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

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, OldNorthPowell said:

Maybe so but still seems that letting both go would have been the better option. They have choices in FA and the draft at WR. We need more speed there.

By not tendering them, they technically did "let them go". My guess would be Bersin's agent came back with a minimal offer and they took him up on it.

And they still have those same choices in free agency and the draft. Signing Bersin doesn't negate any of those things.

[Carl Spackler]

Testaverde for backup, 1 year deal

[Shocker]

9 minutes ago, ARSEN said:

We had one of the worst pass rush in NFL last year.  We bringing both starters back.

Actually we finished 3rd in sacks

[Fox007]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

By not tendering them, they technically did "let them go". My guess would be Bersin's agent came back with a minimal offer and they took him up on it.

And they still have those same choices in free agency and the draft. Signing Bersin doesn't negate any of those things.

If Buffalo was the other team I'd take a poo ton less money to stay here for sure.

Watkins can't even reach his potential there but the #s he has in that situation is nothing short of a miracle.

Speaking of....damn it'd be nice to have Sammy here dood is still only 23.

[rico6]

Lol at the lot who's vocal about Mario Williams' drive but applauds Gettlemen & Rivera for still holding on to Oher and his myriad of low level FAs he's ran through since being here.

Mario with KK, Star, Addison would be nothing short of epic. 

On the resigning of CJ... Meh I knew it was coming, but if this make Gettles content like last season with our front 7 I'm mailing it in.

[rico6]

1 minute ago, Shocker said:

Actually we finished 3rd in sacks

MAJOR OUTLIER.

[Mr. Scot]

28 minutes ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Holy crap why are so many people upset with this? Please find a free agent with his run stopping ability/QB hurries for less than 5 million per year.

I wouldn't say I'm upset with this.

I wouldn't have done it, but I'm not screaming about it.

[pantherclaw]

49 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

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

While has hasn't had the sack numbers the last few years, he has still been our most consistent DE. His leadership is also needed. 

 

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

We pretty much shored all our important FAs already. Love it.

Pretty nice to see CJ loving Charlotte. Good for him, as he's an important Vet for our team. Whether you like it or not, he pretty much played like a Jared Allen 2.0 on our team, with slightly better production. Although injuries obviously hampered him, he has been pretty solid last year, and would've been paid big bucks on the market.

This pretty much shores up all our offseason concerns, so we can enter free agency without worrying about filling a hole one of our guys leave.

 

 

[ncfan]

Another rotational guy? You understand he will be that role in any team he signs, and is only trending towards the edge of his career.

Thats fine with me. Allen was the same thing. Great for depth, vet presence, etc

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[Ace_Aladdin]

This is good news CJ will be great rotational piece, We still neee to draft a young DE in the mid rounds. 

[Yaboychris28]

It feels like we overpaid, just my opinion though

[Smithers]

Common sense move.  Johnson will be relegated to more of a third down role as the season goes on, especially if we draft a DE early or Ealy finally breaks out.  EIther way, the DE market was thin this year and we needed to keep our guys

[KillerKat]

I see huddlers saying CJ will be a rotational guy only, but I see Rivera trotting him out there as a starter every week.