REPORT: Panthers officially declining option on NT Dontari Poe

[kungfoodude]

We all expected this to happen with Poe, especially coming off that quad injury. 

[ForJimmy]

Save a lot of money. Plus we are drafting Brown anyway...

[Mister]

Him and wright are another example of gurneys free agent busts 

[LegioX]

9 hours ago, t96 said:

One hole closer to Trevor Lawrence...

Sounds kinky

[Car123]

3 hours ago, Mister said:

Him and wright are another example of gurneys free agent busts 

Wright? He was reliable.

[Iron Saint]

9 hours ago, pantherj said:

If the NFL season is cancelled, then how does the subsequent draft work?

Definitely an interesting question.

Based on what the NCAA is discussing about possibly extending players’ eligibility, the NFL may decide to not even have a draft in 2021. If the NCAA extends players’ eligibility, then that’d more than likely result in most of the players that are already draft eligible (and didn’t declare early this year) deciding to stay.

If it’s only a handful of players that decide to forego their newly extended eligibility, then maybe just have the supplemental draft instead.

[45catfan]

From the new news that's really old news file:

[Peon Awesome]

Does anyone know with certainty how these declined options factor into the comp pick formula? Are they treated like losing a free agent or are they on par with cutting the player and thus not eligible for compensation?

[Bama Panther]

4 hours ago, Iron Saint said:

Definitely an interesting question.

Based on what the NCAA is discussing about possibly extending players’ eligibility, the NFL may decide to not even have a draft in 2021. If the NCAA extends players’ eligibility, then that’d more than likely result in most of the players that are already draft eligible (and didn’t declare early this year) deciding to stay.

If it’s only a handful of players that decide to forego their newly extended eligibility, then maybe just have the supplemental draft instead.

Isn’t the NCAA only discussing extended eligibility as it relates to players who are affected by the winter/spring sports stoppage? College football, other than spring games, has not been affected, and unless the crap really hits the fan, I don’t see any way in which football season, which is 5.5 months away, is impacted. 

[Iron Saint]

11 minutes ago, Bama Panther said:

Isn’t the NCAA only discussing extended eligibility as it relates to players who are affected by the winter/spring sports stoppage? College football, other than spring games, has not been affected, and unless the crap really hits the fan, I don’t see any way in which football season, which is 5.5 months away, is impacted. 

Ah is it only spring/winter sports? I thought they were considering it for all sports. But that would make a lot of sense.

[TheSpecialJuan]

[45catfan]

5 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

Does anyone know with certainty how these declined options factor into the comp pick formula? Are they treated like losing a free agent or are they on par with cutting the player and thus not eligible for compensation?

Not a 100% sure, but since they are now FAs able to be signed elsewhere, it shouldn't matter.  I would think an option is not the same thing as an outright cut. I could be wrong, though.

***Edit: Actually, I just Googled it:  Declining a club option DOES disqualify the team from potentially getting a comp pick.    (The rule was really recently amended).

 

Comp Picks & Club Options

[45catfan]

No comp picks for club options we declined.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

11 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Not a 100% sure, but since they are now FAs able to be signed elsewhere, it shouldn't matter.  I would think an option is not the same thing as an outright cut. I could be wrong, though.

***Actually, I just Googled it:  Declining a club option does NOT disqualify the team from potentially getting a comp pick.    (Actually, the rule was really recently amended, so expect to see more club options in future contracts.)

 

Comp Picks & Club Options