KK still in negotiations

[Crazydounut]

http://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/22022/dave-gettleman-contract-negotiations-are-going-on-with-dt-kawann-short

From this article it seems to me that Short will be signed eventually. Obviously Getlleman doesn't negotiate contracts during the season because that can cause distractions. So the signing if it happens this year, will have to happen before week 1. Even if KK doesn't get extended this year I fully expect a long-term deal to be done. I also believe that KK loves it in Carolina he has said this plenty of times. Another thing is that everyone on the team wants him back on the team after this year. We also will be able to use the franchise tag on him next year if we can't get a deal done by then

[Jeremy Igo]

He won't be signed this year and will be franchised next

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[Growl]

Remember the report that came out at the beginning of camp that talks had stalled and you all tried to rationalize it as just another Dave gettleman feat of undeniable awesomeness? 

 

"of course they ain't talking! Mah gettledaddy already said he don't do no negotiating during the season! Gettlemagic tells it like it is!"

 

Here's Dave negotiating during the season.

[Growl]

2 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

He won't be signed this year and will be franchised next

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We gave up any and all leverage when we openly admitted to letting Josh go for the specific purpose of resigning KK.

[rhyslloyd]

He won't be signed this year and will be franchised next

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Dave?


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[Jeremy Igo]

Dave?


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Cam

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[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, Growl said:

We gave up any and all leverage when we openly admitted to letting Josh go for the specific purpose of resigning KK.

We still have all of the leverage, KK has very little and knows it.

[Toker Smurf]

I always assumed 'doesn't negotiate during the season', to mean regular season, not preseason.

[Crazydounut]

1 minute ago, Growl said:

We gave up any and all leverage when we openly admitted to letting Josh go for the specific purpose of resigning KK.

If there was one thing I didn't like about letting Josh go. This was definetly it, KK has all the cards in negotiations currently. We might have to give him the 17 million per that he is asking for

[ctrcat]

2 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

He won't be signed this year and will be franchised next

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Which is fine, great, no sweat, etc., even, maybe, arguably, better, for the Panthers.  But what to do with the money now in 2016 other than rollover?

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, Crazydounut said:

If there was one thing I didn't like about letting Josh go. This was definetly it, KK has all the cards in negotiations currently. We might have to give him the 17 million per that he is asking for

Not accurate.

[ctrcat]

3 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

We still have all of the leverage, KK has very little and knows it.

Yep

[Bartin]

6 minutes ago, Cam El said:

I always assumed 'doesn't negotiate during the season', to mean regular season, not preseason.

Correct. Luke was signed on Sept 10th of last year.

[Growl]

8 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

We still have all of the leverage, KK has very little and knows it.

Having "the leverage" isn't a magical entity awarded to the side you want "to win."

Kawann is a young, elite player at an enormously significant position and has heard us talk about how much money we intend to throw at him all off season. This is furthered by the fact that players like Aaron Donald and Fletcher Cox are setting a standard which he has a rightful claim to.

 

Saying "well you can just go play for another team, we're good at DT" isn't leverage-because he gladly will and get the money he feels he deserves.