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What a Shaq extension/restructure could look like


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25 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

He is going to be restructured for this year. They might extend him and add voidable years but he said he wanted to retire after this season as a Panther and would be amenable to working things out. 

I missed him saying he wanted to retire after this year. When was this?

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5 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Thanks for the link. 
 

I can see that as two separate statements. He has “one more year” on his contract so he’ll be here next year. Then he also wishes to retire as a Panther one day. 
 

Who knows. If he truly only wants to play one more year, that means he’ll almost certainly be cut. 

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1 minute ago, ECHornet said:

Thanks for the link. 
 

I can see that as two separate statements. He has “one more year” on his contract so he’ll be here next year. Then he also wishes to retire as a Panther one day. 
 

Who knows. If he truly only wants to play one more year, that means he’ll almost certainly be cut. 

I suspect they will give him an extension to spread out his cap hit with little guaranteed money with voidable years so he can play as long as he stays productive or retire without much dead cap to account for when he leaves or is cut.

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4 hours ago, ECHornet said:

Contract info pulled from Spotrac. Very possible I got some of the math wrong so tear my potential extension apart. 

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Key points:

-Shaq gets a two year AAV of $11,580,000 with extension/restructure. Seems fair for him.

-Panthers get $8,996,250 in cap savings next year while also keeping an important piece for our defense

 

Do you think Shaq is worth a contract like this or should we just cut bait now?

Nice work. I think you are in the ballpark for what Shaq would accept based on his comments about not taking a paycut.

That said, I'm not sure if his production is worth 1 yr $13M or 2 yr $23M (new money) especially given all the recent LB cuts. Also, that AAV would put him in the top 10 at LB (non-edge). 

I personally feel like LB should be treated similar to RB in terms of how you fill the position; ILB gets a slight bump due to the leadership duties generally given to that position.

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That man held the defense together throughout the Rhule/Snow disaster. That first season he spent most of his time trying to get people lined up in the right positions.

On any other team, he'd be a fan favorite and semi-regular pro bowler.

There's a lot more to football than sacks and INTs. 

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21 hours ago, ChrisSimmsspleen said:

I've never thought he lived up to a first round draft pick.  He is getting older so I would move on.  Great player and teammate though.

To be fair, he's following a HoF linebacker - of course he's going to be a bit of a disappointment. Having said that, he's maybe slightly above average, but didn't warrant the contract he was given.

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