Graham Gano has surgery. Will he be a Panther next year?

[WarPanthers89]

Yeah I know...who cares about a kicker at this time of the year, but it is raining outside, so why not discuss our kicking situation while drinking your liquor/coffee combo. Will he be back next year? That contract does not make it easy to trade/release without eating a lot of dead money (for a kicker anyway). Do we trade Slye? Also remember that time we traded a 4th round pick for a punter? Cringe worthy. 

 

[Jeremy Igo]

Nope

[kungfoodude]

Unlikely. Slye hasn't been better but it is hard to justify Gano's contract coming off that kind of surgery.

[WarPanthers89]

1 minute ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Nope

You think we eat the 3 million? Cut or trade? Also do we continue to roll with Slye next year? 

[WarPanthers89]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

Unlikely. Slye hasn't been better but it is hard to justify Gano's contract coming off that kind of surgery.

We have so many holes going into next season it’s unreal. We have so many free agents, on top of questionable starters who are under contract. Next year could be very very ugly.

[Mr. Scot]

Common belief is that decision will be made by a new staff that has no ties to him.

[WarPanthers89]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Common belief is that decision will be made by a new staff that has no ties to him.

The new staff will have an insane amount of  decisions to make. I hope Tepper pulls out the check book because they are going to earn every penny with the amount of free agent/vets that they have to decide on

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

We have so many holes going into next season it’s unreal. We have so many free agents, on top of questionable starters who are under contract. Next year could be very very ugly.

Oh I think it's going to be a bloodbath if we don't bring back Cam. That may seem like an odd statement to make but if we opt to roll with Allen, Grier or a drafted QB.....it will be full rebuild mode. 

It may be the toughest offseason Panthers fans have seen in a long time.

[TheRed]

Too many areas of need to keep paying top money to an aging kicker coming off knee surgery. Not even Cam can defeat father time. Next man up. If it isn't Slye it will be someone else.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Oh I think it's going to be a bloodbath if we don't bring back Cam. That may seem like an odd statement to make but if we opt to roll with Allen, Grier or a drafted QB.....it will be full rebuild mode. 

It may be the toughest offseason Panthers fans have seen in a long time.

Tepper sounds like he might be prepared to embrace that.

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

We have so many holes going into next season it’s unreal. We have so many free agents, on top of questionable starters who are under contract. Next year could be very very ugly.

Big reason why I don't think it's enough to just move on from Ron Rivera.

If we're going to start a major rebuild, I definitely don't want to see Marty Hurney running it.

[kungfoodude]

15 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Tepper sounds like he might be prepared to embrace that.

If so, it is probably going to be a tough next few years. 

[WarPanthers89]

24 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Too many areas of need to keep paying top money to an aging kicker coming off knee surgery. Not even Cam can defeat father time. Next man up. If it isn't Slye it will be someone else.

What about the 3 million in dead cap for a kicker? 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

If so, it is probably going to be a tough next few years. 

That's a very real possibility.

If it results in us building a perennial contender though, I'll take that.