long term deal for hardy was never in the plans

[jtnc]

Hardy is still IMMATURE(Hardy was even late to meetings last season) and I don't think Gettle wants to give him big money, CJ has never been in trouble, he keeps to himself and handles his business on the field.

[PhillyB]

hardy will be motivated to show out this year and land himself a long term contract, either with us or with another team. we are paying a premium to keep the defensive line (key in our run last year) intact while kony ealy gains a year of experience, after which we can decide whether jettisoning hardy or johnson makes the most sense.

 

not cheap, but makes sense IMO

[Gabeking]

Here's praying to god that kony can be the real deal

That's if he finds him first

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[TheRumGone]

That's if he finds him first

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Stop quoting me you 15 year old pot head

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[The Huddler]

Wtf? How does this scource have any credibility when it comes to saying stuff like this? They don't know if it were in the plans or not. They don't know if the arrest had anything to do with it. Its just another damn panther twitter feed speculating

[The Huddler]

Like who the fug is this twitter feed to know? No poo we aren't going to extend him with court tomarow!

"Oh wow look at this insight. This feed reply has the scoop on the future!"

[MadHatter]

Read it all people.  It says we are not and never really were going to give Hardy a long term deal BEFORE THE DEADLINE.  That doesn't mean we won't give him a long term deal.  And no matter how well he plays this year he can't really ask for much more money than he's wanting this year.  

 

Either he comes back down to earth and gets a reasonable deal or he really is the next great DE in the NFL and we franchise his butt again or sign him then to a long term deal with all the cap savings from cutting CJ.

 

This is a prove it year.  Prove that he's not a fluke.  Prove he can be consistent.  Prove he's somewhat mentally stable.  Seems like a win-win to me.

 

Exactly.  that is how I read it as well.

 

They fully intended for him to play under the tag this season and would not invest a long term contract with him until he proved to be more stable. 

[Jeremy Igo]

Wow, seems like I have read this before many times somewhere.

[Jmac]

I don't think after this latest episode (no matter how it turns out), he is any longer in the Panthers long term plans.Between his pin head agent playing hardball and this crap...he be gone in 2015.Kony may get a lot more snaps then expected and maybe F.A. gets one more shot (if he isn't cut and gets out the dog house). Read the tea leaves...D.G has a plan and it doesn't include #76.They will re-structure C.J next year and life will go on.

[car5nc]

Gettleman's plan has always been about being cap sound and ready to compete for a championship in 2015. Anything positive that happens before then is/has been a bonus.

[bleys]

I don't think after this latest episode (no matter how it turns out), he is any longer in the Panthers long term plans.Between his pin head agent playing hardball and this crap...he be gone in 2015.Kony may get a lot more snaps then expected and maybe F.A. gets one more shot (if he isn't cut and gets out the dog house). Read the tea leaves...D.G has a plan and it doesn't include #76.They will re-structure C.J next year and life will go on.

 

those tea leaves were delicious...  expand the mind and dive in.

[nctarheel0619]

Damn I love what Hardy brings to our defense. He was going to be my next jersey purchase. Guess I'll have to wait.

I couldn't care less.  I'll be getting his jersey no matter what.  It'll remind me of last year and how great this team was.  Kracken 76>

[PiratePanther189]

The way I look at it, our chances are good that 1 (or more) of 4 things happen: Kony proves he can start, Alexander proves he can start, Addison proves he can start, or Hardy and the Panthers agree on a long term deal.

[Gay Cowboy]

There was no way in hell Gettleman was gonna give Hardy a long-term deal after Ealy fell into his lap in the draft.

Why pay Hardy now? See what you have in Ealy and make Hardy prove he can do it again this year. If he has another great year, he will get a long-term deal in Carolina. Then as long as Ealy plays well they will move the older Johnson. If he struggles or plays lazy, and Ealy shows potential, they will get rid of Hardy.

Common sense, people. There's no reason to sign him now. Make him earn his money. Just because Dave isn't throwing money at him now doesn't mean he's only here this season. More than likely Ealy/Hardy will be the DEs moving forward unless Johnson takes a massive pay cut, which I don't see happening. They don't call him Big Money for nothing.