Soon, Very Soon

[Gin and Juice]

It looks bleak at the moment, but for some good news, Rivera teams close out the season well! There is hope and there is even more hope on the horizon.

For all the Gettleman bashers, I'm not quite on your train yet and I don't think I will be for at least two years. Here is why:

-with the exception of Hardy and Bell, we aren't scheduled to lose any heavy hitters

-our salary cap really begins to open up

On the salary cap:

-we currently hold contracts that total 130mil for 2015

Ok, let's assume that the cap set by the NFL increases from the current 133mil to 135mil. We also have 7mil rollover.

135 mil + 7mil=142mil Cap

142mil-130mil=12mil Cap Space

That's not all. No Way Godfrey stays! In 2015, he has a cap hit of 7mil and his dead money hit is 3 mil if cut. Let's assume we cut him pre-June 1st. We can then add an additional 4mil to our cap space for the year. Also, DeCoud has a 2.2ish mil cap hit/.25mil dead money hit. IMO, gone!

We are now looking at 18mil in cap space.

That's still not all! We can except that CJ will be here awhile longer. There is roughly 9 mil to gain in reworking his contract. Let's assume we get 5mil of it, which we can do and still be clear to cut ties with him in 2016 and gain monster cap space.

If we get 5mil off his base salary converted to bonus, then we are now:

23mil in cap space.

What about Cam's contract? He is on the books already for 14mil. That 130mil 2015 commitment includes the start of Cam making huge bucks. Signing to a properly balanced deal can actually reduce that 14mil number in 2016, but only moderately.

We can also cut D-Will as a June 1st cut. That would add another 6mil to our cap space for 2015, but count as 6mil worth of dead money on the 2016 books(basically replaces the dead money of Smitty/Godfrey).

The Good:

Potentially 29mil in cap space with Cam's "blockbuster deal" numbers already starting. If done right, that's enough to keep Hardy and sign JPP. It's also enough to sign some quality OL and DBs.

A good draft(Gordon/Coleman and 3 more starter quality guys) and we get very well rounded.

The Bad:

We stuck with Stewart at least till 2016

[t96]

Problem is, cap room doesn't fix all our problems. Won't even fix half of them.

[jasonluckydog]

cool. I like those numbers if you're correct. 

[KillerKat]

We'll only play well when the season is over just like 2011 and 2012. Classic fuging Rivera.

[Gin and Juice]

Problem is, cap room doesn't fix all our problems. Won't even fix half of them.

Won't disagree, but it does leave room to see what kind of magic Gettle can do with a larger bank account. Even tho we have a solid core, we need a talent infusion

[mcdougal]

the Panthers will spend all their cap on defense and 2 of the first 3 picks will be defense, the Huddle will cheer in April, and then complain about not hanging with Rodgers and Brees in September, while the offensive talent erodes away for a 5th straight year.

[Gin and Juice]

the Panthers will spend all their cap on defense and 2 of the first 3 picks will be defense, the Huddle will cheer in April, and then complain about not hanging with Rodgers and Brees in September, while the offensive talent erodes away for a 5th straight year.

I'm all for Defensive FA and take BOPA each round. Tevin Coleman and Kevin White out of this draft! Would also like to see a TE to replace Dickson that actually makes our 2 TE sets scary

[Kevin Greene]

Cap space is good, but Hardy already fugged us out of 13 million in cap space we could have used elsewhere this year.

Spend next years somewhere else.

[Gin and Juice]

Cap space is good, but Hardy already fugged us out of 13 million in cap space we could have used elsewhere this year.

Spend next years somewhere else.

That's not anyone's fault other than Hardy. Hopefully his conscience will give him the ability to sign a fair 3 year deal with us

[Rise of The Hive]

Tank for secondary help!

[TheMaulClaw]

That's not anyone's fault other than Hardy. Hopefully his conscience will give him the ability to sign a fair 3 year deal with us

 

Well we can all pretty much assume that he's not getting max money his next contract.  His fug up might help us retain him cheaper.

[TheMaulClaw]

Tank for secondary help!

 

NO!

[cbully]

I don't see another CJ restructure redo again.

[Ruff]

Problem is, cap room doesn't fix all our problems. Won't even fix half of them.

 

This is what a lot of posters here don't seem to grasp. Sure, we can say "HURNEY fugED US!" or "NO CAP SPACE~!!!~!" until we're blue in the face, but it doesn't take away from the fact that we're not a very good football team. We have almost no offensive line, our entire secondary sucks, and players are aging by the minute. Meanwhile, this coaching staff jerks each other off while praying to anyone that will listen that Cam has an amazing game and bails everyone out.

 

The troubles with this team run far, far deeper than just restructuring some contracts.