Growl

Let's have gif thread where we post Cam's reaction when news of our first free agency target broke

Leaked image of Dave Gettleman

This is exactly the problem.

So many quality options were available at that position and this is the guy we spent the first day of FA courting. Disheartening, is really the only way to put it.

You spelled any of the other 31 teams you may have meant wrong. That word looks like Panthers.

Man Detroit got Ngata (plus a 7th) for dirt cheap. 4th and 5th. The Panthers are likely going to have to make a similar move if they want to compete next year, especially now that they are apparently content to let every but of talent in FA go elsewhere.

NFLN just reported that all of the contracts Indy dished out to these proven players are short so that they will be able to sign their young players when the time comes It's a shame that the NFL isn't allowing us to do that

Yeah mr scot I've already said the fluke playoff appearance we made last year don't impress me and shania much so let's just stop beating that drum

So how many seasons are you content with losing before we are finally ready to "make a run." Couple more years and our franchise QB will be reaching the midpoint of his career. Exactly how many seasons are we willing to sacrifice for that 5-6 year window? 5 years? 6 years? Because maybe I'm dim but I don't see the point of sacrificing five years now to get a possible five years down the road, maybe, hopefully, if it all works out. No, I think I'd just rather concentrate on winning this year instead.

Rapsheet reporting the Patriots (reigning Super Bowl champions) are very, very interested in CJ Spiller and Percy Harvin

"@Cat_Chronicles: Top news in Carolina: Panthers release D. Will....heard the media found out by fax machine"

I was referring to Seattle.

Lol at today's big news being Deangelo's release.

lol that losing record we fluked into the playoffs with sure was a sign of our philosophy, I'll concede that

I mean yeah bro Bersin's deal rox how does that not tickle your jimmies

Would've made for a much better rotational player than Dwan or Cole.

Sigh.

Plot twist: he's serious

Ed Dickson bro

The NFC is going all in. Let's see if were willing to follow suit.

Look at how it's done folks. Big FA signings, big trades. This is how you rise to the top. We want to follow Seattle's lead on the field but are too scared to imitate them off of it because we can't accept that it isn't 2002 anymore.

It seems likely we had our eye on someone whom we thought we nobody else wanted and got scared when other teams showed interest. Every year we see this team try to display how "clever" it is and then we watch our free agency plan fall apart when it backfires This team will never be a perennial championship contender until it realizes that it's approach to free agency is wrong. That's the sad, unfortunate truth of the matter.

Smart to jump on the "value" (or whatever code name were giving them this year) players early rather than waiting a week or two and trying to get them then because you think you're crafty. Do that and you're competing with other teams and have to lower your standards even further to get the players nobody is talking to. It's how you get a Cotchery when you wanted a Nicks, for example.

As I've already said, the "conversation" isn't about names, it's about philosophy, and I frankly don't care to go listing out every player I'm watching this free agency period. However, I, like most everyone who thinks the team would be better off adding talented players than not, am not clamorous for the glamorous. Nobody here on this board I've seen is screaming for a "splash" but players who we are confident can come in and be strong starters and not jerricho Cotchery or Jason Avant or Tiquan underwood or whomever.

I made a post a few pages back on posters who try to isolate certain players to reinforce the notion that acquiring talent is bad where I referred to them as "willfully ignorant" that you should see Not that trent Richardson was a free agent so it's an even further reach but whatever