*OFFICIAL* Carolina Panthers 2023 OFF-SEASON

This pick is gonna be remembered as the steal of the draft. Shaq is gonna feast with our defense. Play him at OLB in our base 4-3 and move him to safety in our nickel package to replace old man Harper. Our defense is ranking #1 next year. This dude is our Kam Chancellor and then some
 
From a Panther forum if anyone still has doubts:

I have been detailing this for the past month. I did not want to go into it too much because the Panthers slow played this to perfection.

As for the people who understand the growth of the spread offense and hybrid TE in short yardage, they get this pick. For everyone who still thinks teams play a base 4-3 most of the time will throw out the Thomas Davis comparison from 10 years ago. The NFL has changed.

There was one position the Panthers could not fill and that was the hybrid LB/SS. Colin Jones finished the season in this spot. When you see the S or CB playing near the line and in the box this is called the Big Nickel. I have talked about it previously. Here is a link if you need to read about it.

google the articles here

Read up there are several articles on it.

Shaq Thompson is going to play OLB - not safety. He will line up in a 4-3 and when the offense spreads out Shaq becomes the Big Nickel. Spread offenses have been using this to give an edge to their QB to pre snap read the defense and know if it is in zone or man. With a hybrid OLB that is no longer an advantage. Why do you think the Seahawks do so well on defense? This throws QBs for a loop and causes more mistakes and delays.

Last season the Panthers had AJ Klein/Chase Blackburn getting caught in pass coverage, and Bene Benwikere would get caught in a run play and crossing routes from these spread formations in short yardage. Shaq instantly solves that and he frees up Kuechly and Davis on day one.

The Panthers now have the defensive personnel by adding Shaq and Tillman to run big nickel and big dime packages that will rival that of the Seahawks while neutralizing QB pre snap reads and spread offenses. For long passing downs the Panthers will still use a traditional nickel and dime which will replace Shaq with Tillman or Bene in the nickel. Shaq will be in that OLB and Big Nickel postion on all short yardage downs.

This is huge. The Patriots and Seahawks have been doing this for a few years now.

Also, keep in mind Shaq can team with Ginn on kickoff returns, and he can play gunner.

What I find interesting is this notion I have heard rumblings of that the Panthers want to select Ty Montgomery later in the draft. The idea is to pair Ty and Shaq at the RB position in a read option package with Cam Newton. Might be 6 to 10 plays a game in the red zone. You can go from having Ty and Shaq in the backfield to a spread offense in the red zone with both at receiver.

Hope this helps. If you do not understand the formations and the amount they are used, then just wait till the season and the 4 game stretch against the spreads on short yardage you will see against the Packers, Eagles, Seahawks, and Colts. You will be thrilled to have Kuechly, Davis, Shaq and Tillman then when those QBs are left guessing if it is man or zone pre snap. If it were Kuechly, Davis, Klein/Colin Jones, and Bene in the box, I guarantee you those QBs will know where they are going and if they are audibling to a run or screen 5 seconds before the snap
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Loving the pick :pimp:. Let's get Cam some help on offense tomorrow.
 
Shaq :pimp:

Love it. But I don't want him playing ST just strictly D.

I hope we go 1 OL and the rest playmakers.
 
Also with LBs being able to wear #s in the 40s he can get say #40 and he can also line up as a RB and cause some issues
 
JOEYxFRESCO said:
This Funchess pick is money. Dude has all the tangibles to be the next Jimmy Gharam
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so what I read was he's gonna be the #2...and play the slot.


I like it. Him and KB on the outside with Philly and GO on the inside. :pimp:

It's starting to come together.
 
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I really don't see how we DON'T win the division. Everyone I walk to brings up last season and refuse to see why it was a tough season for us. Old secondary, depleted RBs, lack of depth at WR. All those issues are fixed and we all saw what we did those last 5 weeks. KB in his second year, Funchess and Ginn for depth, Shaq and Tillman added along with Boston/Bene playing bigger roles.

Top 3 defense is not out of question at all and if Cam can bring those throws down he could have a big year.

But no one cares cause it's the Panthers 
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i really hope Coleman gets that SS starting spot from Harper and let him and Boston fly around on the back end.

Star injury is gonna be killer if he cant be 100%

our LB core is about to insane with the 3 we have.

still reading that it will be a struggle at LT this year. That has to be the next major problem we address.

i just want Funch to contribute, im not asking him to put up numbers like KB did his first year. Just be a threat out there.

if we can avoid the injury bug this year, its gonna be special.
 
Coleman has been impressive all camp. I don't want peanut taking snaps away from bene. Shaq is gonna play a big role later in the season when he gets used to covering the big te's.

Need KK and star to get healthy. From everything I've read Star will be back for the last couple of preseason games.

Funchess has better hands than KB and I expect him to have just as good of a rookie year as kelvin did last season. Them 2 on the outside with Philly and Ted in the middle is problems, not even mentioning what Greg does. We need Stew to stay healthy all season.

Oher has struggled and I wouldn't be against Darryl Williams sliding over to LT and taking his spot but I know they're grooming him to be the starting RT for years to come. Remmers proved himself last season along with Norwell.

CAP in some spread sets will be a nice weapon also
 
woody2626 said:
Oher has struggled and I wouldn't be against Darryl Williams sliding over to LT and taking his spot but I know they're grooming him to be the starting RT for years to come. Remmers proved himself last season along with Norwell.
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so wait you dont think Remmers is the man of the future at RT?
 
Williams is the typical "hog Molly" that gettleman loves and is a beast in the run blocking. Him and Trai on the same side would be solid. My hope is that him or Remmers can transition over to LT. I know that Williams has been getting snaps at LT some this camp
 
Hey man Funch gotta step up, not saying he has to put of 1k yrs but productive.

Overall the Wr is better this year. Gotta rally and figure it out. Still a great D, good back field, improved line, all pro TE and a bigtime QB.
 
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