Will Josh Norman command a big contract next offseason?

[Nick_81]

Having had long conversations with Josh I think he will accept a reasonable contract and stay in Carolina. Josh is ego driven, not money driven. He wants respect and validation more than money, which is rare in a pro athlete.

Having listened to two extremely entertaining pod casts feat. Norman, I get the same feeling.

[Jeremy Igo]

Do you think he'd sign a contract extension this offseason or is it even worth it given his history? No doubt they could get him cheaper now than later.

Possibly.

A nice thing about Josh is that once he gets a nice contract, he won't slack off at all like some others have. That's a great benefit about not being money driven. Josh won't be complacent until he is a perrinial all pro and probowler. That means much more to him than dollars.

[CRA]

Some of you amaze me. Thread after thread someone is complaining about the back end of our defense. We finally have that player (though it took a couple years to develop) and now we think he isn't worth paying for.

Hopefully, DG is going to get a solid deal done with him but make no mistake. Norman as important of a player for the defensive backfiield as CJ or Star is for the DL, Luke for the LBs.

Figure out a way to pay him for another 5 yrs or so and let him retire a Panther.

You don't pay guys big and sweet deals who only have 7 games of legit play to their name....with lots of bad prior.

Yes, hopefully it just took him awhile to "get it". You still don't throw cash at a guy like that. A a nice R easonable deal should be offered....nothing more.

[hepcat]

Possibly.

A nice thing about Josh is that once he gets a nice contract, he won't slack off at all like some others have. That's a great benefit about not being money driven. Josh won't be complacent until he is a perrinial all pro and probowler. That means much more to him than dollars.

 

Gotta think Gettleman has had something to do with that....

[Ricky Spanish]

Kuechly won't be an issue. We'll pick up the year 5 option if we need to save some cash and he will be paid handsomely for one year then be crazy rich the next. No actual worries with him until 2017. 

[pantherclaw]

Cam Newton - cam is gonna get paid. No getting around that.

Luke Kuechly - he doesn't strike me as a money guy, but the guy has already proven he should be highest paid. MLB in the game.

Greg Olsen - will never command a huge contract, and will want to remain/retire a Panther.

Thomas Davis - Same of Olsen

Mike Tolbert - is a carolina boy. He took less money already just to become a Panther. He'll do the same to remain.

Josh Norman - See what Jeremy said.

[Mol3m4n]

I don't think the Panthers even think of a huge contract. Probably not even big. As much as I love Josh, he is replaceable. That's not saying he isn't good, but I'm sure that someone could fill that role.

[CPF4LIFE]

I don't think the Panthers even think of a huge contract. Probably not even big. As much as I love Josh, he is replaceable. That's not saying he isn't good, but I'm sure that someone could fill that role.

As of right now I'm not sure about that. Norman has size and incredible ball skills for a corner. He can maybe make a pretty good wide receiver. When you have those things teams don't even look ur way out of respect, he can make you pay at any given moment like sherman which is very valuable. Not somebody you wanna let walk so easily.

[JARROD]

I could see him getting 3 million a year now. If he blows it up next year and shuts Julio, Evans, Cooks and others down, then he will be a 6-8 million a year guy.

 

If he doesnt then hes still getting less than Munnerlyn does now,...

[CRA]

Cam Newton - cam is gonna get paid. No getting around that.

Luke Kuechly - he doesn't strike me as a money guy, but the guy has already proven he should be highest paid. MLB in the game.

Greg Olsen - will never command a huge contract, and will want to remain/retire a Panther.

Thomas Davis - Same of Olsen

Mike Tolbert - is a carolina boy. He took less money already just to become a Panther. He'll do the same to remain.

Josh Norman - See what Jeremy said.

What purpose did Tolbert even serve this year? He gone

[panthers55]

We can afford Cam Kuechly and Norman.  Usually year 1 and 2 are cheap on a long term contract as the signing bonus which is prorated serves as the salary in year 1 and in year 2 is often higher but not that bad.  It is in year 3 and beyond that the price tags gets huge and then most times you can restructure to keep them for a year longer.  So really year 4 is the killer year for most huge contracts.  At that point for Norman he will be 32 and for a corner that is really pretty old unless they are still fast or have other intangibles to make up for it.  We can afford whoever we want as long as the guaranteed money is not too big.  Hurney's contracts were not bad just because of the total money so much as they had so much guaranteed money that it created a ton of dead cap space and we couldn't unload them.  A guy like Norman could get a big contract but unless it has a lot of guaranteed money, he likely won't see all of it.

[t96]

What purpose did Tolbert even serve this year? He gone

It's no coincidence our run game got better when he came back. He's replacable but if he'll stay for peanuts no reason not to keep him.

[CRA]

It's no coincidence our run game got better when he came back. He's replacable but if he'll stay for peanuts no reason not to keep him.

Oh, I thought it was bc Stewart was running for more yards than any RB in the NFL during that stretch.

And we would line up a TE to lead block for him the rare times a lead blocker was used with Cam under C.

[t96]

Oh, I thought it was bc Stewart was running for more yards than any RB in the NFL during that stretch.

And we would line up a TE to lead block for him the rare times a lead blocker was used with Cam under C.

 

Stewart, Norwell and Turner were clearly most important in that but Tolbert was too. When we did have a lead blocker it was Tolbert and he was wayyyy more successful there than Dickson/Williams were while Tolbert was hurt.