Ian Thomas getting Restructure

[PappyMay]

He’s not good, but in all reality it’s not the end of the world. Hurst is gone so still need TE depth and can take a mid or late round rookie so can move on from him next year and possibly Tremble too if he develops nicely. We were never going to turn this thing around in one off season.

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

is he taking a cut or renegotiating the terms moving money to the back end? 

I'm not sure, but unless Morgan is already talking out of both sides of his mouth, he said no kicking the can down the road. If tacking on a year while saving money overall is the move, then I can live with that.

[mrcompletely11]

2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

I'm not sure, but unless Morgan is already talking out of both sides of his mouth, he said no kicking the can down the road. If tacking on a year while saving money overall is the move, then I can live with that.

Like mike kaye just talked about on Locked on.  I dont understand pushing the money down the road, just suck it up this year with the cap and get out from under these shitty deals.   Pushing down the road just hinders us when we may need it.

[MHS831]

Did we not recently (over the past few years) reduce a contract and then cut the player later?   I know we did, I just can't recall who it was.  I was thinking WR? 

Point:  You can reduce the contract's overall amount, including guaranteed money.  If you make the team, you earn the next contract.  If you do not, the team has less dead cap.  It only works if the player has a "bird in the hand" situation. 

Edited March 10 by MHS831

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Like mike kaye just talked about on Locked on.  I dont understand pushing the money down the road, just suck it up this year with the cap and get out from under these shitty deals.   Pushing down the road just hinders us when we may need it.

I get it, but if Thomas got cut then that left Tremble and Sullivan as our TE room.  Talk about thin! I'm all about Morgan firing shots across these dude's bows, but then there is completely spiting yourself and having your butt flapping in the wind.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, 45catfan said:

I get it, but if Thomas got cut then that left Tremble and Sullivan as our TE room.  Talk about thin! I'm all about Morgan firing shots across these dude's bows, but then there is completely spiting yourself and having your butt flapping in the wind.

I could go to walmart right now and find 5 dudes (and 1 woman) that would be a better TE than thomas

[panthers55]

6 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Like mike kaye just talked about on Locked on.  I dont understand pushing the money down the road, just suck it up this year with the cap and get out from under these shitty deals.   Pushing down the road just hinders us when we may need it.

You have to try and field a competitive team or it kills the desire of everyone on the team that is trying to win. You have to get cap room to bring in free agents and sign your draft picks. Should we do a ton of restructuring? Depends for who and how much. Should we restructure Moton somewhat. Yeah and add on a few years and maybe a voidable year to lower the cap since we plan to keep him. Will that hurt us down the road? Not unless Moton falls apart or has a career ending injury. The old one size fits all approach never works. You have to evaluate every situation individually and intelligently.0

[Jackie Lee]

He's like David Newton maintaining his job at ESPN

[45catfan]

Here is his current deal.  Let's see how much that changes.

[Steelo]

He took a paycut, so we didn't push any money down the line.

[45catfan]

4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

He's like David Newton maintaining his job at ESPN

Post of the day!  Well played, sir!

[PantherPhann89]

55 minutes ago, frankw said:

Deja Vu. The names change but once again it's the same old Panthers.

Because they're restructuring a backup TE...

[raleigh-panther]

15 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I could go to walmart right now and find 5 dudes (and 1 woman) that would be a better TE than thomas

Lol

[OldhamA]

20 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I could go to walmart right now and find 5 dudes (and 1 woman) that would be a better TE than thomas

You definitely couldn't, but after 6 years of watching Ian Thomas play football I'm willing to try. 

Go get them fitted for pads.