Panthers uneasy with Gano

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, SBiii said:

Or as the Stones say "you can't always get what you want"...

...but Tepper can afford it.

He can, but you also have to remember that hedge funds don't have a salary cap.

NFL teams do.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, Sgt Schultz said:

 

One excellent season does not necessarily make him a kicker worthy of a substantial contract, at least substantial for his position.  That is especially true of a position as fickle as kickers.

The problem with the decision to sign Gano, or anybody for that matter, to a significant contract based on one big season is that means the only factor in determining a player's salary is what they do the year their contract runs out.  Disregarding their entire body of work in favor of looking only at the most recent season is how teams wind up overpaying for players who can never replicate their best season.  Even back to back good to great years is at least a trend.  Two out of the last three would give one optimism.  But one year is just that: one year.

 

When it comes to effective roster building, contract your performances are one of the biggest booby traps you can spring.

[SBiii]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

He can, but you also have to remember that hedge funds don't have a salary cap.

NFL teams do.

Gano has a contract that's gonna cost us one way or another.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, SBiii said:

Gano has a contract that's gonna cost us one way or another.

Some people would say it already has cost us, and not just cap space.

And yeah, there's an argument to be made...

[TheRed]

Gano never should have been given that contract in the first place. He torpedoed the 2016 season with that miss in one of the most high stakes games in Panthers history where our QB almost had his brains turned to pudding.

[MechaZain]

Last year would be a pretty good swansong for him anyway. Got the record and plaque in the building, still justifiable cut since he missed stuff he should have made.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 hour ago, Cuttinedge said:

Have u seen our 2point conversion attempts ?  We have got to be in the bottom of the League  in conversion success 

Closer to the middle.  Ranked 18th last year.  Fwiw, Atl and TB were both below us.  

[uncfan888]

9 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Gano never should have been given that contract in the first place. He torpedoed the 2016 season with that miss in one of the most high stakes games in Panthers history where our QB almost had his brains turned to pudding.

Anyone who searches their own name on Twitter to block people that say something mean should not be trusted to make high stakes kicks

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

Last year would be a pretty good swansong for him anyway. Got the record and plaque in the building, still justifiable cut since he missed stuff he should have made.

It's an old saying that the length of the average NFL veteran's career is "one year too long".

Very few of them go out on top. Overstaying their welcome by a year or two is the norm.

[DeeJay]

Bye gano thanks for costing us the super bowl

[jfra78]

5 minutes ago, DeeJay said:

Bye gano thanks for costing us the super bowl

A lot of blame to go around on that loss

[TN05]

2 hours ago, Toomers said:

We botched it when we cut Butker and signed Gano to a ridiculous contract comparable to his success. If Gano didn’t have all that guaranteed money stick to him, this wouldn’t even be a discussion. 

No, we didn’t. Gano has been better than Butker the last two years and has a far stronger leg. The only downside was that we paid more.

[TN05]

59 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Some people would say it already has cost us, and not just cap space.

And yeah, there's an argument to be made...

Cost us what, exactly? Gano was the most accurate kicker in 2017 and missed only two field goals in 2018, which is forgivable considering he made a 63-yard game winner.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, TN05 said:

Cost us what, exactly? Gano was the most accurate kicker in 2017 and missed only two field goals in 2018, which is forgivable considering he made a 63-yard game winner.

Cost us having a younger, cheaper, equally reliable kicker who might have anchored us for the next decade.

Gano was already a case of choosing the short-term over the long term. If it turns out that he now can't go, that decision looks even worse (to the nth degree).