CJ BACK! Charles Johnson Signs A Two Year Deal; $9.5 Million - Turned Down More Money Elsewhere Again

[TylerVagyler]

Glad to have CJ back. Hope we bring in another edge guy in free agency and/or the draft.

[Daddy_Uncle]

was hoping we would move on from him but I guess he can help the young DEs we bring in. I don't see him starting anymore

[Fox007]

Man...more money elsewhere....all I see is delicious comp picks going bye bye.

[KB_fan]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

Makes sense, didn't earn his 3 million last year so let's pay him more this year!

He actually cost us more than 3 million last year.  There was dead money we were paying too on his old contract.  I think his actual cap hit ended up being about 6 mil, but I haven't checked.

[Mr. Scot]

Like CJ but I wouldn't have paid him that much.

Here's hoping he earns it.

[AndrewLaskoski]

CJ earned a grade of 81.4 last year and signed for significantly less than Gholston did for the Bucs. 

He's a captain on the team, provides good run D, and is an adequate pass rusher. I think this is a hell of a deal considering what the market for defensive ends is now.

 

[JayNasty]

No Peppers?

[CKI]

Hoping this is back loaded and cap friendly. Would love to be able to cut him next offseason without too much of a penalty


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[pantherphan96]

Guessing the money is gonna be heavily on the back end with the 1st year fully guaranteed.

[Fox007]

This reminds me of that time we resigned our 2-14 team or whatever the poo record was that year.

Not as prominent of players and not as important but funny anyway.

[pantherphan96]

Also CJ had more pressures than any other DL including Addison and Short.

[luke nukem]

Lets see the guaranteed money before we jump to conclusions.

[Saca312]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Like CJ but I wouldn't have paid him that much.

Here's hoping he earns it.

In my opinion, what could you replace CJ with in Free Agency if he theoretically leaves?

No real good vets out there currently that would replicate his role aside possibly Julius Peppers, and even that's a stretch with his personality.

I doubt Gettleman goes in without having some sort of way to make his deal cap-friendly in some way, shape, or form.

[OldNorthPowell]

8 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

It's only 6 hours into legal tampering period, and CJ has been one of our most productive DEs this season. I believe it's likely a cap-friendly deal.

This allows us to go into free agency aiming for the big boys. Barry Church is a likely first target.

Oh I know but letting Brown go for Bersin was not a good sign. Johnson signing is alright just not ideal. We only have 10431242393252593259 hours until we sign our first free agent that was not on the roster last season :+)