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19 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Ok, now we don't have to double dip in the draft at LB.  That's a good thing.

Lloyd is best at the will  LB.  We need a Mike. iMO

21 minutes ago, Carolina Cajun said:

Guys, Im goin to the ER....this erection aint going away any time soon...

Just watch some Kaitlyn Jenner soft porn.  

We are going to have to cut now, and Tremble has a cap of $6m.  I think they like Tremble, as do I, but it is not my call.

40 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Lloyd is waiting for some reason, I want to believe its for giving Dan to make room via restructures and that takes time with all agents/players. 

Im not memeing, WR has the highest odds at 19 for BPA....so if you're a pure BPA guy......

CB market reset, value is way up. thus with Jackson a 27 FA and NB a ? currently....I know Panthers will be targeting one. Id place a good cash bet...

 

Hell I still want edge given Phillips injury history and I feel Jones will be cut too. that just leaves nic and prince, someone needs to help/insurance. But don't mind me....Im a pure edge whore...

I too am an edge whore.  I am also a tight end whore, but I digress...

We have some work to do.  

Interesting stuff about WR and CB.  I know they just signed some bottom of the roster CBs--and we forget about UDFA Thornton from last year (injury), but we are thin.

Jones?  He is a veteran who is 27.   He is decent depth, and cutting him creates $5.3m in dead cap and saves about $4.7m in cap room.  You might be right, but I would not cut him.

Cutting Robinson (done already?) saves about $10.5m.  Tremble saves $6m.  

I would extend Ickey.   team friendly, but you could spread out the hit.  If he recovers, the Panthers get a deal.  If he does not, he gets a deal and the panthers lose about $5-10m.  

Moehrig, Brown, Horn, Lewis--can be reworked if necessary--I dunno. Not as good at cap management as some.

TEA LEAVES:

Lloyd, Elliss, and Chenal still available--if we sign one of them, OT will be the pick in the first round.  

I think we could sign an ILB in the second round as well, but DT, S, TE, and WR are in play.  (Watch the TE from Vandy--I see him here--in my vision--behind the giant spiders and robots.)

I see a C in round 3 or 4.

I see no way we draft BPA when we have no LT--if we sign Nijman, maybe--but we cant go 17 games with him.  I see no options.  Freeling, Proctor, Lomu.  For some reason, I see us taking Proctor if Freeling is gone. I'd rather have Lomu.  

In this post, I have mentioned the name of our first round pick.  

Unless some weird shite happens.

I still think we might draft one for the emergency QB

Yes, but now when Bryce starts sucking, we can do this:

2 minutes ago, Candler Cat said:

Midget bowl 2x/yr

Tua Pennix is Latin for "Two Pen...." Nah.  too easy.

Another thing--when they show highlights, is there a rule that says 25% of them are against the Panthers?

been at work--gotta catch up. Tua to Atlanta because both QBs are lefties?  Makes some sense if you have a blindside RT....Has this been discussed?

2025?

8 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Seeing a lot of Kaden Elliss to us possibly posts 

that makes sense--a bit older/

Former Dolphins and Eagles linebacker Jaelan Phillips has agreed to a four-year, $120 million deal with the Carolina Panthers that includes $80 million in guarantees, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The Eagles acquired Phillips from Miami at the November trade deadline for a 2026 third-round draft pick. Phillips called landing in Philadelphia "literally the greatest thing that has happened to me in my whole life, probably," noting how welcoming everyone was and how much he liked the environment.

He proved to be a fit both in the locker room and in defensive coordinator Vic Fangio's scheme, having played under Fangio earlier in Miami. Phillips appeared in eight regular-season games and finished with two sacks, seven quarterback hits, a forced fumble and four passes defended, helping to solidify one of the top defenses in the NFL in 2025.

A first-round pick out of Miami in 2021, Phillips has dealt with his share of significant injuries, including a torn Achilles in 2023 and a partially torn ACL in 2024. He played in all 17 games this past season, however -- marking the first time he had done so since 2022.

Phillips, 26, has 28 career sacks and 68 quarterback hits in 63 games.

ESPN's Tim McManus contributed to this report.

11 minutes ago, RJK said:

Typical panthers. This doesn’t even kind of fix the pass rush 

Wharton sucked last year because we had no effective edge for most of the year.  Put someone like this on his side, Wharton becomes much better.

I also expect the focus on ILB to be (pass rusher, coverage guy) we should add 2.  If that happens, we could improve the pass rush considerably, if only in theory at this point.

Just now, PleaseCutStewart said:

The great thing about signing him is that we won't have to be hard pressed to take an edge in the first few rounds. Now we can focus on LB, oline, and corner/safety

If I can extend your thought with some predictions (but I have a hunch we are not done--expect us to sign at least 1 LB--not sure that changes this, however):

Round 1:  OT

Round 2: LB

Round 3:   C or DB

Round 4:  DB or C

5 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

So, we just basically blew our cap space on an oft-injured guy who has produced fewer and fewer sacks who also isn't much of a tackler in the run game?

Can someone explain this to me?

I think we all see that side--I think we are gambling that he will enter his prime and Scourton and he tear it up.  I also think this deal does not go down if Ickey does not go down.  I think this tells the world that we are going OT in round 1.  

1 minute ago, NAS said:

Ok, now that I've seen his PFF grade it all makes sense now 

 

The sticker shock hits you hard--but we are ready to make our move, it seems.

At least we don't play soccer.

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

age or athleticism its more of the injury thing but he does get after it when he is healthy so I dont know 

Risky move.  I dunno, but I am hoping for the best.   Mediocrity is not getting us anywhere--so roll em.

6 minutes ago, NAS said:

There was this guy his name was Sean Gilbert 

It scares me too. And there was this guy named Greg Olsen.  Jake Delhomme.   Stephen Davis.  Sam Mills and Kevin Greene etc.  This took balls.

1 minute ago, Soul Rebel said:

I don't think there's an EDGE we could've not nitpicked had we signed them:

Phillips - injury history

Hendrickson - older

Chubb - older & injured

Epenesa - JAG/better than Jones/Wonnum?

Oweh - unlocked under Minter just last year

Reddick - older

Mafe - numbers were down; lost in the SEA shuffle

 

We needed EDGE help (and have for several years). Dan goes out and gets arguably the best EDGE guy at only 27 years old to pair with two young EDGEs. Can't really complain. 

Good post.  We jump to buyer's remorse quickly.

sho

Folks, he is going to be 27.  These numbers are scary good, imo.  5th in hurries, 9th in pressures, 14th in stops---the man makes things happen.  This should send Jones II and Princely to the reserve roles in the rotation.  If Scourton continues his level of improvement, we are much improved.  I really thought the Eagles had this fish in the boat.  Wonder if Morgan remembers the Eagle that got away last year?

I am pretty sure we need a new punter.  Come on Morgan!!!