Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Panthers Free Agent Updates

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
in Carolina Panthers

 Share

Recommended Posts

mickeye76 Experienced

mickeye76

Posted
Posted
25 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

So we got a nice possession WR, The big catch radius jump ball WR, now we need a speed WR to keep the safeties honest. Chark/Hardman fit that role or maybe we draft one. Josh Downs seems good for that role as well. 

Exciting stuff. A speed guy is missing like you said.  Early in the process I like Hyatt but he does seem like a one trick pony. I very good trick but separation will not be as easy against an NFL caliber  press.  I'm down for Downs.  Mims Jr also looked like lightning at the combine. Chark is also a possibility in FA.  That gives the QB two vet WR's, an all around RB and possibly the best TE we have had in ages. Hopefully Tremble, TMJ, and Shenault improve exponentially with better coaching, vet leadership, and a young QB. 

  • Pie 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
amcoolio Veteran

amcoolio

Posted
Posted

I like all the signings (20% overpaid on most but understandable because we had to reach for them) except Hurst. I feel like we should have spent the 2nd rounder on one of these tight ends and saved the Hurst money for a decent 2nd corner. The corner market was not as expensive this go around. I really wish we didn't waste all that money on Donte.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ricky Spanish Grand Master

Ricky Spanish

Posted
Posted
8 hours ago, amcoolio said:

I like all the signings (20% overpaid on most but understandable because we had to reach for them) except Hurst. I feel like we should have spent the 2nd rounder on one of these tight ends and saved the Hurst money for a decent 2nd corner. The corner market was not as expensive this go around. I really wish we didn't waste all that money on Donte.

I agree on paying donte but disagree about TE. A rookie TE in the second round is not likely to contribute much at all. TE is hard as hell to play and rookie TEs barely ever do anything in year 1. The best rookie TE season ever was from Mike Ditka in the 60s on a shorter schedule. With the way the league is pass happy these days, you'd think some rookie TE would come in and blow it all up but that hasn't happened.

  • Pie 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mr. Scot Grand Master

Mr. Scot

Posted
  • Author
Posted
13 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Seriously it’s all very fluid. He didn’t sign the day he met with us and the day he met your friend. Who knows what happened between then and now. Regardless we should all be happy. 

Yeah, I took that as he's not signing right now rather than he's not signing at all.

Other sources were saying the same thing.

  • Pie 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
rebelrouser Mentor

rebelrouser

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Smithers said:

With cap space still available, surely we are looking at Yannick as well as Chark, right?  Yannick isn’t great against the run, but we brought in a couple guys who specialize against the run.  Gotta think we are still targeting a pass rusher.  

How much cap space do we have left? Very little when you factor in draft picks right ($6,676,146)? Or am I reading Sportrac wrong?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
thunderraiden Veteran

thunderraiden

Posted
Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, rebelrouser said:

How much cap space do we have left? Very little when you factor in draft picks right ($6,676,146)? Or am I reading Sportrac wrong?

We have $23.5M in cap space with another $4M to $5M we could create via Brian Burns extension but that's the max we could create. They like to take ~$10M into the season for in-season signings. and $6.7M as you pointed out for Rooks. That means we have [$23.5M - $10M - $6.7M = $6.8M] available right now for this FA period which is more than enough to get some depth at D-line/LB/CB and one more WR and if we need more we can make that $12M in space with a Brian Burns extensions.

Edited by thunderraiden
  • Pie 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
rebelrouser Mentor

rebelrouser

Posted
Posted
21 minutes ago, thunderraiden said:

We have $23.5M in cap space with another $4M to $5M we could create via Brian Burns extension but that's the max we could create. They like to take ~$10M into the season for in-season signings. and $6.7M as you pointed out for Rooks. That means we have [$23.5M - $10M - $6.7M = $6.8M] available right now for this FA period which is more than enough to get some depth at D-line/LB/CB and one more WR and if we need more we can make that $12M in space with a Brian Burns extensions.

Thanks. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Purrnicious Collaborator

Purrnicious

Posted
Posted

Should we be interested in Damiere Byrd at all? He was on a one year deal with the Falcons last year. He burned us pretty good in the game in ATL but didn't have a big season stats wise. Could we pick him up for cheap to have a speed guy on the outside? Obviously he's no WR 1 but we may be going WR by committee this year. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
therealmjl Grand Master

therealmjl

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, Purrnicious said:

Should we be interested in Damiere Byrd at all? He was on a one year deal with the Falcons last year. He burned us pretty good in the game in ATL but didn't have a big season stats wise. Could we pick him up for cheap to have a speed guy on the outside? Obviously he's no WR 1 but we may be going WR by committee this year. 

no

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • SCMunnerlyn1
      Carolina Still Not Respected

      By SCMunnerlyn1 · Posted

      Just as we won those close games we could have just as easily lost them. So the jury is out on if we were more lucky than good ( see the sweep by the saints) Were moving forward on paper. And how badly dont we all want to see us back to at least Above average form. Its about time. 
    • frankw
      Ranked Panthers as the Best this year!!

      By frankw · Posted

      If you're looking for a pat on the back it sounds good in theory until you realize they also had the 2023 Panthers as the top draft class.
    • Khyber53
      Carolina Still Not Respected

      By Khyber53 · Posted

      Going into the 2003 and 2015 seasons we were supposed to be the joke of the league each time. In 2003, John Fox was supposed to still be in rebuild mode. We had a guy named Peppers on the defensive line who was supposed to be pretty good. We had Rodney Peete as our starting QB and a line that was a lot of hope and not much experience. Our new running back was a guy the Redskins, errrr Commanders, had jettisoned for being too old. We had a good kicker and writers thought that was needed because there were going to be more field goals than touch downs. Heck, it looked like they were right up until just before halftime of that first game when we had to yank Rodney Peete and put in some Cajun duded whose name couldn't be pronounced. And Steve Smith? He wasn't Smitty yet. Moose Muhammad, well, he was close to being written off as a bust. You know how that turned out. And then in 2015, we had Cam Newton, who was electrifying to watch but hadn't really won anything yet. There was an offensive line in front of him that looked like it was made in a defunct Swiss cheese factory and our big hope on offense was the great Kelvin Benjamin. And then he got taken out for the year with a knee injury in training camp. Ted "Feet of Lightning, Hands of Stone" Ginn became our default go to guy beside our next best hope, yeah, Devin Funchess. Our defense was pretty good, a scrappy bunch with frikkin' awesome linebacker play and a cornerback who had done more than drank the Kool-Aid, but had snorted the powder. He played like a superhero and became sort of a bat-man during the season. By the Super Bowl he had completely lost his freaking mind, though, and managed to talk his way out of a contract with the team next year. No one was expecting us to win the NFCSouth that season, much less almost go undefeated and into the Super Bowl. So, 2026? Who knows? But our best seasons came when no one had a reason to believe in us, except us.
×
×
  • Create New...