Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Panthers Picking Up Star's Fifth Year Option


dldove77

Recommended Posts

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

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

 

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.]

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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/

Quote

 

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.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • I think the book has been fairly written on Darnold, and by and large stays true. He can be rattled by pressure, and will lose his composure. If a team can get to him and have something go wrong in the plan, the mistakes and errors will pile up. Rams have a better offense, Seahawks sport a better defense. Should be a good 1.
    • Not a defense of him...an understanding of the problem. (something you seem to be lacking right now) 🙄 Bryce in a Canales offense is not an example of a stylistic mismatch, but I can give you one if that helps. When he was playing for the Panthers, Cam Newton sat under OC's running Coryell type offenses. Newton had a big arm and was a strong runner. He fit into that sort of attack very well. Then he goes to New England, where at the time they were running an Earhardt-Perkins system (similar to WCO In a lot of what they do but very different terminology). The Patriot offenses back then were heavily based on timing and rhythm style passing, not something that Newton was especially well suited for. So he washed out at New England, not because he had poor ability (his abilities had been on display here on a regular basis) but because he didn't fit what they wanted to do with their offense. I always go back to Jeff Garcia as one of the prime examples of this issue. Garcia in a WCO looked like a world beater. Put him in any other scheme though...yikes!  So again, Young's issues here have nothing to do with any failure to mesh with Canales. Hell, is say Canales has actually done pretty well at adapting his system to who he has rather than trying to jam square pegs into round holes. Again, it doesn't take an elite level of football knowledge to get this. It's pretty basic. But if you're not even capable of understanding what the real problem is, how are you going to know you to find the right solution? 🤔
×
×
  • Create New...