ESPN says Panthers stink at franchise tagging

[mc52beast]

https://charlotteobserver.relaymedia.com/amp/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article135555698.html

[LinvilleGorge]

Well, they aren't exactly wrong on this one. When the Josh Norman fiasco was probably the least of your three colossal fug ups regarding a franchise tag... yeah, that's not good.

[Saca312]

Well they aren't wrong.

[L-TownCat]

They may not be wrong but did it need to be a story?

[Ace_Aladdin]

Just now, L-TownCat said:

They may not be wrong but did it need to be a story?

Everything is a story in the off-season, once we win a SB a lot of hate will go away.

[Doyle]

Well they could have just lied and said how great we were at it.  Hopefully Short appreciates the big paycheck and doesnt sandbag like Peppers did.  

[RockyTopVol]

I'll never understand the "f ESPN" perspective just bc they argue a point that you disagree with. Who cares?? They could say the Panthers are the worst team to ever play the game and that still shouldn't piss you off. How does that affect the game? How does that change anything in the world other than your need to be agreed with?
Also...they've got a point on this one.


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[Ricky Spanish]

1 minute ago, RockyTopVol said:

I'll never understand the "f ESPN" perspective just bc they argue a point that you disagree with. Who cares?? They could say the Panthers are the worst team to ever play the game and that still shouldn't piss you off. How does that affect the game? How does that change anything in the world other than your need to be agreed with?
Also...they've got a point on this one.


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I say F ESPN overall. They've turned into TMZ sports and just go for shock and awe to try and get viewers. I mean the network runs stories about Kim Kardashian these days... They've lost all credibility in my book. Minus the 30 for 30's because that actually requires legitimate journalism.

90's era ESPN was best ESPN.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Gilbert - No one other than the front office knows why the hell we did that. I remember when it happened and it made absolutely zero sense at the time too. 

Hardy - No one could have seen that coming. 

Jno - that was a combination of Gman sticking to his guns and Jno hiring an agent that had never negotiated an NFL contract. That was going to turn out bad. If he had hired an experienced agent, I'm guessing he probably would still be lacing up his cleats as a Panther at around 13 mill a year. 

[pantherclaw]

Player/agent issues with the exception of the first one.

[Daddy_Uncle]

franchise tag is overrated. Doesn't make or break a team

[Ja Rhule]

ESPN stinks at sports news

[The Lobo]

13 minutes ago, RockyTopVol said:

I'll never understand the "f ESPN" perspective just bc they argue a point that you disagree with. Who cares?? They could say the Panthers are the worst team to ever play the game and that still shouldn't piss you off. How does that affect the game? How does that change anything in the world other than your need to be agreed with?
Also...they've got a point on this one.


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I've always hated espn even before this.

[Wundrbread33]

Hardy was a no-brainer tag. He was a top 3 DE in the league. Had all the tools, and produced. 

At worst, people just saw him as a strange dude at that time. No one thought domestic violence would happen.

That is just bad luck, not our fault at all.