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

[SOJA]

Milton Williams would be worth it, I'm not sure spending big money on safety is the move, albeit are safety room clearly needs work (I think we have one safety on the roster currently) 

[poorboysrev]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

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.

There’s a difference in going chip Kelly eagles version of trying to buy a ring which never works … but the injection of proven talent and experience into a couple of positions can work wonders. Our run D and passrush has been as bad as I’ve ever seen it. If they aggressively sign a defensive free agent or 2 I don’t think that automatically dooms us. Yes they have to draft better period 

[scpanther22]

I "expect" and panthers "will" are two different things lol

[countryboi]

Yall so used to being a poverty franchise that you only want the Panthers to improve in one way. This is exactly when you should spend money, when you have a young QB on a rookie deal. This is their chance to improve quickly.

Edited March 3, 2025 by countryboi

[kungfoodude]

50 minutes ago, poorboysrev said:

There’s a difference in going chip Kelly eagles version of trying to buy a ring which never works … but the injection of proven talent and experience into a couple of positions can work wonders. Our run D and passrush has been as bad as I’ve ever seen it. If they aggressively sign a defensive free agent or 2 I don’t think that automatically dooms us. Yes they have to draft better period 

Agreed. Shrewd signings need to happen, as well as drafting well.

I am just saying we can't keep shelling out top 5 and 10 contracts every offseason or this period of misery is going go continue far longer.

[PNW_PantherMan]

I bet they target certain defensive positions in FA so they can be more flexible in the draft.

Edited March 3, 2025 by PNW_PantherMan

[TheSpecialJuan]

Yup

[45catfan]

7 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

I’m optimistic, Dan Morgan’s first free agent class last offseason was quite good  

Better than his first draft class, for sure.

[Bama Panther]

7 hours ago, Captain Morgan said:

 

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

That 2026 cap space number is considering only 26 players under contract. The Panthers will not go into next offseason with only 26 players under contract. That cap space number is  going to get much smaller. 

[Candler Cat]

8 hours ago, Donald LaFell said:

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

It's all fluff until draft day

[App Panther]

Wait, do we finally get to shop at Tiffanys?

[PleaseCutStewart]

I kind of hope we are looking to get the not sexy, next tier type players for our defense. Spending big on 1 or 2 players won't fix our defense. If our defense can go from embarrassingly awful to average, I think we are a playoff team 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Undefeated never lost 

[GamecockSmitty4]

6 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Agreed. Shrewd signings need to happen, as well as drafting well.

I am just saying we can't keep shelling out top 5 and 10 contracts every offseason or this period of misery is going go continue far longer.

Agree with shrewd being key. And don’t disagree with the rest. But counterpoint…

if we drafted Hunt, Lewis, Williams, etc would it be an issue giving out these contracts to retain them?