.......... running form the law is no "LOLZ lets go buy some pixel sticks at the corner store, LOLS" deals. Bad timing and he has a history of being dumb behind the wheel since he also was caught doing 91.....A smart team could think" Yea this guy keeps making it hard for himself and hes done very little on the field, lets find another solution like sign a cheap FA or use a 4th(like happened with him) for his replacement....." 

Not big brained Matt Rhule

 

Since the season ended and the reports that they are keeping Rhule rolled out for weeks, its been nothing but bad report after bad report. This is another one.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Basbear

[Chief Keek]

If you can't do the crime, don't do the time!

[davos]

I'm still more baffled that he's taking up over $6 mil of next years cap when we had Reddick, Gilmore, & Jackson to work with.  

Such weird priorities going so quickly to PJ Walker and Ian Thomas of all people this offseason.  Same deal like last year prioritizing and signing Erving and Elflein immediately with the entire FA market still to be worked out.  

Nothing makes sense with these guys.

[davos]

We already overpaid this shmuck who this staff had pegged as our TE2 on the depth chart going into last year top-12 TE in the NFL salary.  It is simply insane.  They had him behind Dan Arnold and were so uncertain at TE kept 5 of them.  

This simply adds on that in that already incompetent decision, they knew he had multiple pending legal charges and was a straight up loser on the field who shrivels up mid-play.

Like what in the f*ck is going on?  Ian Thomas? Ian f*cking Thomas? 

Edited March 1, 2022 by davos

[CPantherKing]

36 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He was once recruited by Matt Rhule. 

If the goal is to fill the roster with players that mirror Rhule, then the Panthers are on track to achieving that goal.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, CPantherKing said:

If the goal is to fill the roster with players that mirror Rhule, then the Panthers are on track to achieving that goal.

That's "the process". This is what David Tepper and Marty Hurney got sold on - this man's vision. Hence why everyone is so down on the organization. By the looks of it, we have an absolute moron steering this ship and I'm not talking about Matt Rhule though he certainly qualifies as well.

[Waldo]

Just shows bad judgement and a good lawyer, not too bad for a guy we should have cut last pre-season. 

It's stupid but that's probably why we wanted to keep him around doing bare minimum on a bloated contract when we could just be playing the 2nd year guy they drafted, he fits the new mold perfectly. He is bad at his job and a public embarrassment. Guess he is the official starter now. 

 

 

[davos]

Fun context--players on the Panthers with more guaranteed cash than some guy named Ian Thomas:

CMC

DJ Moore

Taylor Moton

The Sam Darnold & Robbie Anderson sh*tpile

 

We've prioritized Ian Thomas that much.  This is unjustifiable and flat out stupid.  

[Mr. Scot]

To be clear, it's not so much the severity of what he did as it is the stupidity and poor judgment it took for him to do it.

[davos]

Also, to be clear, it's not even the charge itself.  We just gave a 3 year $18 mil contract to a guy who rides a dirt bike in a Walmart parking lot.  

[ncstatekwi]

He will fit in perfect with his soon to be new QB Deshaun Watson!! 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, davos said:

Also, to be clear, it's not even the charge itself.  We just gave a 3 year $18 mil contract to a guy who rides a dirt bike in a Walmart parking lot.  

To further elaborate on why that's bad...

Most teams would likely see Thomas as a fringe player. Hence, pulling a stunt like this would probably get him cut.

Us? We gave him an extension