Panthers coach Matt Rhule doesn't expect Christian McCaffrey to play vs. Packers

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

Agreed. It isn't a good start when the biggest reason why you don't make those kind of offers happened immediately.

There's a common saying among personnel people that you never let a guy you wanna keep get to the final year of his contract. We went off a little earlier than that (insert joke here).

Me being a big Marty detractor, I could certainly hammer him for that, but I'm gonna wait to see how this plays out instead. Nothing's guaranteed at this point.

Bad start though? Yeah. That's valid.

[stbugs]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Good. CMC needs to be done for the season. Playing him at this point is all risk and no reward.

100% agree. We are “technically” not out but unless an honest to goodness football miracle happens, we are already done. Risking any type of reinjury to CMC when there is no personal or team reason to play is just plain dumb. Coming off that many missed games is a recipe for reinjury.

[SizzleBuzz]

Marty didn't make the call to give CMC that contract --- he didn't/doesn't have that kind of power/responsibility.

That decision was made collaboratively by Tepper - Hurney - Rhule with lots of info and input from across the football operations.

 

[DaveThePanther2008]

3 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Theres this thing in the NFL called the "Franchise Tag".  It tips the scales in the franchises favor.

 

It was incredibly stupid to give him an extension after 3 seasons.  There is no debate about that

That's debatable. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

You realize the closer you get to the end of the contract the more leverage the player has.  Plus the market will rise as well. 

I've never been a cap guy but aren't they able to spread the contract out for 6 year. (2 years on existing contract and 4 year extension)

You let guys like Fournette walk instead of giving him a top tier RB salary.  CMC is two players in one.  He makes an offense extremely difficult to stop. 

The injuries this year make everyone second guess but as long as he comes back next year and performs to expectations all will be forgotten. The ankle and the quad injury don't worry me too much but I am slightly concerned that the shoulder could be re-occuring. 

I believe it was the right decision.  You can't expect to be a top tier team if you expect to pay all your players medium range salaries.  You have to pay elite salaries to elite players.  CMC is elite and will come back in 2021 and prove it. 

[mrcompletely11]

7 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

That's debatable. 

Its not debatable.  The dude hasn't played this year. 

[mrcompletely11]

7 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

You realize the closer you get to the end of the contract the more leverage the player has.  Plus the market will rise as well. 

I've never been a cap guy but aren't they able to spread the contract out for 6 year. (2 years on existing contract and 4 year extension)

You let guys like Fournette walk instead of giving him a top tier RB salary.  CMC is two players in one.  He makes an offense extremely difficult to stop. 

The injuries this year make everyone second guess but as long as he comes back next year and performs to expectations all will be forgotten. The ankle and the quad injury don't worry me too much but I am slightly concerned that the shoulder could be re-occuring. 

I believe it was the right decision.  You can't expect to be a top tier team if you expect to pay all your players medium range salaries.  You have to pay elite salaries to elite players.  CMC is elite and will come back in 2021 and prove it. 

What was his leverage after last season?   This should be good.