Panthers still have $23.5M in cap space

[neverlosethefeeling]

According to Over The Cap, this figure includes the Thielen signing and Shaq’s restructure which looks to have saved over $10M 

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/carolina-panthers

[Billy Goat]

Seems like they added two void years to Shaq's contract?

[*FreeFua*]

Shaq’s new deal…

 

[45catfan]

The elephant in the room is Burns.  If he gets a new deal, a large portion of that $16M gets freed up.

[t96]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

Shaq’s new deal…

 

Looks like he took a decent sized pay cut

[45catfan]

2 minutes ago, t96 said:

Looks like he took a decent sized pay cut

For job security.  His cap numbers the next two years are such that we won't cut him.

[*FreeFua*]

They have us at 90 million in space for 2024

That doesn’t include:

Burns extension 

Brown 5th year option 

Jeremy Chinn will be a FA

Frankie Luvu will be a FA 

I’m sure they restructure Moton again next season 

[Khyber53]

2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

For job security.  His cap numbers the next two years are such that we won't cut him.

And we shouldn't cut him. He's going to be instrumental to this defense, particularly in the transition to a 3-4 set up. He's a smart player and has a better grasp of how plays develop and where everyone needs to be than just about anyone in the league right now --- we'd recognize that more if we hadn't been spoiled over the years by Luke Kuechly. 

Shaq's going to shine this coming year. 

[*FreeFua*]

10 minutes ago, Billy Goat said:

Seems like they added two void years to Shaq's contract?

3 years…

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

They have us at 90 million in space for 2024

That doesn’t include:

Burns extension 

Brown 5th year option 

Jeremy Chinn will be a FA

Frankie Luvu will be a FA 

I’m sure they restructure Moton again next season 

I thought a Burns extension would be one of the first orders of business this offseason considering how much cap space it frees up.  That and Shaq's reworked deal. 

[*FreeFua*]

Just now, 45catfan said:

I thought a Burns extension would be one of the first orders of business this offseason considering how much cap space it frees up.  That and Shaq's reworked deal. 

Same but now that we are switching to a 3-4 maybe Burns wants to play this year out first 

Potential for him to get those sack numbers up/bigger payday 

[Khyber53]

9 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Same but now that we are switching to a 3-4 maybe Burns wants to play this year out first 

Potential for him to get those sack numbers up/bigger payday 

It may also be a good investment for us to  let him play out the tag. There is a chance that he might underperform in the 3-4 and it would be better to not be tied to a multi-year deal for heavy bucks when the player can't live up to it. 

I don't think Burns will underperform, I think he will thrive, but we've seen it happen before when the big contract gets put into place. 

[Jackie Lee]

26 minutes ago, t96 said:

Looks like he took a decent sized pay cut

Seems like he's getting the same amount he was playing for this year, but playing/getting paid over the next few years to earn that same amount

[Smithers]

34 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

They have us at 90 million in space for 2024

That doesn’t include:

Burns extension 

Brown 5th year option 

Jeremy Chinn will be a FA

Frankie Luvu will be a FA 

I’m sure they restructure Moton again next season 

We easily add 10M to that by cutting Jackson