Dan Graziano: Panthers will be fairly aggressive in free-agency

[HardcoreHokie]

34 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

I know it’s par for the course but that’s all 100 percent speculation. Who knows what they do. 

Like predicting your friend might be “fairly aggressive” at the grocery store this week.

Non-statement statement.

[Bear Hands]

Byron Murphy Jr. CB and Julian Blackmon/Holland S would be nice targets.

And of course Milton Williams, but a lot of teams are vying for his services.

 

[Captain Morgan]

1 hour ago, Shocker said:

Not confident we can outbid other teams for Milton Williams.  I doubt it happens.  Hope I am wrong 

 

Eagles have less cap than we do this year.  The year after however, Eagles have the 5th lowest cap, 46 mill.  In 2026 we have the 7th most, just under 150 mill.  We can shop with just about anyone

[poorboysrev]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Spending mega bucks in free agency for a second straight season would be a bad sign.

Depends. Thinking we’re fixing the defense with a bunch of rookies only isn’t logical though. Milton’s only 26 and helps our Dline immediately 

[Khyber53]

I always hate to see a team spend big bucks on a free agent safety. I just think it's a position that's more cost effective to build in house.

 

[kungfoodude]

56 minutes ago, poorboysrev said:

Depends. Thinking we’re fixing the defense with a bunch of rookies only isn’t logical though. Milton’s only 26 and helps our Dline immediately 

No, it's never a good idea to attempt to build by wild spending in free agency. The history of that is VERY clear. 

You have to keep in mind that we spend a record amount of money on the two of the lowest value positions on the offense last offseason. We all enjoyed the improvements but to keep doing that at non-premium positions(S and NT are not premium positions) will absolutely end up being incredibly devastating long term.

No matter what, we have to eventually be competent at drafting or there is really never going to be any hope for us. The NFL has a salary cap. You can't buy championships in the salary cap NFL. Many have tried, none have had success.

[Aussie Tank]

Yeah go for it. They believe Bryce is the future might aswell take a swing while he's on a rookie deal 

[jfra78]

I'm fine with this and it's expected actually

[panthers55]

I am glad we are going hard improving defense this time. I trust the front office finally to manage the cap. If we can bring in some free agent studs to allow us to draft BPA I am all for it. As a fan I only want to win baby. All the posts about not being able to afford it are coming from folks without a clue as to our plan to manage the cap. Just saying.....

[flagfootballcoach28]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Spending mega bucks in free agency for a second straight season would be a bad sign.

That’s what happens when you consistently draft like poo. 

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

That’s what happens when you consistently draft like poo. 

I think we have some fans that really have their heads in the sand about how much this will keep you mediocre to bad basically indefinitely.

Edited March 2, 2025 by kungfoodude

[PNW_PantherMan]

Awaiting the first signing

[frankw]

I think it depends on where the money is going. Obviously our secondary needs work but the Dline should be the key focal point and it would be unrealistic to expect it to get better overnight with rookies. In general nothing is being "fixed" in a single offseason but we can and should use free agency strategically. But we also cannot overpay from the jump like we did last offseason. That will be a recipe for another mess. Long time fans know how these stories go.

[kungfoodude]

39 minutes ago, frankw said:

I think it depends on where the money is going. Obviously our secondary needs work but the Dline should be the key focal point and it would be unrealistic to expect it to get better overnight with rookies. In general nothing is being "fixed" in a single offseason but we can and should use free agency strategically. But we also cannot overpay from the jump like we did last offseason. That will be a recipe for another mess. Long time fans know how these stories go.

Fans that constantly pine after multiple big "splash" FA signings don't follow how those stories usually go the next season for the rest of the league.