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Jeremy Igo

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Field Yates posted every team's pre-draft cap space. We're 26th.

I'm gonna guess that's probably just enough to sign the rookies. Not much else unless we make more moves, and remember we have a sh-tload of dead cap.

(please, no restructuring)

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2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

If the pick is a quarterback...

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Looks like this roster. Ba dum bum

 

Time to start ALL over. That was the most important thing to ownership obviously. Making the Panthers in his own image with his own coach and wait for it.....QB.  Let's mushroom cloud this thing. Yay!

Rebuild. Activate Joe Brady. The tank is upon us and a glorious thrower is on the way.... I hope.

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There are seven teams that have multiple picks in the 3rd round below us.  They are: Raiders, Patriots, Browns, Vikings, Ravens, Broncos and Rams.    The 3rd round is deep at positions of need for us this year.  I would love for us to move down and get two picks to finish the round.

I did this in one of my mocks, but if Hurts is still available at #69, certainly someone will be eager to jump up and get him.  He's the last of the QBs that realistically could start his rookie year with any success.

Most realistic being the Patriots, Rams, Vikings and Ravens. The trade chart matches up nicely for those teams, fairly straight forward, without getting into a bunch of offsetting criteria to balance the equation.

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2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Field Yates posted every team's pre-draft cap space. We're 26th.

I'm gonna guess that's probably just enough to sign the rookies. Not much else unless we make more moves, and remember we have a sh-tload of dead cap.

(please, no restructuring)

Absolutely brutal. We probably have the most gutted defensive roster in the entire league and Teddy Bridgewater at QB and yet we still have one of the worst cap situations in the league.

It's worth noting that if we didn't have Teddy, we'd be #10 in available cap space. Oh wee mayne.

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16 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Absolutely brutal. We probably have the most gutted defensive roster in the entire league and Teddy Bridgewater at QB and yet we still have one of the worst cap situations in the league.

It's worth noting that if we didn't have Teddy, we'd be #10 in available cap space. Oh wee mayne.

One year only, our dead is about at $50 million now and like to eclipse it.  If it stays as is for 2021, it's $0 in dead cap.

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1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Absolutely brutal. We probably have the most gutted defensive roster in the entire league and Teddy Bridgewater at QB and yet we still have one of the worst cap situations in the league.

It's worth noting that if we didn't have Teddy, we'd be #10 in available cap space. Oh wee mayne.

I was gonna mention the ridiculous amount of dead cap space that we're carrying but 45 beat me to it.

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1 hour ago, 45catfan said:

One year only, our dead is about at $50 million now and like to eclipse it.  If it stays as is for 2021, it's $0 in dead cap.

 

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I was gonna mention the ridiculous amount of dead cap space that we're carrying but 45 beat me to it.

It's why our approach to this offseason makes even less sense. While carrying a bunch of dead cap and likely not in a position to be competitive, we signed some guys to pretty big, relatively short-term contracts who almost certainly won't be around to help us by the time we're hopefully in a position to compete. 

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1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

 

It's why our approach to this offseason makes even less sense. While carrying a bunch of dead cap and likely not in a position to be competitive, we signed some guys to pretty big, relatively short-term contracts who almost certainly won't be around to help us by the time we're hopefully in a position to compete. 

Bridge players and a lot of them.  If a few of them outperform their current deal, we will re-sign them to a more lucrative contract.  This is about knocking the next two drafts out of the park. 

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