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

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kungfoodude Grand Master

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4 hours ago, GamecockSmitty4 said:

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?

As with anything, depends on price/production/market/etc.

If we were a competent franchise, we would probably have some options at OG, at least, because we did draft well.

That the very minimum, we likely wouldn't have two of of the highest paid OG's in the NFL. Only I think 4-5 teams in the NFL have two top 20 OG contracts on the roster like we do. One of the(Rams) just gave one of those guards the permission to seek a trade.

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42 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

As with anything, depends on price/production/market/etc.

If we were a competent franchise, we would probably have some options at OG, at least, because we did draft well.

That the very minimum, we likely wouldn't have two of of the highest paid OG's in the NFL. Only I think 4-5 teams in the NFL have two top 20 OG contracts on the roster like we do. One of the(Rams) just gave one of those guards the permission to seek a trade.

Every team is built differently. We have a cheap quarterback which saves us 30 million a year to spend elsewhere. We chose offensive line and went from bottom 10 to top 10 in one year. Good use of our money. If we bring on a stud DL in free agency with Brown back our D line instantly improves and run defense is a strength instead of a huge weakness.  Brandt has a plan to fit everything under the cap while getting rid of dead cap money like Moton's instead of kicking it down the road. I get you have been traumatized by past mistakes and that is understandable but I think we are in a better position this year than in the past. If he can do half of what KC has done while he was there we are clearly up and coming. You have to live in the present and move forward instead of living in the past which has been very rough on all of us. And bringing up past mistakes with a new regime is living in the past and not always germaine.

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On 3/2/2025 at 12:22 PM, kungfoodude said:

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

Would it? I'm not so sure.

We need talent. BAD.

Even if we absolutely NAIL this draft we'd still go into the season with a ton of major needs, and nailing the draft is FAR from certain.

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Franchise tag deadline is today at 4pm.

Legal tampering period begins in just 6 days.

Free agency officially starts in 8 days.

 

Very eager to see the moves that Morgan + Tilis make this offseason... reminds me of the excitement we had after the Wilks run; only this time, we'll actually be building on the success rather than re-routing the team in a different direction again. Could just pout and say that because Tepper's the owner that we're going to suffer still instead, but being a doomer is so easy and boring. Much more fun to experience joy and wonder than it is misery and disappointment. 😛

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5 hours ago, Icege said:

Franchise tag deadline is today at 4pm.

Legal tampering period begins in just 6 days.

Free agency officially starts in 8 days.

 

Very eager to see the moves that Morgan + Tilis make this offseason... reminds me of the excitement we had after the Wilks run; only this time, we'll actually be building on the success rather than re-routing the team in a different direction again. Could just pout and say that because Tepper's the owner that we're going to suffer still instead, but being a doomer is so easy and boring. Much more fun to experience joy and wonder than it is misery and disappointment. 😛

Hope springs eternal. I haven't been this excited for an offseason since Cam was still our QB. 

Now watch Dan overpay for Michael Jackson and Darius Slayton 

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1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Hope springs eternal. I haven't been this excited for an offseason since Cam was still our QB. 

Now watch Dan overpay for Michael Jackson and Darius Slayton 

I thought that was what Tepper hired the nerd for?

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On 3/3/2025 at 6:16 AM, panthers55 said:

Every team is built differently. We have a cheap quarterback which saves us 30 million a year to spend elsewhere. We chose offensive line and went from bottom 10 to top 10 in one year. Good use of our money. If we bring on a stud DL in free agency with Brown back our D line instantly improves and run defense is a strength instead of a huge weakness.  Brandt has a plan to fit everything under the cap while getting rid of dead cap money like Moton's instead of kicking it down the road. I get you have been traumatized by past mistakes and that is understandable but I think we are in a better position this year than in the past. If he can do half of what KC has done while he was there we are clearly up and coming. You have to live in the present and move forward instead of living in the past which has been very rough on all of us. And bringing up past mistakes with a new regime is living in the past and not always germaine.

Yeah, it is hard not to look past the recent years. But, we have had another era of high priced guards in the past 15. We ended up having to break that up for cap reasons.

I suspect that will eventually happen here for obvious reasons. Let's just hope we start becoming capable of developing our own guys so we can have long stretches of good OL play.

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21 hours ago, CatalystNX said:

Would it? I'm not so sure.

We need talent. BAD.

Even if we absolutely NAIL this draft we'd still go into the season with a ton of major needs, and nailing the draft is FAR from certain.

I don't disagree but you can't buy your way in free agency by overpaying FA's all the time. It never works.

Eventually you have to draft well.

I also think people need to get past the "one offseason turnaround" idea. This is gonna be a long ass haul.

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1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Yeah, it is hard not to look past the recent years. But, we have had another era of high priced guards in the past 15. We ended up having to break that up for cap reasons.

I suspect that will eventually happen here for obvious reasons. Let's just hope we start becoming capable of developing our own guys so we can have long stretches of good OL play.

Yeah under Gettleman and Hurney we either way overpaid for free agents or only shopped in the bargain basement but had little consistency which is why we have more losing  seasons than winning ones. I would like us to bring in a 5 technique, a nose tackle (maybe both) and safety free agent on defense and draft some other guys to help out with linebacker and safety.  I am not as worried about WR as many others and would like to get a stud TE in the draft.

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Top 25 FA at CB, LB, S

CB

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-cornerbacks/81313399007/

LB

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-linebackers/81310360007/

S

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-safeties/81316419007/

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5 hours ago, CarolinaLivin said:

Top 25 FA at CB, LB, S

CB

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-cornerbacks/81313399007/

LB

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-linebackers/81310360007/

S

https://pantherswire-eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/03/04/nfl-free-agency-rankings-top-25-available-safeties/81316419007/

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Why do I feel like Canales is going to pound the table for Godwin.  If he’s healthy could be a great signing, but outside of a big name DT and a few defensive upgrades, we can’t lose sight that we also still need playmakers.  

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