Hardy, Kalil, DeAngelo, Stewart, Bell, Charles Johnson: Who will be back next year?

[Woodie]

Staying: Kalil, Stewart, Bell, and yes.....Hardy (if not guilty).

CJ- gone for $ reasons, replaced in FA.

D-Will- gone and will be replaced in the draft.

***This list depends on Hardy's trial. Hardy gets a guilty verdict, we will pay CJ and send Hardy on his way.***

 

I think the only way hardy is back is if he is found not guilty and the market is not as strong for him as he thinks it should be, so he signs a one year prove-it deal to re-build his value.  And even then, it's no certainty.  I get the feeling JR may want to simply wash his hands of the stain Hardy left on the team this year. 

[PantherFanOne]

Kalil will be here with a cheaper contract.

CJ will take less money or will be gone.

DWill is gone.

Stew is here until we die.

Bell is here, unfortunately.

Hardy has been gone, that ship has sailed.

 

 

That is about the same way i see it playing out.

[SOJA]

why is hardy even in this question

[Woodie]

Kalils base salary is $5M. That is the only part we can push forward by reconstructing. The prorated $6.5M will hit regardless.

June first is no free lunch, you just spread the problem over two years. To push dead money into 2016 will just make the rebuilding take longer.

Question is really, should we go into full rebuild and cut all five and tank 2015? Because there is no way we will be competitive with that kind of dead money.

 

I don't think we will use the June 1st designation on any of the big contracts.  Like you said, it just pushes a huge cap charge to next year.  What I do expect to happen, though, is that they will use it on a smaller contract that they can more easily absorb next year.  My guess is that DeAngelo will be the victim.  He's clearly not the same back he used to be, so I think they will try to upgrade the position while saving 2 million. 

 

I also think CJ will be here next year, regardless of what happens with Hardy.  And unless he re-does his deal, he will likely be gone after that.  That's when his cap hit becomes manageable and we can create significant savings by letting him go.   

 

[CRA]

This isn't an expansion team, it's a team one year removed from a playoff birth that has a few very specific, fixable flaws.

And yes, if I had an expansion team I would shell out on a top-three center. Having a good line does a lot for your young quarterback.

And if shelling out big money to your C means bad T or G play? Like any position group there is only so much you can invest into it....have an entire roster to fill out.

If I am starting from scratch. My money is going to the T spots. Especially my QB blind side. I also build at least one side I can run behind consistantly...

Average C play would do