Why all the restructuring?

[Michael G]

So far we have restructured Moton and Thompson to free up money for this year, but we will have to pay those guys "huge stacks" over the next couple of years. My question is Why?

- Are we freeing up space to cover the costs of an elite or at least expensive QB? (Cousins? Wilson? Rodgers? Watson?)

- Does it mean we are going to go after a FA tackle like Armstead? and then draft a signal caller?

I'd think it'd be my second proposal because otherwise our Cap will be difficult to manage for the next coaches if/when this coming year results in another losing season.

What does everything think about the restructures and possible goals they would indicate. Debate Away!

 

[Jon Snow]

Brother your guess is as good as anyone's.  Nothing the team does makes any sense.

[BurnNChinn]

Y’all have to understand we didn’t have much cap to begin with. We have to pay Darnolds whole salary this year. Don’t see this at all that we’re making a big move. We don’t have the unlimited cap space, like the saints have.

[mrcompletely11]

Julian council of locked on panthers says he has a source and we are going hard at armstead

[ChibCU]

[BlueBuck24]

We’re about to do all of this to go 5-12/6-11 for the 4th straight year and miss out on a top QB, AGAIN.

[Jon Snow]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

Julian council of locked on panthers says he has a source and we are going hard at armstead

So in a loaded tackle draft that we are sitting at pick 6 we throw a ton of cap at an aging FA tackle.  Makes sense.

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

So in a loaded tackle draft that we are sitting at pick 6 we throw a ton of cap at an aging FA tackle.  Makes sense.

Aging hurt FA.  

[Jon Snow]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

Aging hurt FA.  

That makes even more sense. It is the way.

[Jackie Lee]

6 minutes ago, BurnNChinn said:

Y’all have to understand we didn’t have much cap to begin with. We have to pay Darnolds whole salary this year. Don’t see this at all that we’re making a big move. We don’t have the unlimited cap space, like the saints have.

Yup, we have like 50 players on the roster and had about $10M which would mostly be need for draft/security for injuries etc. They literally didn't have enough money to fill out the Training camp roster. Sure they may try to make some dumb blockbuster signing but this is mostly gonna be replacing the 19 FA's that left

[PNW_PantherMan]

Nobody knows, but I have a feeling in my gut that the cap room is for Jimmy G or Kirk Cousins.

[45catfan]

10 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Brother your guess is as good as anyone's.  Nothing the team does makes any sense.

Rhule is loading up for his hail mary attempt and spend big time in FA.  Granted, it probably won't work, but he's going down swinging and taking the organization down with him.

[KSpan]

9 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

That makes even more sense. It is the way.

Based on the Erving and Elflein signings yes, it does indeed appear to be the way.

[Jon Snow]

Just now, 45catfan said:

Rhule is loading up for his hail mary attempt and spend big time in FA.  Granted, it probably won't work, but he's going down swinging and taking the organization down with him.

Ask yourself this, is there any available FA's or players in this draft that can put this team over the top?  Hell, is there any available QB's either by trade or in this draft that could even get them out the nfcs basement?  No, Watson will not do it either.  Yes it's that bad.

Nothing done this offseason will produce anymore wins than they've managed so far. If the nfcs sucks enough they might manage to pick up an extra win but that's debatable as it stands now.