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Olsen is the only one that gives a crap.....


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lack of depth at offensive tackle is a much more serious issue and if you seriously think steve smith would have made up for deficiencies in that area i don't know what to tell you

 

zod, a guy who actually knows people inside the organization and has been in that locker room, has also repeatedly spoken of the fact that nobody looked to smith for leadership.  the idea of him being some kind of player-coach because he's old and a former all pro is a fan perception of it.

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lack of depth at offensive tackle is a much more serious issue and if you seriously think steve smith would have made up for deficiencies in that area i don't know what to tell you

 

zod, a guy who actually knows people inside the organization and has been in that locker room, has also repeatedly spoken of the fact that nobody looked to smith for leadership.  the idea of him being some kind of player-coach because he's old and a former all pro is a fan perception of it.

 

I guess you didn't understand what i was saying. The fact that we spent money on hardy and our secondary instead of the oline is understandable, I can see what DG was thinking. Paying steve smith 5mil to play for another team is unfathomable. No rationale behind that move

 

 

I agree oline is the biggest issue we have, but i was talking about the stupidest move. Had we kept smith we would've had an extra 5mil to spend on an olineman too.

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I guess you didn't understand what i was saying. The fact that we spent money on hardy and our secondary instead of the oline is understandable, I can see what DG was thinking. Paying steve smith 5mil to play for another team is unfathomable. No rationale behind that move

 

 

I agree oline is the biggest issue we have, but i was talking about the stupidest move. Had we kept smith we would've had an extra 5mil to spend on an olineman too.

 

That isn't true. The money would still go to him. If they didn't cut him, his money for the upcoming year or two years would be guaranteed.

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That isn't true. The money would still go to him. If they didn't cut him, his money for the upcoming year or two years would be guaranteed.

He was scheduled to count like $7 million against the 2014 cap iirc. $2 million in cap savings by cutting him and a lot more down the road if he had decided to keep playing.

Also I'm kind of surprised at how frequently it's brought up that we're 'paying him to play somewhere else' like it's some dumb thing only the panthers have ever done.

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