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NGT: Panthers Lock Up Shaq Thompson

Toth029 : 12/7/2019 5:13 pm

Per Schefter

Panthers are giving LB Shaq Thompson a four-year, $54.2 extension with a max value of $57 million that includes $28 million guaranteed and a $16 million signing bonus, Wasserman’s
@DHendrickson41
tells ESPN. Vaults him into elite ILB pay territory.

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BleedBlue : 12/7/2019 5:20 pm : link

I wanted him when he came out, I think he would have been a DG target. Oh well

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DG_89 : 12/7/2019 5:31 pm : link

the 3rd LB to get locked up before season's end. Gonna be slim picking for LB in free agency. But it all depends on whether we stick with the 3-4 or go back to a 4-3

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aGiantGuy : 12/7/2019 6:47 pm : link

In comment 14706427 BleedBlue said:

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I wanted him when he came out, I think he would have been a DG target. Oh well

I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic. But Shaw Thompson, was a DG target, DG drafted him.

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Toth029 : 12/7/2019 7:02 pm : link

In comment 14706441 DG_89 said:

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the 3rd LB to get locked up before season's end. Gonna be slim picking for LB in free agency. But it all depends on whether we stick with the 3-4 or go back to a 4-3

Shaq has played in both. Panthers played a 3-4 this year.

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darren in pdx : 12/7/2019 8:13 pm : link

In comment 14706427 BleedBlue said:

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I wanted him when he came out, I think he would have been a DG target. Oh well

Don’t understand, Dave drafted him, or do you mean in FA this upcoming offseason?

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aceinthehouse : 12/7/2019 9:35 pm : link

D. Guice approves of this extension.

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cosmicj : 12/8/2019 8:38 am : link

If you want him on your team. A lot of the better FA will never hit the open market. You also need to retain your good players in the current environment.

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Eric on Li : 12/8/2019 10:34 am : link

In comment 14706804 cosmicj said:

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If you want him on your team. A lot of the better FA will never hit the open market. You also need to retain your good players in the current environment.

Yup. Most people are missing from their calculation the reality that the really good players most are banking on in FA (Ngakwe, etc) aren't even going to get there. The Jets weren't going to resign Williams, but whoever traded for him very well could have.