Leeroy Jenkins Ph.D.

Ah, good call. I will make edits to the original post. Thanks. *If I can figure out how. **Seems like I don't have permission to edit my original post.

March 13th starts the legal negotiation window for Free Agents in the NFL and the Panthers are going into the off-season with 27 potential Free Agents from the 2023 season. Here is a list of our potential Free Agents, their classification (unrestricted, restricted, and exclusive rights), 2023 snap percentage, and 2023 PFF grade for easy review. OFFENSE WR - DJ Chark JR (UFA) - Snap Percentage (67.10) - PFF Grade 60.0 RG - Gabe Jackson (UFA) Snap Percentage (16.88) - PFF Grade 58.1 TE - Stephen Sullivan (RFA) Snap Percentage (14.80) - PFF Grade 60.9 WR- Ihmir Smith-Marsette (RFA) Snap Percentage (10.70) - PFF Grade 63.6 WR - Laviska Shenault JR (UFA) Snap Percentage (8.01) - PFF Grade 67.4 C - Justin McCray (UFA) Snap Percentage (6.70) - PFF Grade 41.0 RB - Raheem Blackshear (ERFA) Snap Percentage (4.44) - PFF Grade 63.7 FB Giovanni Ricci (RFA) Snap Percentage (1.04) - PFF Grade 50.9 RT - David Sharpe (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.09) - PFF Grade 60.0 DEFENSE ILB - Frankie Luvu (UFA) Snap Percentage (93.84) - PFF Grade 78.5 LOLB - Brian Burns (UFA) Snap Percentage (77.16) - PFF Grade 74.1 NB - Troy Hill (UFA) Snap Percentage (46.82) - PFF Grade 62.4 ROLB - Yetur Gross-Matos (UFA) Snap Percentage (44.17) - PFF Grade 65.4 DE - Deshawn Williams (UFA) Snap Percentage (42.09) - PFF Grade 50.0 CB - CJ Henderson (UFA) Snap Percentage (38.58) - PFF Grade 45.4 ILB - Kamu Grugier-Hill (UFA) Snap Percentage (38.20) - PFF Grade 48.6 DT - Nick Thurman (ERFA) Snap Percentage (34.79) - PFF Grade 63.4 DE - LaBryan Ray (ERFA) Snap Percentage (33.65) - PFF Grade 54.6 ILB - Deion Jones (UFA) Snap Percentage (29.67) - PFF Grade 67.9 FS - Sam Franklin JR (UFA) Snap Percentage (27.39) - PFF Grade 58.0 NB - Jeremy Chinn (UFA) Snap Percentage (27.11) - PFF Grade 57.7 LOLB - Marquis Haynes SR (UFA) Snap Percentage (13.46) - PFF Grade 71.9 CB - Shaquill Griffin (UFA) Snap Percentage (7.30) - PFF Grade 67.0 DE - Chris Wormley (UFA) Snap Percentage (4.36) - PFF Grade 44.3 ILB - Tae Davis (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.00/32.28 ST) - PFF Grade 61.6 DE - Henry Anderson (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.00) - PFF Grade -None

This dang press conference with Canales and Morgan got me smoking the hopium again. They are saying all the right things.... Ugh. Hope springs eternal...

Reverse this and see if it still makes sense. Lets say Jaycee Horn played for some rando AFC team with a decent defense, ;ets say Tennessee. Would you possibly be interested in trading for him and bringing him to Carolina? If you would possibly give up a draft pick to bring him here, how high would you trade? So, in hindsight, the trade capital we would gain from him should exceed the pick we would be willing to hypothetically give up to get him from another team. Just a thought exercise.

Let's see here. Well, first, he is going to let Burns and Luvu hit FA with no compensation. Probably believes we are a better team without Derrick Brown. Not really a good scheme fit. We must re-sign Henderson and Chark. They are really the soul of our team. No need to draft Lineman of any kind. He is sure we have enough capable players, especially at guard.

