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Panthers believe Hardy innocent, will try to workout extension

nctarheel0619

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fuggin yes, hopefully Greg isn't too jaded from this crap

 

edit - if/when he is found innocent and we sign him long term, does anyone think we should get some kind of considerations from the NFL?  I would suggest cap relief or extra draft picks (compensatory type) if that's a possibility with the CBA.  It seems, however, this is all being made up on the fly, so perhaps Goodell can act unilaterally and do the Panthers a solid before he's run out of town when Ray Rice wins his appeal, suits back up, and this ishstorm starts again.

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I'm going to go into the Tinderbox to run this theory by venom and see what he thinks;

But what if the Panthers paid Nicole Holder for this whole fiasco to drop Greg's asking price down on a long term deal, knowing they'd never be able to afford him without such a bizarre occurrence happening?

#gettlevoodoo

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So we are having this dance again.  Had we let Hardy walk like we should have, we could have signed a LT, re-signed Mitchell to play with DeCoud, maybe signed a receiver worth his salt, and who knows else.  Now we want to throw some more cash towards Hardy, and have Bell at LT for another 10 years.  Sounds like a well thought out plan.

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