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Mr. Scot

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Sigh... Every.  Single.  Year.  Every year people freak the fug out when the Panthers don't wildly overspend on the elite FA talent.

 

We signed Ginn and Oher.  Ginn was a guy we really wanted to keep last year and Oher was a guy we had interest in last year before the Titans way overpaid.

 

Free agency hasn't even officially began yet.  Calm down, bro.  We're still going to sign some more guys, but don't get your panties in a wad when we're not handing out long-term contracts with suitcases full of guaranteed money because that's not going to happen.

 

Good luck, there.

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Sigh... Every. Single. Year. Every year people freak the fug out when the Panthers don't wildly overspend on the elite FA talent.

We signed Ginn and Oher. Ginn was a guy we really wanted to keep last year and Oher was a guy we had interest in last year before the Titans way overpaid.

Free agency hasn't even officially began yet. Calm down, bro. We're still going to sign some more guys, but don't get your panties in a wad when we're not handing out long-term contracts with suitcases full of guaranteed money because that's not going to happen.

This fallback "impartial mediator" quip that springs up every time the Huddle groupthink is tested is no different than the "DIS AINT MADDEN" crowd.

Nobody is talking about randall Cobb or whatever in this discussion. We are discussing philosophy on team building as a whole. It doesn't have to be 4 pm for that discussion to take place. There is no mandate. We can have this discussion now, we can have it tommorow, and a week from now, and in three months too and maybe even a few months after that.

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Or maybe knows the difference between big spending and smart spending.

(that particular distinction seems to elude the grasp of several on here)

It's not all black and white, Scot. Pardon the pun. Just like I expressed in another thread, team building is fluid. Even BB spent some money on Moss, and the Ravens spent some money on Boldin. The only reason that we can't make those types of moves now is because we have too many holes and not enough money. The Pats should have eon a championship, and the Ravens did win one. Both organizations were really no worse for the wear for making a free agent splash after it was all said and done. You just have to know where you are from an organizational standpoint---personnel wise, cap wise, contracts wise, on and on---and you have to know what you're doing. If you're close, think that the FA is the best option, or replacing another big name FA, then sometimes it makes sense to pull the trigger. Hell, Revis just helped the Pats win another ring.

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Say what you want about spending philosophy, I'm just glad we aren't a team where aged college teammates have decided to host their reunion before they retire. Lots of old guys think they can team up to chase a ring. The colts act like a lot posters on this board and basically are gonna throw the kitchen sink at the roster til the good players stick. That's not us, we're building our machine and it'll be done sooner rather than later.

Looking forward to playing the colts this year so we can settle this finally.

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It's not all black and white, Scot. Pardon the pun. Just like I expressed in another thread, team building is fluid. Even BB spent some money on Moss, and the Ravens spent some money on Boldin. The only reason that we can't make those types of moves now is because we have too many holes and not enough money. The Pats should have eon a championship, and the Ravens did win one. Both organizations were really no worse for the wear for making a free agent splash after it was all said and done. You just have to know where you are from an organizational standpoint---personnel wise, cap wise, contracts wise, on and on---and you have to know what you're doing. If you're close, think that the FA is the best option, or replacing another big name FA, then sometimes it makes sense to pull the trigger. Hell, Revis just helped the Pats win another ring.

 

Those organizations put themselves in place for moves like that by being wise over time and building a consistent winner.

 

That's what we're trying to do now, but people are screaming because they want us to go on a Dan Snyder type spending spree and risk it all for one shot at a title (which we're screwed if we don't get).

 

The shortsightedness is just silly.

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This fallback "impartial mediator" quip that springs up every time the Huddle groupthink is tested is no different than the "DIS AINT MADDEN" crowd.

Nobody is talking about randall Cobb or whatever in this discussion. We are discussing philosophy on team building as a whole. It doesn't have to be 4 pm for that discussion to take place. There is no mandate. We can have this discussion now, we can have it tommorow, and a week from now, and in three months too and maybe even a few months after that.

 

Names.  Who do you want?  We've signed Oher and Ginn, both of whom fit the need to potentially fill huge holes that we have.  Namely, a PR/deep threat WR and a starting OT.  Neither of whom we invested major guaranteed money in meaning that we have little commitment to them if the signings don't work out.  Fortunately, we have inside info on both seeing that Ginn was just here the season before last and our OL coach is Oher's former OL coach in Baltimore.  Those are good FA signings in my mind.

 

I'd still like to see us make a play to further upgrade the WR corps.  Guys like Cecil Short, Denarius Moore, Hakeem Nicks, Michael Crabtree, Eddie Royal ,etc. are names I wouldn't mind seeing brought in.  Rolling the dice on a former elite OT like Jake Long might not be a bad idea either.  Make it an incentive laden deal and that way if he can't come back from the ACL or his heart is no longer in it, then no harm, no foul.

 

I just don't get where you're coming from.  You're freaking out here, but you don't seem to have anyone in mind.  You concede that we aren't going to be players for the elite FA talent and evidently you aren't happy with the likes of Oher and Ginn, so WHO DO YOU WANT that has you in panic mode?

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Incarcerated Bob is a fraud. He reposts things he's seen on twitter elsewhere or posts common sense sentiments that can't really be disproven.

Would a bunch of WR-needy teams really be looking at WRs?

Wow Bob you're such an insider

I have no doubt Cecil Shorts is a guy we've talked to. But not because Bob said so.

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