CMC and Shaq restructured

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, thefuzz said:

You want me to drop you a pin?  It'll show you exactly where I've been swearing.

I swear to God this team continues to baffle me.

Said a couple days ago that it felt like we were about to do something stupid...I guess the Panthers just simply can't help themselves.

I kinda figured you wouldn't take kindly to this news.

[thefuzz]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I kinda figured you wouldn't take kindly to this news.

Didn't like signing Shaq to begin with.  Hated signing CMC a year early.

Now we make the contracts worse...at two of the least valuable positions is all of football.

Almost feels like Marty's back.

[Toomers]

1 minute ago, Santee_Panther said:

When we have $100mil+ in cap room.

And how many contracts does that include? 
 

  It’s nothing more than “kicking the can down the road” that has put the Panthers(and many teams) in a mess. Acting like they just created the money out of thin air is disingenuous. Especially with the players that were done.  CMC is debatable because if healthy he has shown he is a top 3 player at his position. But now they have thrown more money at a poor contract for Shaq. 
 

   The Panthers could have had 100M in cap space right now if they didn’t try to build a 6 win team last year. And it seems that will be the strategy again for this year. 

[top dawg]

I'm not going to be critical until I see the end results here. No one knows the chess moves or the overall strategy that's actually taking place. 

[TN05]

1 hour ago, 1989 said:

How does releasing Shaq help this team?

It doesn’t, but Hurney bad so Shaq bad

[davos]

So we converted their sal towards the cap to signing bonuses.  We're not spreading out the contracts, just reallocating the now signing bonus to be spread over the remaining years.  And Shaq isn't bad, when it was him and Carter the D wasn't that bad. 

He needs a guy helping elevate his play though.  He's an average to sometimes above average LB. 

Not really upset but surprised that it looks like we're sticking w/Shaq.  Saves us another year before worrying about LB again.  We know what we get with him & this draft will be offense heavy.

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, TN05 said:

Hurney bad so Shaq bad

Shaq good but Shaq paid like great. That why this bad.

/Cookie Monster

[Stumpy]

1 hour ago, shaq said:

Call me crazy but could this possibly have something to do with Curtis Samuel?

Hmm...?

 

[BurnNChinn]

Just now, Stumpy said:

Hmm...?

 

Lol that ain’t shaq

[Call Me James]

Aren't the caps projected to rise significantly in the future? If so, why the angst of dealing with today's cap reality? 

[jtm]

Shaq is a solid LB.  He isn't worth what we are paying him, but this isn't his fault.  I'm sure Huddlers would decline a big raise and promotion at their job if they weren't up to the task.  

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Shaq good but Shaq paid like great. That why this bad.

/Cookie Monster

It's baffling that so many blind homers can't understand this. Shaq is a decent starting LB. The issue is that he's paid to be one of the absolute best LBs in the NFL. He's nowhere close to that level. You don't solve that issue by converting non-guaranteed salary to guaranteed bonus. That's the last thing you want to do with that contract.

[Smithers]

You negative Nancy’s still have Hurney syndrome.  Gurneys restructures were always bad for the team.  Give Fitt a chance and wait for the details to come out

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, jtm said:

Shaq is a solid LB.  He isn't worth what we are paying him, but this isn't his fault.  I'm sure Huddlers would decline a big raise and promotion at their job if they weren't up to the task.  

Anyone mad at Shaq for signing his contract simply isn't very intelligent. Same for Teddy. Both guys proved to be exactly what they had shown to be in the past. Anyone disappointed about their play after they got paid wasn't paying attention to their play before they got paid. The only thing that changed was their pay check and their cap hit.