Panthers In No Hurry

[nctarheel0619]

As long as he can hit a home run in the draft, I'm fine with it.  The past two years hes been borderline horrid at free agent signings.  Lets just hope he is the Babe Ruth of GM's when it comes to the draft.  

[London Loves Luke]

What people are failing to grasp is that the "genius" Chip Kelly, and to some extent Sean Payton, are breaking the bank to rebuild their teams in a similar mould to ours. They are all going defense first, ground games. 

 

Yet our fanbase is shouting about herp derp receiver X and Y, when most other GMs and coaches are going the other way. 

 

I will be very surprised if we spend any more money this FA period. We have $13m cap left, 7m will be stored for changes that might be needed during the season and $4-5m will be saved for rookies. 

[pantherclaw]

Gettleman has a proven history of consistently being part of free agency, with the Giants.

They were very successful at it while he was there.

[KintnerBoy]

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[clark kent]

Agreed

[AceBoogie]

What people are failing to grasp is that the "genius" Chip Kelly, and to some extent Sean Payton, are breaking the bank to rebuild their teams in a similar mould to ours. They are all going defense first, ground games.

Yet our fanbase is shouting about herp derp receiver X and Y, when most other GMs and coaches are going the other way.

I will be very surprised if we spend any more money this FA period. We have $13m cap left, 7m will be stored for changes that might be needed during the season and $4-5m will be saved for rookies.

That awkward moment when your defensively built team gives up a perfect passer rating and 3 touchdowns on 3rd down in a playoff game.

[London Loves Luke]

That awkward moment when your defensively built team gives up a perfect passer rating and 3 touchdowns on 3rd down in a playoff game.

Oh those rookies and second year players didn't work out so we need to blow it all up and start again I guess? You sure would be good at team building.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

If you jump the gun too early you miss out on the bargin suprise veteran cuts...S Dashon Goldson rumored to be cut in Tampa, Jake Long, Etc.

These are the guys that could miss the second(still overpriced) wave of FA and will start to sign prove it deals that are cap friendly.

I Guess some on here still do not know we will have two huge extentions to make decisions on and that cap is being managed for three years from now, not just March 2015.

Edited March 13, 2015 by TANTRIC-NINJA

[PanthersUnited]

The other point to this is that we were able to sign many key contributors (Cole, Olsen, Dickson, Edwards, etc...) which is a stark contrast to last off season when we were unable to do so due to cap reasons. I think this is overlooked by the casual fan but in fact what we did is keep a core together and effectively maintain continuity. This is key IMO

Ok I'm sorry but why does everyone love Dickson so much around here? He had 178 red yds and 1 TD, what about him is so special? Because he's a blocker? I just do not understand what makes him so loved and why it was so imperative to sign him to a three year deal.

[KillaCamNewton]

You guys sure have a lot of faith in a guy that took 25 years to become a GM and was convinced Roman Harper was the answer at safety and that a Byron Bell/Nate Chandler combo would be acceptable at the tackles. But oh well I guess this is why they play the games

[jasonluckydog]

The huddle looks funny

[TylerVagyler]

Ok I'm sorry but why does everyone love Dickson so much around here? He had 178 red yds and 1 TD, what about him is so special? Because he's a blocker? I just do not understand what makes him so loved and why it was so imperative to sign him to a three year deal.

 

He spent a lot of last season blocking because the OL was so bad. Once we made some changes up front and the OL improved, he was able to get involved in the passing game more often. Which is why we began to notice him more at the end of the season. The team is counting on the improved OL play to continue, and for Dickson to be more of a receiving threat. With that said, he is a backup TE. If he gets 400-500 yards, that is solid. He had several teams calling for his services so don't pretend he has no value.

Edited March 13, 2015 by TylerVagyler

[CatMan72]

Do folks want to choose between keeping Cam or Luke for the sake of signing some FA'S like Dallas had to choose between Dez and Demarco?

[Mother Grabber]

why is everything center justified? does it make all of the redundant content fresh and new?