Panthers not expected to tender Smith-Marsette

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://x.com/jfowlerespn/status/1766127003139244120?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

[top dawg]

Why would we? We have some tough decisions to make. And it's not like he's some prized possession. We could still re-up him.

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1766130684798668965?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1766130684798668965?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

Oof

[Jackie Lee]

Chiefs fans want him back

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1766130684798668965?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA
 

Maneuvering the construction of a team is done on a yearly basis. I certainly don't see anything out of the ordinary.

[MHS831]

The Panthers and wide receiver/punt returner Ihmir Smith-Marsette may be parting ways.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Panthers are not expected to tender Smith-Marsette a contract as a restricted free agent. Fowler adds that the two sides could still agree on a contract, but Smith-Marsette is currently set to hit the open market.

Smith-Marsette joined the Panthers in a preseason trade with the Chiefs last summer. He averaged 8.7 yards per punt return and had a 79-yard touchdown return in a Week 10 loss to the Bears.

Smith-Marsette, who entered the league as a 2021 Vikings fifth-round pick, also caught eight passes for 51 yards and ran eight times for 74 yards last season

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

The Panthers and wide receiver/punt returner Ihmir Smith-Marsette may be parting ways.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Panthers are not expected to tender Smith-Marsette a contract as a restricted free agent. Fowler adds that the two sides could still agree on a contract, but Smith-Marsette is currently set to hit the open market.

Smith-Marsette joined the Panthers in a preseason trade with the Chiefs last summer. He averaged 8.7 yards per punt return and had a 79-yard touchdown return in a Week 10 loss to the Bears.

Smith-Marsette, who entered the league as a 2021 Vikings fifth-round pick, also caught eight passes for 51 yards and ran eight times for 74 yards last season

call me crazy but I thought he flashed quite a few times last year, not sure why they wouldnt want to try and develop him all things considered

[TheSpecialJuan]

kinda hope we bring him back he was pretty good last season 

[Khyber53]

33 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

The Panthers and wide receiver/punt returner Ihmir Smith-Marsette may be parting ways.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Panthers are not expected to tender Smith-Marsette a contract as a restricted free agent. Fowler adds that the two sides could still agree on a contract, but Smith-Marsette is currently set to hit the open market.

Smith-Marsette joined the Panthers in a preseason trade with the Chiefs last summer. He averaged 8.7 yards per punt return and had a 79-yard touchdown return in a Week 10 loss to the Bears.

Smith-Marsette, who entered the league as a 2021 Vikings fifth-round pick, also caught eight passes for 51 yards and ran eight times for 74 yards last season

He's not bad, but really, I can understand him not being tendered. If he can get good money elsewhere, then the team is smart to let him go. It's more cost effective to roll the dice at this point. 

I did think he could add something in our passing game, but man, there are a lot of dead-weight guys in front of him with actual contracts. There's going to have to be an axe taken to that group before he's got a shot at getting in there.

But... if he's still out there getting offers at vet minimum or a bit more, then expect the Panthers to make a move to retain him, matching those offers but not much more than that. 

[KSpan]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Chiefs fans want him back

Chiefs fans will take any receiver that wasn't on their roster last year.

[rayzor]

not sure why we wouldn't. it's not like he breaks the bank and he gives us a respectable returner.

only thing i can think of is that they are counting on one or two of the WRs we draft carrying on in that role as well. 

[Jon Snow]

41 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

kinda hope we bring him back he was pretty good last season 

Pretty good isn't good enough. Aim higher. 

[frankw]

Didn't he score our only punt return touchdown in the last few years?

Not inspiring a great deal of confidence so far but I'll wait and see what Dan does in the draft.