The last time Gettleman franchised a player....

[Jeremy Igo]

Gettleman Franchised DE Greg Hardy.

2 Months later, Gettleman drafted Kony Ealy in the second round. 

 

Gettleman will most likely be Franchising Josh Norman soon. 

2 months from now, he very well could draft a corner early, rounds 1-3. 

 

Gettleman sees the franchise as a 1 maybe 2 year rental. Gives him time to find a much less expensive replacement. 

[KendrickPanther]

I do think its bad business to give Josh more than a three year contract. The risk/reward of giving a player his age a big long term deal is too high. He could catch the injury bug 2 years in and be a cap casualty in his 30s.If Josh was 26 it would be a different story.

[Matthias]

Defensive backs are like QBs.  They have a long lifespan in the league, especially if their good.  I wouldn't be worried about Norman's age.

[Snake]

I feel that a deal will get done. I also feel we will draft a CB because we are thin there. 

[d-dave]

17 minutes ago, Snake said:

I feel that a deal will get done. I also feel we will draft a CB because we are thin there. 

Yep, I think one thing we can see from Gettleman's history on our team is that he's going to try to improve the level of talent wherever he can.  Apparently, according to Rivera and Gman, this draft is good in areas we need more depth/talent: DL, OL and DBs.

Could be fun!

[La Pantera]

tagging norman twice  would be the equivalent  of a 2 year  28 million  guaranteed contract. a 4 year contract couldn't be that much different  in guarantees.

 

 

[PanthersGOATFan336]

No one can read the Gettle's mind, each year presents a new opportunity...

 

My  PO

[imminent rogaine]

42 minutes ago, Matthias said:

Defensive backs are like QBs.  They have a long lifespan in the league, especially if their good.  I wouldn't be worried about Norman's age.

Agree. You don't even have to be that good. see: Hall, Deangelo.

[the butch]

Yep. Enjoy Josh while you can, folks. He doesn't appear to be budging and GMan doesn't pay corners. If a deal gets done, GREAT, but I'm not holding my breath. 

[NJPanthers12]

This is not a comparable situation at all. Gettleman does not view Norman as a 1 or 2 year payer. He offered him a contract last offseason and has said multiple times he prefers to sign him long term and the franchise tag is a back up.

the issue is Norman wants to be paid are is money or around there and Gettleman doesn't want to lock up any defensive player long term for more money than Luke. The only defensive player I can see him doing that for is a dynamic pass rusher. Norman does not deserve more money than Luke.

[Daddy_Uncle]

Give josh a front loaded 5 year deal and call it a day. It's a pretty big deal when you can shut down an entire side of the field. 

[j2sgam]

33 minutes ago, thebigcat said:

now this article is a bit dates but out of the 30 best players over 30, only 1 CB was listed. Playing CB is not an "old man's" game in the NFL. Just go back and watch the highlights of CB Browner did for the Saints

 

http://www.footballnation.com/content/the-30-best-players-the-nfl-30-years-and-over/29824/

 

Good point & all but bad example... Browner said before the season started that he wanted to be back in Seattle. How would anybody's performance be going from SB contender to playin in a dumpster fire?

[Riverboat Ron]

So we'll have a similar draft to 2014? So we went WR, DE, OG, S, and CB, so to adjust position it means we'll go OT, CB, WR or RB, DE, DT.

[panther4life]

1 hour ago, thebigcat said:

now this article is a bit dates but out of the 30 best players over 30, only 1 CB was listed. Playing CB is not an "old man's" game in the NFL. Just go back and watch the highlights of CB Browner did for the Saints

 

http://www.footballnation.com/content/the-30-best-players-the-nfl-30-years-and-over/29824/

 

That's way too small of a sample size. only 30 players. Plus the list was not that good in terms of ranking's. Plus he had certain caveat's as well such as being based off only the "2013 Season".

Here is NFL Networks top 100. Only 5 players played Corner in that list.

http://www.nfl.com/photos/0ap3000000491568

Shutdown corners like him are very rare. If you have a chance to sign a player like that long term, that has proven success on your roster then you should do it. It's not like we are taking about a player without proven success in our scheme on our team. No character concerns, elite player and really he did all of this without an elite pass rush in front of him.