I was truly hoping the reason we were fixated on bringing in a head coach first was because we were using "select your own GM" as a bargaining chip. Might be the only reason someone may choose Carolina over a more promising gig.

They are under contract. They can sit and see if the new coach/GM would like to keep them. Just like players, they can be viewed as assets. Especially the minority coaches, who if they are under contract for 2 years and take a promotion net us draft capital. If a team wants one of our coordinators, they can trade us for them.

This right here is how you move forward. I also wouldn't be upset at trading back in the draft to acquire more picks this year or next.

After reading through all of their bios, Will McClay and Alex Halaby are my 1A/1B choices right now for GM. They may seem completely opposite ends of the spectrum with McClay being the old school talent evaluator and Halaby being the new school, Harvard educated, data driven analysis, but each GM brings a proven system that has shown to work in the NFL. More importantly, it appears neither franchise wants to lose their contributions, which speaks volumes.

There is absolutely NO reason to be tacking void years onto contracts at the moment. We have plenty of cap space to navigate and our team is obviously not going to be a contender in the next 2 years. Why would we cap strap ourselves in the future when the team may actually have an opportunity to compete. We should be front loading new contracts right now, and aiming for putting together a competitive team in 2 to 3 years, not the opposite. Trade away players that are aging, and less likely to contribute to our future.

Honestly, this probably fueled his anger throughout the confrontation. The interception probably pushed him over the top.

Didn't this man just admit he had a poor year because he was playing scared? I sure as crap don't want someone like that on my team or in my locker room. Not a leader at all. Sir Puss can pack his things. Sadly, I am pretty sure other teams will feel this way as well. He is doing nothing but hurting his possible future contract and/or trade value at this point.

Honestly, this team is a blank slate for a GM. Unlike other teams in the league that have players under very long contracts, the Panthers currently only have 7 players under contract for 3 years or longer currently. We also currently do not have a ton of dead money going into next season. We are not in a bad position salary cap wise.

Brian Burns new nickname. Sir Puss.

Had a blast at the game! Even the Packers fans I talked to in the stadium feel the refs screwed us, which is saying something.

In Charlotte visiting my wife's family. Got surprised with tickets to the game this morning as a Christmas present. I'm excited. Any idea where I should park/tailgate?

Yes there is. He no longer counts towards Compensatory Picks now that we released him.

We all know 2024 is going to be another lost year, why not embrace it. Brian Burns should be tagged and traded. Some team is going to value his name over production and pay with draft picks. Secondly, I approach free agency with the goal in mind to gain as many compensation picks as possible. I am not bringing in any FA's that are going to affect our compensatory picks. In the draft, I focus on two things, trading back to accumulate draft picks for this year and next, and rebuilding the trenches. O-line, and D-line will be priority 1 and 2. Since 2024 is a wash anyways, we need to evaluate young talent. Bring in the UDFA's and see if we can't find some late rounders with talent. Go into 2025 draft with 12+ picks and an early 1st rounder. Draft our next attempt at QB and building around him moving forward.

If you hire a GM who runs a private scouting firm...... The plot thickens.

I have the Prescott/Lamb stack for my fantasy team. Just hoping the starters are not pulled by halftime

Heading to Chicago for this game. Any recommendations for a a sign?

This is an absolute double whammy for ruining this team. Not only are we continuing to overpay for subpar talent like Sanders and Hurst, but we are also screwing ourselves out of possible compensatory picks in the process.

OMFG NO. STOP IT. If this 0-6 team trades away anything for a player prior to the trade deadline, Fitterer needs to be fired immediately. We will have plenty of cap space to make moves in the off-season. It's like going to Vegas and gambling away all your spending money. Pulling from the kids college fund isn't going to turn your luck around. It will only dig a deeper hole. Hold tight, enjoy your prepaid shows. There will be other vacations.

Hell yes. Give me some more of those injury prone players. Should work out just fine.

What good would bringing a WR in this year do for the team. If a team is trading away a player, they are likely at the end of their contract. This year is over. Giving away anything to try and earn a win or two in a wasted year is exactly what has gotten this franchise in trouble in the first place.