Panthers extend K Zane Gonzalez

[Jay Roosevelt]

12 years, $355 million.

[ForJimmy]

Just now, Reebis21 said:

 

Nice deal for a solid kicker 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Yea not bad.  Puts him around 17 or 18th in the league in cap hit for kickers.

[frankw]

Finally a quality signing

[Jon Snow]

8 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Me neither--Bold statement of the day:  Luvu will make us not miss Reddick much.  He is more versatile, imo and much cheaper.

Riddick has been MIA since mid season last year. He's another one trick pony that is a LB pretending to be a DE.  But he's fast so there's that.

[MHS831]

28 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Carter sucked. He was often out of position. 

Luvu was a decent move but I feel like he was the beneficiary of circumstance more than an actual difference maker. Like he didn't get a ton of playing time on defense but he made the most of what he did get. So hopefully if he gets more time he can continue that success, but it could be a gamble.

Great special teams player though. 

It is a gamble, but not as much as signing a high-priced free agent coming off a great year.  I see your point and you are not wrong.

[TheSpecialJuan]

30 minutes ago, Reebis21 said:

 

Good move here 

[Khyber53]

Good! Now if he can settle in and pick up where he left off, we're going to be fine there for a while.

Reasonable price, too. 

[bLACKpANTHER]

[Luciu5]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

Yep. 

Yep.

Amazing we didn’t overpay. Good deal here so how did we not manage to get Thomas to a good value deal? I think Gonzalez had a much bigger impact for us than Thomas did last year. If Tremble played all of Thomas’ snaps, we would not have lost a step. If Gonzalez got hurt, we likely would have suffered.

Yeah, didnt' this guy account for something close to 100% of the offense last year?

Edited March 9, 2022 by Luciu5

[T-Wazzle]

[BrianS]

If he continues the form he found for us, that's a great signing.  If he slips back to his career averages, he won't cost much to get rid of.  Win/win for a change.

[Basbear]

Team needed this, good solid value signing. 

If he goes back the zona mode, cutting him would be harmless. If he continues on the right path, all for re-signing him. 

[rmoneyg35]

8 hours ago, hepcat said:

Carter sucked. He was often out of position. 

Luvu was a decent move but I feel like he was the beneficiary of circumstance more than an actual difference maker. Like he didn't get a ton of playing time on defense but he made the most of what he did get. So hopefully if he gets more time he can continue that success, but it could be a gamble.

Great special teams player though. 

Carter had potential, he played well as a back up but this year he sucked. Good back up, that’s it. I know Luvu had great PFF scores and did well but only in limited time. Would he be as good if he was full time or is he only a good situational player?