Predictions - When will the Panthers have a head coach?

[Davidson Deac II]

25 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

our cap is disgustingly top heavy. Even though 34 million is a decent amount of space, our top 5 players take up a poo ton of the total cap : 

1. Cam : $ 21, 100, 000  (IF hes actually health for 2020 this is a bargain/fine)

2. KK Short : $ 20, 339, 000 (This REALLY needs to be fixed ASAP)

3. Luke : $15, 510, 059  (Best player on our defense, fine) 

3. Donatari Poe : $ 13, 145, 834 (No way should he be making anywhere near this much)

5. Trai Turner : $ 12, 898, 000  (Iffy about this, its not terrible but the whole oline has been underperforming lately) 

So the main problem is we have over 82 Million Dollars strapped into only 5 players on our roster. Thats not good IMO. Especially when none of them besides maybe Luke has earned it lately. 

 

 

I think that is pretty much par for the course for most teams in the NFL.  In fact, we are in better shape than some.  If you look at the Falcons, they have 84 million tied up in four players, and they only play well against us.  The only good team I can think of that is not top heavy is Baltimore and that is likely to change dramatically in a couple of years.  And maybe New England, as Brady's cap hit is pretty low next year.  

[Jared Patterson]

16 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

our cap is disgustingly top heavy. Even though 34 million is a decent amount of space, our top 5 players take up a poo ton of the total cap : 

1. Cam : $ 21, 100, 000  (IF hes actually health for 2020 this is a bargain/fine)

2. KK Short : $ 20, 339, 000 (This REALLY needs to be fixed ASAP)

3. Luke : $15, 510, 059  (Best player on our defense, fine) 

3. Donatari Poe : $ 13, 145, 834 (No way should he be making anywhere near this much)

5. Trai Turner : $ 12, 898, 000  (Iffy about this, its not terrible but the whole oline has been underperforming lately) 

So the main problem is we have over 82 Million Dollars strapped into only 5 players on our roster. Thats not good IMO. Especially when none of them besides maybe Luke has earned it lately. 

 

 

How can we fix the KK contract??? Would he take a 5 million dollar pay cut?

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Hoenheim said:

our cap is disgustingly top heavy. Even though 34 million is a decent amount of space, our top 5 players take up a poo ton of the total cap : 

1. Cam : $ 21, 100, 000  (IF hes actually health for 2020 this is a bargain/fine)

2. KK Short : $ 20, 339, 000 (This REALLY needs to be fixed ASAP)

3. Luke : $15, 510, 059  (Best player on our defense, fine) 

3. Donatari Poe : $ 13, 145, 834 (No way should he be making anywhere near this much)

5. Trai Turner : $ 12, 898, 000  (Iffy about this, its not terrible but the whole oline has been underperforming lately) 

So the main problem is we have over 82 Million Dollars strapped into only 5 players on our roster. Thats not good IMO. Especially when none of them besides maybe Luke has earned it lately. 

 

 

There is nothing that can be done about Short, we kicked the can on him so he will be here until probably 2021 at the earliest. Poe we can jettison with minimal impact to the cap. The best cap window to get rid of Turner is probably 2021 as well. 

Cam and Poe are really the only two guys that it makes much sense to jettison in the offseason for cap reasons. 

[ColumbusCounty]

21 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

There is nothing that can be done about Short, we kicked the can on him so he will be here until probably 2021 at the earliest. Poe we can jettison with minimal impact to the cap. The best cap window to get rid of Turner is probably 2021 as well. 

Cam and Poe are really the only two guys that it makes much sense to jettison in the offseason for cap reasons. 

Hell no to Cam unless your looking for a TOTAL rebuild. BUT iirc, wouldn't cutting Poe give us like an extra 10 mil to work with. That said, we signed Mccoy at 10.25 mil.  

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, ColumbusCounty said:

Hell no to Cam unless your looking for a TOTAL rebuild. BUT iirc, wouldn't cutting Poe give us like an extra 10 mil to work with. That said, we signed Mccoy at 10.25 mil.  

I'm not making an argument about Cam on the merits of what he can do for the team, just stating he is one of the most obvious ways to clear up cap space on paper.

[Anybodyhome]

On 12/17/2019 at 6:21 PM, hepcat said:

No telling, but I got a feeling the new head coach will be hired around the Super Bowl weekend.

The league strongly discourages any hiring or firing news during SB weekend.  

[Anybodyhome]

On 12/18/2019 at 8:54 AM, raz said:

really want no part of patriots.  they've been drafting awful, their talent evaluation has gone downhill, and they're still cheating.  at least if we poach an exec on the football side they may know if mcdaniels has grown up at all.

The team has been caught cheating almost as many times as they've won a ring.

McDaniels left the Colts at the altar in a very unprofessional move and, I gotta be honest, he's running an offense designed for an immobile QB with declining arm strength- neither of which are the case in Charlotte unless Cam returns as the starter next year.