Jon Snow

36 minutes ago, BlazeCarolina said:

Doesn't make it right.  And as you put it, you wanted to ban him from being country, which is essentially policing who he is as a person lol 

I get protecting the "asset", but banning people from living their life is crazy.

Russell Wilson likes to play helicopter pilot.  I would deem that WAY more dangerous.  Those things scare me.  I still wouldn't want to keep him from doing it if I were his boss.  I would just try not to think about it, haha.

Guaranteed money has to be protected. If there were no guarantees with pay I doubt the owners care what players do as long as it's legal.

It's just the reality of the business in the nfl. 

Should have gotten David Blaine.

Yes.

41 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

That's me after I've had  a bran muffin. 

That was a great listen. 

I decided to get tickets to the last home game this year. Hopefully the team doesn't make me regret it. 

19 minutes ago, rayzor said:

New Orleans is the toilet bowl of the Mississippi. 

More like the septic tank of the Country. 

11 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

Good find Jackie. Thanks for sharing. 

19 minutes ago, shaqattaq said:

No. The 3rd time will not manifest itself. 

5 hours ago, NAS said:

Does it count against the cap?

if not then this is where Teppet can make the difference with his checkbook

I don't think so. Only the top 53 contracts count against the cap,  unless that's been changed. 

It's not over yet. It was such a lopsided trade to begin with that anything short of him being a top 10 qb is a loss for the Panthers. 

40 minutes ago, rayzor said:

i think you might be overestimating the strength of the rest of the NFCS. if we win the division or come close it's going to have as much to do with the rest of the division sucking as it is with our getting better (which we will be). 

So our improvement depends on how bad the rest of the division is and not how much better we are? 

2 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

He needs to get jacked like Tee Higgins. Isn’t that his comp? Maybe he can be huge like Justin Jefferson or the great Randy Moss…

No, his comp is Drake London.

You guys are expecting/hyping too much for this team as usual. All it take is 1 or 2 key injuries and this team could finish with a worse record than last year. But the offseason is where dreams are made and I certainly do not want to burst your bubble before the season even starts.

You guys are forgetting about final cuts during preseason. There will be safeties cut that we will pickup then if need be. There's no need to panic right now.

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Anybody got a clue what this is supposed to mean?

No idea.

41 minutes ago, Icege said:

Most analysts from what I've seen are projecting next year's cap as closer to $298M but as high as in the low 300s. We saw a $24M increase this season, $31M increase last season, and $16M prior to that. There's also the inevitable cap casualties... A'Shawn Robinson being cut saves the team $8.5M. Damien Lewis would save $9M. BB3, Jewell, PJ2 all would save $5M each. Tremble and Mike Jackson could save $4M each. It wouldn't surprise me to see the team make a few moves that end up giving them closer to $50M in cap space to start 2026.

I'm less worried about next year's cap space due to the upcoming UFAs for the team: TMo, AT, Tuttle, Wonnum, Nijman, Mays, Corbett, BC, Dowdle, Rozeboom, Martin, Rhattigan, Jansen, Scott... the only FAs I'm seeing on Spotrac outside of TMo that are must keeps are ERFAs Coker + Demani (so long as TMo's knee is fine, of course). 2027 on the other hand is going to be the offseason for Bryce's bonus option with Icky being the most significant UFA. PJ2, A'Shawn, Josey, MJackson, Tremble, Dalton, DJ Johnson, Zavala, and Bartholomew are the only other current FAs then.

I'm of the opinion that they are all in on next season and if it doesn't go well, it's being blown up and starting from scratch. They're currently estimated to have $130M in free cap space in 2027.

That's a lot of players that have to be replaced with draft picks in the next 2 seasons to realize those cap savings. And even then you have to spend those savings on replacements. This team is still upside-down with its cap commitments and it is going to take awhile to get it corrected. 

1 hour ago, Icege said:

I'm impressed with the way Tillis is structuring the books.

The team is currently spending more on non-premium positions like iOL and S, but that’s because they’ve got rookie deals locked in at several key premium spots:

• QB: Bryce Young
• LT: Ikem Ekwonu
• EDGE: Nic Scourton, Princely Umanmielen
• WR: Tetairoa McMillan, Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker

The only veterans at those premium positions on second contracts are Taylor Moton, Adam Thielen, and the recently extended Jaycee Horn. Given that setup, it makes sense to allocate bigger dollars toward non-premium roles - especially if those pieces support the development and success of the younger core. Investing in iOL helps our young QB. Strengthening the DL helps both of our young EDGE guys and our high-paid CB.

I can see the vision. Fingers crossed that it works!

I see it a bit differently considering there is only 20M in cap space. Given how many of the premium positions are on rookie contracts their cap should not be nearly maxed out. Tillis still has a lot of work to do before these rookies will need a second contract.