"Near certainty" Burns will be tagged

[top dawg]

We're going to tag Brian Burns and try to keep him. 

https://www.thecoldwire.com/panthers-have-reportedly-made-a-decision-about-brian-burns-future/

We're not going to let Burns walk. He will be one of the highest paid at the position. This was probably  a fait accompli once the new cap was amnounced.

Now, whether a long term agreement can be reached is an entirely different story; so, we're really back to square one. I expect Burns to sign his tender and begin campaigning to be paid like a top three guy once again, notwithstanding a relatively down season. It would be nice if he were reasonable and we could wrap this all up, but who the hell knows where it's going? *Sigh*

Edited March 3 by top dawg

[LinvilleGorge]

Tagging him is definitely the right move with the big cap bump. But I'd definitely be prioritizing tag and trade as option #1. There's no way I'm giving Burns the contract he wants after last season when he disappeared for games at a time and openly admitted to basically mailing it in trying to not get hurt. If he threatens to hold out and you believe him then trade him for the best offer available and just move on.

[frankw]

It was the only logical move to make at this juncture.

Now we have options.

[KSpan]

It is kind of amazing how badly the team (general usage here) bungled this situation.

[LinvilleGorge]

11 minutes ago, KSpan said:

It is kind of amazing how badly the team (general usage here) bungled this situation.

Par for the course. I mean, we've handled nearly every situation in the dumbest manner possible ever since Tepper bought this franchise.

[kungfoodude]

24 minutes ago, top dawg said:

We're going to tag Brian Burns and try to keep him. 

https://www.thecoldwire.com/panthers-have-reportedly-made-a-decision-about-brian-burns-future/

We're not going to let Burns walk. He will be one of the highest paid at the position. This was probably  a fait accompli once the new cap was amnounced.

Now, whether a long term agreement can be reached is an entirely different story; so, we're really back to square one. I expect Burns to sign his tender and begin campaigning to be paid like a top three guy once again, notwithstanding a relatively down season. It would be nice if he were reasonable and we could wrap this all up, but who the hell knows where it's going? *Sigh*

I expect two tags and then he leaves in free agency when wd can no longer tag him. That is basically what I see transpiring.

[kungfoodude]

20 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Tagging him is definitely the right move with the big cap bump. But I'd definitely be prioritizing tag and trade as option #1. There's no way I'm giving Burns the contract he wants after last season when he disappeared for games at a time and openly admitted to basically mailing it in trying to not get hurt. If he threatens to hold out and you believe him then trade him for the best offer available and just move on.

INB4 Gettleman-esque Tag and Cut.

[top dawg]

15 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Par for the course. I mean, we've handled nearly every situation in the dumbest manner possible ever since Tepper bought this franchise.

Can't argue there.

[LinvilleGorge]

17 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

INB4 Gettleman-esque Tag and Cut.

That was a mind blowing cluster fug of an own goal right there. Yikes.

[WhoKnows]

32 minutes ago, KSpan said:

It is kind of amazing how badly the team (general usage here) bungled this situation.

It really isn’t when you look back at Fitterer’s 3 year stint. We will likely have given up more draft value for Sam Darnold, a guy who was likely released after the draft (to avoid paying 5th year), than we will get back for Burns.

When you look back at all the shitty trades/non-trades, draft picks and FA moves, it’s not surprising at all that we fittered up with Burns.

[WhoKnows]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

That was a mind blowing cluster fug of an own goal right there. Yikes.

Well, honestly, he was right about Norman’s worth. He never can close to 2015’s career year and he certainly wasn’t worth the money the Redskins gave him. You would have hoped we could have gotten more value via trade, but no one in Washington was happy with that signing when it was over.

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

It really isn’t when you look back at Fitterer’s 3 year stint. We will likely have given up more draft value for Sam Darnold, a guy who was likely released after the draft (to avoid paying 5th year), than we will get back for Burns.

When you look back at all the shitty trades/non-trades, draft picks and FA moves, it’s not surprising at all that we fittered up with Burns.

Remember the intense "who was the worst GM" debates about Gettleman vs. Hurney?

Those are dead forever. Fitterer so thoroughly lapped the field on that.

[WhoKnows]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Remember the intense "who was the worst GM" debates about Gettleman vs. Hurney?

Those are dead forever. Fitterer so thoroughly lapped the field on that.

Lapped? Fitterer slit their Achilles before the race started and moonwalked his ass across the worst GMs to ever exist finish line. Ryan Poles and Joe Douglas were there to thank him again for saving their jobs and making people forget their horrible picks. John Lynch couldn’t make it because he was at the Super Bowl. He sent a very nice arrangement.

Edited March 3 by WhoKnows

[CamWhoaaCam]

At least we coming to closure.