Free Agency starts three weeks from yesterday

[Mr. Scot]

Being in the Super Bowl sure does cut into that long wait, huh?

Teams will be able to start negotiating with other team's free agents as of March 7th.

Checking Spotrac, Jared Allen's retirement puts us at about 28 million under the cap, with more quite possibly to come.

This could be one of the most interesting offseasons in a while.

[SCP]

I kind of like the way Dave has approached it. I know his hand has been forced but mid-tier guys with something to prove versus paying a ton for perceived high end talent seems to work pretty well. Like he says, we are NEVER one player away from a SB title.  Big free agent spending, to me, is short sighted and takes the one player away approach.  That's not Dave's philosophy.

[Mr. Scot]

i'm hoping Kyle Love gets re-signed here before it starts.

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, SCP said:

I kind of like the way Dave has approached it. I know his hand has been forced but mid-tier guys with something to prove versus paying a ton for perceived high end talent seems to work pretty well. Like he says, we are NEVER one player away from a SB title.  Big free agent spending, to me, is short sighted and takes the one player away approach.  That's not Dave's philosophy.

Agreed.  We make a deep run this year, and keep the core together, I wouldn't be opposed to a big splash, but generally that has proven to be detrimental long term.

Draft well and pay your guys that earned it....that's the best way to "win" free agency.

[luke nukem]

CJ's cut coming when?

[KB_fan]

53 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

i'm hoping Kyle Love gets re-signed here before it starts.

I would think Kyle Love is one of our next priorities and hopefully a fairly straightforward contract, along with Joe Webb.  Those two both seem like no brainers among our potential free agent crop.

[Doc Holiday]

58 minutes ago, luke nukem said:

CJ's cut coming when?

I think a restructure is more likely, at least we will attempt, He was playing hurt most of the last year even when he came back from injury, so his bad season wasnt completely his fault(Playing hurt was insider info from Igo). He was just real beat up like Cam was the year before, I wouldnt be surprised to see us restructure, by guaranteeing more money, but spreading out his cap hit over 2 years instead one one, we would still have to pay him about $7m if we cut him or not this year, so maybe cut his cap hit down to $8m and give him $6m next year with like 5 guaranteed, and we gain $8m in cap space. I think this is the most likely scenario

[Doc Holiday]

I'm curious to see how we approach this offseason considering we are looking to have a bunch of cap space even with Norman getting Tagged.   I think the players that would gardner the most attention from us out of the big names would be Mario Williams and Matt Forte, we just really need a better RB, Stewart is just OK IMO, and he gets hurt too much to be reliable. we gotta get better there. I know people want us to look at OT's but decent OT's dont get moved if they are any good they stay where they are, so I think it's more likely that we address this through the draft.

[stirs]

CJ could be a possibility for cuts

Stew could be

Frankly, Kalil is a possibility, but think a reach

 

[CarolinaNCSU]

IF CJ stays, I think it's mostly in a veteran leadership role. Maybe still starting, but we can't and won't expect much production. With Allen for sure gone, I don't really want Ealy (an occasional bonehead) being our veteran DE leader. A pay cut centered restructure is probably the play, unless GMan pulls in a vet DE or two. 

[Nick_81]

3 hours ago, stirs said:

CJ could be a possibility for cuts

Stew could be

Frankly, Kalil is a possibility, but think a reach

 

CJ is a possibility, but I think they work hard to keep him, and reduce his cap hit.  He did have a rough year, but I think he's got more game in him.  He was coming on pretty strong at the end of the season/playoffs/super bowl.  I just don't think he was ever fully healthy during the reg. season.  <----  This could be one of the reasons they might consider cutting him.  He's still got game, but can you trust that he'll stay healthy?

From what's being said, currently, it seems like Stewart is safe for another year.  

I don't think Kalil should even be mentioned, as far as cuts go.  He's not getting cut, IMO.  Is he making a lot when you look at his contract?  Yes..., but compare it to the other top centers in the league, and he's pretty much in line.  It just wouldn't make sense.

[CWORS]

Ready to see some Gettlemagic!!!!

[NJPanthers12]

I think Nortman, Tolbert, Webb, and Love all get done before Free Agency.

[TheRed]

2 hours ago, stirs said:

CJ could be a possibility for cuts

Stew could be

Frankly, Kalil is a possibility, but think a reach

 

CJ is anybody's guess really. Wouldn't be surprised to see him cut, or renegotiated with.

Stewart I think will most likely be around for one more season at least.

Kalil? No way he's going anywhere. Center is too important, and we saw firsthand the importance of OL in the Super Bowl.