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Possible cap casualties to target

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Joe Person's latest Athletic article, Can Panthers find treasures among other teams’ salary cap-casualty trash?, touches on a few of the situations that some of us Huddlers have been looking at.

Some of the specific targets Person has listed:

  • TE: Zach Ertz, Cameron Brate, David Njoku, Jimmy Graham
  • WR: Jamison Crowder
  • OL: Charles Leno Jr, Kevin Zeitler, James Carpenter
  • DT: Jarran Reed, Akiem Hicks, Quinton Jefferson
  • CB: Malcolm Butler
  • LB: Jaylon Smith, Bendardrick McKinney

A few of us have buzzed about Njoku. He's a great athlete.

Not from Person's article, but a few other possible cap casualties:

  • OL: Andrew Norwell, Brandon Linder, Anthony Castonzo, Kevin Zeitler, Trai Turner, George Fant, Terron Armstead
  • TE: Evan Engram, Kyle Rudolph, Eric Ebron, Jesse James, CJ Uzomoah, Tyler Eifert, OJ Howard
  • LB: Dont'a Hightower, Jordan Hicks
  • CB: Kyle Fuller, Janoris Jenkins, Steven Nelson, Xavien Howard, Desmond Trufant, Justin Coleman, Bradley Roby, Robert Alford, Jonathan Jones, Buster Skrine
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Id love to be able to grab Patrick Peterson.

Highly unlikely, but with his age, recent suspension for I believe PEDs, strong projected draft CB crop, and solid FA group.  He may not cost as much as people think around here.  But with our limited cap, it still may be to much for us.

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14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Some of those names make no sense IMO. Ertz looks shot and I'd rather just pay and keep Samuel than go after Crowder.

Jaylon Smith is a crazy interesting name that I never considered, but it is a possibility based on his contract's structure. I don't see the Cowboys cutting him this season though as they stand to gain a lot more money if they just wait another year to see if he ascends.

Crowder, Ertz, and Graham I am super straight on tho. Would rather look for rising stars than fading lights.

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2 hours ago, Icege said:

Joe Person's latest Athletic article, Can Panthers find treasures among other teams’ salary cap-casualty trash?, touches on a few of the situations that some of us Huddlers have been looking at.

Some of the specific targets Person has listed:

  • TE: Zach Ertz, Cameron Brate, David Njoku, Jimmy Graham
  • WR: Jamison Crowder
  • OL: Charles Leno Jr, Kevin Zeitler, James Carpenter
  • DT: Jarran Reed, Akiem Hicks, Quinton Jefferson
  • CB: Malcolm Butler
  • LB: Jaylon Smith, Bendardrick McKinney

A few of us have buzzed about Njoku. He's a great athlete.

Not from Person's article, but a few other possible cap casualties:

  • OL: Andrew Norwell, Brandon Linder, Anthony Castonzo, Kevin Zeitler, Trai Turner, George Fant, Terron Armstead
  • TE: Evan Engram, Kyle Rudolph, Eric Ebron, Jesse James, CJ Uzomoah, Tyler Eifert, OJ Howard
  • LB: Dont'a Hightower, Jordan Hicks
  • CB: Kyle Fuller, Janoris Jenkins, Steven Nelson, Xavien Howard, Desmond Trufant, Justin Coleman, Bradley Roby, Robert Alford, Jonathan Jones, Buster Skrine

Nice thread, Ice.  Thanks for getting this rolling---this year, there will be more cap casualties than any other prior year.  Gonna be fun.

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Chief Njoku would be a nice addition--not yet 25 and he was a bit underutilized in Cleveland.  There is some interesting, bottom-of-the roster movement at TE on this roster so far, so I am not sure a big free agent is the plan--

We resigned Colin Thompson, signed that player from Seattle, and signed that backup QB from New Orleans (Stevens) who can play TE.  Not sure what we are doing there.

 

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2 hours ago, ncfan said:

Id love to be able to grab Patrick Peterson.

Highly unlikely, but with his age, recent suspension for I believe PEDs, strong projected draft CB crop, and solid FA group.  He may not cost as much as people think around here.  But with our limited cap, it still may be to much for us.

Not saying he can't play CB any longer, but he is obviously not as good as he once was. I wonder if he would consider playing FS. I think he could make the move successfully like Rod Woodson did years back

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51 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Chief Njoku would be a nice addition--not yet 25 and he was a bit underutilized in Cleveland.  There is some interesting, bottom-of-the roster movement at TE on this roster so far, so I am not sure a big free agent is the plan--

We resigned Colin Thompson, signed that player from Seattle, and signed that backup QB from New Orleans (Stevens) who can play TE.  Not sure what we are doing there.

 

I remember being interested in Njoku in the draft a few years back, but haven't followed him. His stats aren't exactly earth shattering, and, IIRC, he was never much of a blocker. A change of scenery may help him out, but it's unlikely that he's the answer at TE. He is young, and should be cheap, so why the heck not? He's likely better than anyone we currently have.

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