Panthers Picking Up Star's Fifth Year Option

[dldove77]

 

 

[Bartin]

Awesome.

[SmokinwithWilly]

No surprise here. KK will get his deal followed by Star. Typical Panthers business these days. 

[firefox1234]

Hopefully a long term deal can be done...

[pepaw]

Wait, so you have to initialize 5th year extension going into player's 4th year? 

[Bartin]

3 minutes ago, pepaw said:

Wait, so you have to initialize 5th year extension going into player's 4th year? 

Yes

[therealmjl]

4 minutes ago, pepaw said:

Wait, so you have to initialize 5th year extension going into player's 4th year? 

Yes.

For an overview on how to completely screw up the luxury of using a 5th year option please see:

Martin, Doug- Tampa Bay Buccaneers

[KB_fan]

Here's a 2 minute video clip of Dave Gettleman's time on ESPN today, talking about the challenge of continuing to draft well, and not paying free agents too much when you've got your own young guys to pay...

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=15043702

I should note that one of the interviewers is Bill Polian.

[Bartin]

$6.1M for the 2016 5th year option for DTs drafted 11-32(different formulas are used for players drafted in the top 10 and players drafted 11-32). It will probably be somewhere in the $7M range for Star in 2017.

[KB_fan]

Other soundbites today from Gettleman concern Kyle Love and the strength of the draft:

David Newton ‏@DNewtonespn 31m31 minutes ago

The Panthers continue to talk to veteran defensive tackle Kyle Love about bringing him back.

 

Max Henson ‏@PanthersMax 31m31 minutes ago

DT Kyle Love remains an option for Panthers. There have been talks. Gettleman reiterated the strength of this draft at OL and DL.

[oops... sorry, there's now a dedicated thread for the Kyle Love news.  There wasn't when I was posting this here.]

 

[KB_fan]

Here's more on Star's 5th year option via PFT.  It confirms what @Bartin just posted about different salary scales for players drafted in the top 10 vs. 11 - 32.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/22/panthers-will-exercise-fifth-year-option-on-star-lotulelei/

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General Manager Dave Gettleman said Tuesday at the league meetings that the Panthers will exercise the option on defensive tackle Star Lotulelei. Lotulelei was the 14th pick of the 2013 draft.

Players picked after the 10th pick, the salary for the option year is the average of the third through twenty-fifth highest salaries at the position. Players in the top 10 have their salary set at the average of the 10 highest paid players at the position.

Picking up the option was likely an easy call for the Panthers, who have built a strong defense around Lotulelei, defensive tackle Kawann Short, linebacker Luke Kuechly, linebacker Thomas Davis and cornerback Josh Norman in the last few seasons. Short is set for free agency after the 2016 season as is Norman after he received a franchise tag from the team earlier this month.

 

 

[dldove77]

1 minute ago, KB_fan said:

Here's more on Star's 5th year option via PFT.  It confirms what @Bartin just posted about different salary scales for players drafted in the top 10 vs. 11 - 32.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/03/22/panthers-will-exercise-fifth-year-option-on-star-lotulelei/

 

That's interesting. Short's long-term deal will impact how much Star makes in 2017. Wonder if DG will get creative with the first year of KK's deal just to help himself a little bit on what we pay Star that season. 

[Cary Kollins]

16 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

Gettleman reiterated the strength of this draft at OL and DL.

 

 

This team is going to be stacked in the trenches as long as Gettleman is in charge muuahahaha

[The Lobo]

F yea