Panthers second most active team in Free Agency so far?! Wow.

[KB_fan]

I've been missing my Panthers data crunching, and an EXTREMELY active Free Agency so far got me ready to do some serious number crunching in Excel.  Thanks to PFF's awesome Free Agent Tracker database, I decided to create a table summarizing moves made by ALL teams so far.

There are lots of way's you can sort the table, but almost any way you look at it., Panthers come out near the very top in activity.  Re-signing our own players, Adding new free agents from other teams, net players added.   It also just so happens that we have the LOWEST % of unsigned UFAs remaining of any team even though we started with quite a high figure of 22 free agents.  Dave and our front office have been doing WORK.

Here's the table - sorted by net players added.  Basically only the Bills are ahead of us in total signings and net players added. 

 

click on the table for a larger view.

(How the heck did the Bills go into this offseason with a massive total of 38 free agents?!?!?  Talk about re-building!)

You might say, "oh it's just Carolina re-signing their own," and there would be some truth to this.  Along with the Falcons, we've re-signed the highest number of our own Free Agents and we have the highest retention % of any team.  BUT still, we're tied for 5th in terms of NEW free agents brought in!  Pretty surprising for Dave Gettleman in the first week of free agency...  We've also got a high number of players departing, signed with other teams...  

Really ANY way you look at it, this has been a shockingly busy Free Agency for the Panthers thus far.  Exciting times to be a fan.

[Apologies this is going to be a hit & run post tonight.   I won't be able to read replies or comment further until tomorrow...]

[iBBB]

[Ricky Spanish]

People were saying this would happen for the past 3 years but a lot of posters on here can't see the forest through the trees. 

[Saca312]

Gettleman spends when he has the cap to do so. Simple as that.

 

[KB_fan]

For those who missed it in the "mega free-agency news" thread here, earlier today I posted two tables that give a lot more detail about Panthers free agency moves so far:

 

[Snake]

We have set up ourselves nicely. Dave is going to find some gems in this draft as well because of it.

 

Good luck trying to figure out who the panthers are going to draft as well.

[KB_fan]

Sorry, I should have linked PFF's free agent database in my OP just in case some don't know of it.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-2017-free-agency-tracker/

And with that, I am offline for the night!

 

[frash.exe]

that's a lot of signage going on. i honestly think it's slightly uncharacteristic of dave, but my theory is that this is going to be the year where the rubber meets the road for the coaching staff. if the panthers don't make the playoffs, we're either seeing ron rivera get fired or just mike shula in 2018.

[imminent rogaine]

I'd like Love and L. Johnson back. Good depth.

[Nate Dogg]

Great work. These signings seem pretty solid.

They still have some work to do at WR, RB, TE, OT, DE, SS.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Nice work, as always

[Fox007]

Yea we actually have cap space....it's crazy huh? It's almost as if Hurney cap strapping the team was a real thing and not some conjured conspiracy that we definitely couldn't actually see and quantify.

Nice as usual.

[KB_fan]

18 hours ago, KB_fan said:

For those who missed it in the "mega free-agency news" thread here, earlier today I posted two tables that give a lot more detail about Panthers free agency moves so far:

 

Turn that Kyle Love row Panthers Blue and add another player to the list of players retained / add. 

Panthers up to 17 players retained / added.

[nctarheel0619]

18 hours ago, Saca312 said:

Gettleman spends when he has the cap to do so. Simple as that.

 

Whatever you say, David Mayo=Clay Matthews.