Enjoy this Defense While It Lasts

[Untouchable]

Because we might only get to for one season.

Gerald McCoy, Vernon Butler, Kyle Love, Mario Addison, Shaq Thompson, Bruce Irvin, Ross Cockrell, Tre Boston, James Bradberry all unrestricted free agents next season.  That's a lot of key contributors in one offseason.

[Mistuh Jones]

In that list, you only pay for Bradberry and Shaq. A team friendly deal for Butler tho, if he continues to perform. I'd say draft for corners but a team friendly deal for Cockrell would be nice too. 

[TheRed]

Really wish we could've gotten another year on the McCoy deal.

[joemac]

2 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Really wish we could've gotten another year on the McCoy deal.

Who says that hes not going to resign here for the last few years of his career?  Also, we could be moving on from KK after this year, so that would open up more money to resign McCoy.

[WarPanthers89]

1 minute ago, joemac said:

Who says that hes not going to resign here for the last few years of his career?  Also, we could be moving on from KK after this year, so that would open up more money to resign McCoy.

Absolutely no way KK gets cut. We have had so many threads explaining why. You cannot replace KK for the 3 million cap savings you would get. 

[WarPanthers89]

Bradberry and Shaq need to be extended ASAP. I would definitely want Cockrell as well being that he can be depth for so many positions.

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, joemac said:

Who says that hes not going to resign here for the last few years of his career?  Also, we could be moving on from KK after this year, so that would open up more money to resign McCoy.

Hurney messed that up by pushing money down the road.

Discussing this in another thread.  To cut KK would cost us 8.5 per season over the next two in dead money, and only free up 3M for next season.  If we can sign Butler to a deal worth 3M....then yea, maybe we cut KK, but he is likely to make a lot more than that.

We are quickly finding ourselves old at the DT position if we keep KK (likely), try to get another year out of McCoy, and keep Love.

[Khyber53]

There's going to be a lot of open money at the end of this season to work with, alongside Salary Cap growth and creative accounting. 75 percent or better of that group will be retained.

[raz]

anyone else think bradberry has a career in the movies after football?  that guy has a hollywood face if i've ever seen one.

[PanthersBigD]

McCoy will not resign for peanuts, but I do believe at this stage in his career, he wants to be where he's appreciated and part of a family of players. The Panthers have that, and they win, at least so far. If we go deep in the playoffs this year, I think he stays around. 

[CBDellinger]

5 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

There's going to be a lot of open money at the end of this season to work with, alongside Salary Cap growth and creative accounting. 75 percent or better of that group will be retained.

Agreed.  No reason to fret over at this point.

On to SF!

[sml1950]

Easy...cut Poe...trade Cam.  It may be hard to believe but that discussion will have to be had.  Teams resetting with cheaper QB is better option than tearing everything down and rebuilding from scratch with a QB going on his third contract. Nothing lasts forever, especially if a reasonable replacement is in place.  This will play itself out by the end of the season.

[PandaMan]

After watching our beautiful 2013 defense crumble in 2014, I’ve learned that nothing in this world lasts forever.  The Panthers are full of life lessons 

[Car123]

6 minutes ago, sml1950 said:

Easy...cut Poe...trade Cam.  It may be hard to believe but that discussion will have to be had.  Teams resetting with cheaper QB is better option than tearing everything down and rebuilding from scratch with a QB going on his third contract. Nothing lasts forever, especially if a reasonable replacement is in place.  This will play itself out by the end of the season.

If we cut Poe, NT will be a huge need.