List of High priced Free Agents that have been released since 2013

[Ricky Spanish]

 

A look at a lot of guys many on here wanted us to sign to big deals. I remember Verner and Anthony Collins specifically. For those who don't know, Verner was just released this morning by TB.
 

But it's still interesting to see how many guys were handed a ton of money and just didn't produce. It's the dirty side of free agency that could end up hurting your team in the long run. While I'm still on the "sign some talent" bandwagon this offseason, I'd prefer that the team does their due-diligence and sign guys they know can come in and produce in the systems we have in place, not just hot names for the FA period.

[Saca312]

Luckily, we have Dave Gettleman as GM.

Signing someone with a big name is almost as likely to happen as signing back  Greg Hardy.

To clarify, we're not going to sign someone like JPP on high contracts. We might sign some decent chunk guys that fit our system, but still don't expect much if we want to prioritize our guys first.

[imminent rogaine]

Tampa and Miami killing it in free agency!

Jacksonville knocked it out of the park last year.

 

[j2sgam]

So them small 'prove it' contracts he fills our roster with produce more than them big 'pay that man' contracts? It's almost as if DG knew this already.....

 

"Do you know how to read a pie chart, Son?"

"Nah, but I got this chaht of overpaid FAs in mah bahk pawket..."

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

lets not forget about oliver vernon as well. the jury is still out on him 

[JawnyBlaze]

A lot of those are just poorly run franchises and the examples were obviously picked to make a point.  There are plenty of examples of good FA signings that weren't cheap too. 

[Guest Lasus83]

So them small 'prove it' contracts he fills our roster with produce more than them big 'pay that man' contracts? It's almost as if DG knew this already.....

 

"Do you know how to read a pie chart, Son?"

"Nah, but I got this chaht of overpaid FAs in mah bahk pawket..."

Can't frigging understand DG sometimes. Couple years back he said:

"If O'Connor falls to us, I won't complain"

Spent a long time looking for O'Connor until I realized he was trying to say "a corner"

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[the greatest]

Where's the list of good free agent signings

[Verge]

To be fair, most all of those were pretty obviously going to be busts given the size of the contract, Grimes is about the only exception.

[j2sgam]

2 hours ago, Lasus83 said:

Can't frigging understand DG sometimes. Couple years back he said:

"If O'Connor falls to us, I won't complain"

Spent a long time looking for O'Connor until I realized he was trying to say "a corner"

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I remember when he said that and I thought the same thing... Beantown's gonna Beantown....

[Snake]

To be fair both Tampa and Miami are forced to spend Cap every year so no player will ever live up to the numbers. There are also a bunch of FAs that live up to there deals. Carolinas problem is we never get any good FAs and let our elite players walk. Your ok if you let a guy like KK walk if you replace him with another elite player at a position of need but if you don't then well you're the Panthers.

[Doc Holiday]

The only time I remember a big name working out for us was Ken Lucas, that should tell y'all something right there.

we need to do what the giants did last year, sign a bunch of mid-tier FA's and maybe one big signing.

honestly Berry is the only big name out there that I'd say is actually worth his price.

[Jimmy]

Damn Brandon Browner was just stealing money. On this list twice.

[KSpan]

4 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

A lot of those are just poorly run franchises and the examples were obviously picked to make a point.  There are plenty of examples of good FA signings that weren't cheap too. 

As OP mentioned, these players were chosen as examples of high-profile FAs that many were clamoring for and complaining when Carolina didn't sign them. Are there other players that have worked out? Absolutely. But the premise is that high-priced FAs aren't always a panacea.

Additionally, you yourself call the signings 'examples of poorly-run franchises' - by extension, what does that say about the teams that didn't make these signings?