kungfoodude

Well, they are unlikely to land anywhere near as good a LT with those draft picks. It does make some sense even outside a "win now" perspective.

I suspect incentive laden and nothing near $10 mil/yr. He's a backup caliber player.

Looks like we might have shifted gears to 2nd and 3rd tier guys. That's actually fine. We need so much quality depth, it makes a ton of sense.

Rotational guy. It's a weak group, so it isn't nothing.

He might be a star in that Pete Carroll system.

He did only have two more years left on his deal, maybe the extension talks really did not go well.

How have we been unable to get in on ANY DL deals aside from Williams? Seems like we are letting the upper tier and a chunk of the middle tier DL names get past us.

I think it all hinges on what we are able to cobble together in the offseason. That was the worst group of defensive players to ever suit up in Panthers uniforms. Even had Brown and Shaq been healthy, that would have been the case. We have to see what the lineup looks like. I still suspect it will be a bottom 10 defense.

I mean that is a good haul for him but why on earth??? They have a young QB and they trade one of the best LT's around???? That's nuts.

Wait....WAT????

TBH, I am not sure "leaps and bounds better" is actually achievable in just one offseason. If we move towards the upper end of the bottom 10 defenses, I would consider that adequate progress overall. Quite a bit more building in store for the next couple of offseasons.

COMPLETE THE PROPHECY

Look at the cap hit next year. Lol....he will get restructured again.

Agreed but we need more than the few resources we have in the draft. Some FA signings will have to happen.

Quite poorly. That poor HC is gonna get fired.

Concerned that we are laying out mega deals in the secondary and getting blanked on the front 7. Hopefully that changes.

So we have ponied up $151 mil in DB contracts so far. No DL yet. Tsk, tsk.....

Safety boys will be happy. We have spent a chunk of change on the DB's today.

Goddamn. Pats going HARD. Also, would not have been keen on $26 mil/yr for Williams.

I am not sure this is a wise use of money to overpay to this extent. He basically has to earn the deal he just signed for this to make a lot of sense. On the other hand, now you basically have(at least contractually) a second "core" player on the roster. I suppose you have to start somewhere.

Absolutely not. I have never seen him mentioned even in the top 10 at CB. He's very good but he has not played like an elite CB often, even when healthy. Also, he is technically coming off arguably his worst season statistically in his career. Nothing terrible but just far from elite. Hence why I am bristling at the money. He really has to both stay healthy and very much improve his play. It's not all his fault. The defense is ass and he isn't really playing in a scheme that takes advantage of him correctly, IMO.

Nah. Bidding war. INB4 $35 mil/year for our new DT.

This was not a smart move, IMO. If you pay a guy like a top 10 at his position, he actually needs to be in the discussion for being that. Once again, not being smart.

Impatient owner = a lot of "Oh poo" moves. I blame Tepper for a chunk of this. We know it's basically a hostile, stressful environment there. Dan has two offseasons at most if they don't turn it around.

Yay! CJ Henderson 2.0!!@