Davis says he would play in Atlanta

[YungHamm]

I would love to see him go against Cam and to get juked by CMC

[Khyber53]

4 hours ago, coralreefer_1 said:

I think what bothers most people ( at least myself) is not that he will leave to go play for a few more million...but rather that he doesnt really NEED to do it. I think most of us are hurt more than anything that he won't retire a Panther...and insist he can still play ( which of course...he can)...but risks either not getting picked up by another team ( shameful)  and tarnishing thisd legacy with this team for what...1-2 million at best?  People wanted Smitty to have a statue outside. He was great, but he left/was cit whatever the team and played for another which for me that makes it impossible to have his statue. TD also, even more than 89 deserved a statue out front, but him going to play for another team possibly makes it almost impossible for that statue to happen.  S. Mills played and retired here. JR founded this poo and is the boss noone likes these days but needs to pucker up to his ass. TD should be there also! 

TD has the chance to go down as the greatest Panther of all time. But no...he wants to be an old head still thinking he is 25 and chase another season. Good on him. I wish he saved the energy that he feels that makes him believe " he can still play" into retirement and his family...rather than leaving it all on the field. 

It hurts to see this man go down like that.

You really don't understand finance and how much money we are really talking about do you?

Okay, let's give a primer on an easy round number of $1 million. Let's say you want to retire with $1 million in your 401k plan and are 35 years old. If you want to get that million, you'd need to put away $882 each month, every month for the next 360 months of your life. You'd need to cough up basically an extra rent payment each month and hope for no market turbulence and 30 years later, you should have $1 million available to draw down for retirement. That's interest and employer matching funds That's a lot of time and work that you have to put in. 30 years of your life for the chance to retire semi-comfortably. 

Okay, now we have a good picture of what you or I would have to do to get a million banked away. TD can easily knock three or more of those out before this time next year. He's a smart guy and by all tellings he is extremely savvy about how to use money and grow his assets. He also understands that the kind of money he makes can be generational changing funds if he chooses. He can, and has, reached back to his parents generation (maybe even more) to provide comfort and security, he has established a good life for his wife and kids now, and can establish trusts that will give his children security and access that most would never dream of. He can, and also does, see to the well-being of his community through investment and charitable outreach, putting that money to incredible good use. 

And if it is about his legacy as a Panther, don't worry. That is sealed in stone, even if he goes on to play for another team. Sam Mills did play here, but he had a career in New Orleans with the Saints before that and the USFL before that -- yet he is the spirit behind the team and the statue to look up to. The original Big Cat himself wore the Baltimore Colts uniform and never played a down on the field for the Panthers. Smith and Peppers will always be remembered as Panthers and will make the HoF as such. TD will likewise always historically be a Panther.

Even if he becomes a Falcon.

 

[Jai.]

Wherever, or whatever he's doing in the future, I'll fully support him!