REPORT: Panthers officially declining option on NT Dontari Poe

[TheSpecialJuan]

Joe Person
@josephperson

Panthers had until Sunday to exercise the club option on Dontari Poe. As they did w/ WR Jarius Wright, they declined.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Joe Person
@josephperson

We reported this after the combine, but officially official: Panthers will not pick up NT Dontari Poe's 2020 option, making him a free agent, per source.

Panthers will save $9.8M vs. salary cap, with $3.3M in dead money, per 
@spotrac
 

[Seltzer]

Honestly had a good season before getting hurt, but given his age and injury history, it's the right move

It does leave yet another hole

[TheSpecialJuan]

[JARROD]

“I will clean house”

The Governator

[t96]

13 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

Honestly had a good season before getting hurt, but given his age and injury history, it's the right move

It does leave yet another hole

One hole closer to Trevor Lawrence...

[Real1zOnly]

11 minutes ago, t96 said:

One hole closer to Trevor Lawrence...

Not with Cam Newton on the roster. I know we joke about how bad our overall team is, but this is Cam Newton at QB not Kyle Allen. No way we have the worst record with Cam at QB. Cam is competitive he will not be playing to lose.

[AceBoogie]

11 minutes ago, Real1zOnly said:

Not with Cam Newton on the roster. I know we joke about how bad our overall team is, but this is Cam Newton at QB not Kyle Allen. No way we have the worst record with Cam at QB. Cam is competitive he will not be playing to lose.

Pretty much. Really the offense should get better next year. Yes our defense might be trash but if we finally transition to an offensive team then it might not matter as much. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

One hole closer to Trevor Lawrence...

#Tankathon 

[pantherj]

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

[t96]

1 hour ago, Real1zOnly said:

Not with Cam Newton on the roster. I know we joke about how bad our overall team is, but this is Cam Newton at QB not Kyle Allen. No way we have the worst record with Cam at QB. Cam is competitive he will not be playing to lose.

When Cam is traded that will seal the deal...

[Real1zOnly]

1 minute ago, t96 said:

When Cam is traded that will seal the deal...

It's been reported teams are not even calling for Cam because of his health concern. If Cam is gone it will be because he is cut not traded.

[Shocker]

[stbugs]

1 hour ago, AceBoogie said:

Pretty much. Really the offense should get better next year. Yes our defense might be trash but if we finally transition to an offensive team then it might not matter as much. 

Lol. You guys are so far off. We’d have been around .500 last year even with the the 2015 offense. Our defense is far worse than people want to admit and we will lose a ton. Our 2015 offense with a defense that was #1 in takeaways score 500 points. We gave up 470 points last year and we lost Kuechly and likely lose Bradberry, Poe, McCoy, Butler, Boston, Addison and Irvin. That’s half our secondary and more than half our sacks. Our pass rush and pass defense weren’t even our weak points. We likely are going to be the worst defense if we are trying to go for comp picks and to save cap space for the future years of the rebuild.