BC sounding like he's gonna go get his bag

[panthers55]

Paying starter money for a backup on our team makes little sense. He may start elsewhere but not here except for injury

[Basbear]

On 1/11/2025 at 7:46 AM, kungfoodude said:

I am pretty skeptical of him getting a big paycheck. I suspect the Huddle is going to find out that the league as a whole doesn't view him quite the same way we do.

He is definitely better than Yosh Nijman but I remember all the glowing things said about his ability to play(some predicting he would start here lol) and he was easily the worst offensive lineman on the roster by a pretty substantial margin.

8 million per is our friendly bet. I know campy thought highly of him and even called him one of the best players on the team. He and others talk to scouts/GMs/presid/etc. The FA class is weak and he's shown LT, OGs and even C with good play levels. 

I think some team with space and a need at OT, with drop him a offer above 8milion.  Some zone blocking team would love him at either OG too and hunt got 20 million this past year. 

I think Nijman is like a 50/50 cut, like if you are right and christ market is cold.....Dan could cut yoshi and pay BC a similar contract. I'd love to keep him, but I put it at a 2% chance he's here in 25. He has great 2022 tape along with starts across the line. 

[Doc Holiday]

Players should always take the money when they have the opportunity to do so. Anyone blaming them for doing so is being ridiculous 

[45catfan]

If he bags it here, that's the reason we'll never be any good.  Paying backups starter money is a cap nightmare.  Not unless they intend on making him the starting center or cutting/trading Moton and making him the new RT.

[PanthersGTI]

Not that I am advocating paying him ( I don't focus much on cap space unless its a crazy contract ). Would it be advisable to pay him now to keep him on the roster to replace Moton after next year? It would hurt to lose a capable linemen who we know works for us. Just a thought. What's the huddle think? 

 

[Donald LaFell]

Happy to keep him at the right price, happy for him to make as much money as possible somewhere else too. 

[WhoKnows]

On 1/10/2025 at 6:34 PM, Tr3ach said:

He's going to get paid somewhere and be offered a starting spot, he's gone.

I’m not so sure about that. We tend to overrate our guys. I don’t blame him for taking as much as he can get but that article says nothing about him having a ton of interest. It’s basically from his side and likely his agent trying to drum up interest in him.

All that said, this is another example of us being bad drafters. We take project WRs over solid to stud OL and long snappers/tiny QBs over day 3 OL that have started elsewhere. Now that we have a ton of day 3 picks we better be shooting tons of shots at lineman, O or D.

[kass]

2 hours ago, PanthersGTI said:

Not that I am advocating paying him ( I don't focus much on cap space unless its a crazy contract ). Would it be advisable to pay him now to keep him on the roster to replace Moton after next year? It would hurt to lose a capable linemen who we know works for us. Just a thought. What's the huddle think? 

 

Seems like people have forgotten, Brady C is only 2 years younger than Taylor Moton.

He will be 29 this autumn, Moton will be 31.

If we want to look at the future after Moton, BC is not the one.

[kungfoodude]

6 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

I’m not so sure about that. We tend to overrate our guys. I don’t blame him for taking as much as he can get but that article says nothing about him having a ton of interest. It’s basically from his side and likely his agent trying to drum up interest in him.

All that said, this is another example of us being bad drafters. We take project WRs over solid to stud OL and long snappers/tiny QBs over day 3 OL that have started elsewhere. Now that we have a ton of day 3 picks we better be shooting tons of shots at lineman, O or D.

Yeah, the idea that he is going to be a highly sought after starter is pretty ridiculous, IMO. If he truly were that guy we would have had people beating down our doors to trade for him over the course of his career here. 

He is a very solid backup OL that can play at a league average or slightly better level at multiple spots. That's definitely valuable but it isn't suddenly becoming a top shelf starter in the NFL.

[csx]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Yeah, the idea that he is going to be a highly sought after starter is pretty ridiculous, IMO. If he truly were that guy we would have had people beating down our doors to trade for him over the course of his career here. 

He is a very solid backup OL that can play at a league average or slightly better level at multiple spots. That's definitely valuable but it isn't suddenly becoming a top shelf starter in the NFL.

I don't think anyone is saying that. Being given a starting opportunity is not the same thing as suddenly becoming top shelf.

 

[Gapanthersfan]

These guys base their career on their second  contract. It’s what sets them up for life.  Brady is a very good talent who is as versatile as it gets. He’s about to make some good coin, and for the years he has had to endure here, good on him. 

[kungfoodude]

25 minutes ago, csx said:

I don't think anyone is saying that. Being given a starting opportunity is not the same thing as suddenly becoming top shelf.

 

I mean he isn't likely to be starting or getting a starting salary, either.

[thennek]

Didn’t Mays beat out BC for the starting center? 

[PanthersGTI]

16 hours ago, kass said:

Seems like people have forgotten, Brady C is only 2 years younger than Taylor Moton.

He will be 29 this autumn, Moton will be 31.

If we want to look at the future after Moton, BC is not the one.

Did not know that. Thanks!