What If... Marty Just Did Something That Will Make You Love Him?

[GRWatcher]

19 minutes ago, heel31ok said:

so we weren't in cap hell for years and years...

I do not want to jump into this boring argument by any means. I just want to inject a little common sense here. Yes, we were in cap hell for years and years. That can't be denied. If you paid attention before now, you would know. What you're looking at are b&w numbers at season's end without any context. Hurney loved big contracts. Then, every year, until 2011, he would renegotiate those same contracts to stay under the cap and free up money to spend. That's how Hurney made it all look good. Every year. Did players have much choice? No. I'm sure it was, if you want the team to win, accept less pay this year, for the sake of the team. He used the players like they were banks. Then in 2011 came the new CBA and suddenly a contract could not be renegotiated year after year after year. A rookie and vet pay scale was instituted. That's when the cap hits started to be seen and it was obvious Hurney was not the "cap wizard" he claimed to be. Delhomme was never overpaid. His compensation was pushed back year after year after year until, at the time he was cut, he was owed a large sum of guaranteed money.

Two things that Gettleman avoided. Renegotiating contracts because he structured them correctly to begin with. He had a long term plan. And signing FA's to high ball one year contracts. His were always at least 2 years and avoided high ball payouts. He believed in analytics, a 'show me you're worth more' approach. Vets I saw signed were mostly former 1st round draft picks that got a chance to prove themselves again. And that is one reason why the locker room was so tight in 2015.

[Car123]

4 hours ago, Porn Shop Clerk said:

Norman wasn't even worth a 7th round pick before 2015.

Stop. Norman was a solid rookie and had a decent 2014.

[CatMan72]

Only time will tell, but I understand the notion that two possession receivers like Funchess & Benjamin were bogging the offense down. We're trying to execute a vertical passing game with big/slow guys who can't separate down field. Losing Ginn really brought the problem into focus this year, Ginn would take the top off and open things up underneath (including the running game). There was also a financial consideration here, we were going to have to pay Kelvin to keep him and we have a younger, cheaper, healthier version of him in Funchess. Bills came along offering decent trade compensation and we pulled the trigger. 

The question is if Shepard, Samuel and Clay are ready to step up and pose enough of a threat to make defenses back off. Rivera said we were getting zero blitz on 2nd & 8 which is a clear sign that nobody respected our speed at WR. 

[Porn Shop Clerk]

1 hour ago, Car123 said:

Stop. Norman was a solid rookie and had a decent 2014.

I remember he cost us the Buffalo game in 2014 and got benched for half the season because of it.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Also Norman was here for 3 seasons before he even saw the field, gtfo with this "solid rookie" bullshit.

[Car123]

18 minutes ago, Porn Shop Clerk said:

I remember he cost us the Buffalo game in 2014 and got benched for half the season because of it.

That was in 2013.

[heel31ok]

lol at heelolok31...sz is so full of crap he needs extra account to get rid of it... i am honored he/she would take the time to do that just for me...

[CRA]

so.....we should of included Stewart in the KB deal too huh.  

I think Stewart definately has a role on this team.  A valuable one.  Both as a leader and as a short yardage dude.  But I don't think the Panthers can simply not pointlessly run him in scenarios where he has little shot at success over and over and over. 

[Burnout189]

22 minutes ago, CRA said:

so.....we should of included Stewart in the KB deal too huh.  

I think Stewart definately has a role on this team.  A valuable one.  Both as a leader and as a short yardage dude.  But I don't think the Panthers can simply not pointlessly run him in scenarios where he has little shot at success over and over and over. 

I think others have been correct when they stated he needs to be put in for goal line situations, with CAP and CMC getting the majority of the work out of the backfield.