I dont see how we can franchise peppers

[Highlandfire]

The math just doesn't add up. We have 9 million in cap room. We can cut jakes cap number down to say 6 mill which frees up 5 mill that puts us at 14 million.

With the cuts of lucas etc that frees up say 3 million more which puts us at 17 million. It will take 17 million just to franchise peppers let alone re sign gross. In addition we need about 4 more million in cap room come the draft.

I hate to say it but I think this front office has put us in really bad pickle which is going to allow a franchise top notch player (either Gross or Peppers) to walk.

[frash.exe]

I think there is a deadline after getting players re-signed and making the necessary moves to get under the cap.

[tarheelpride]

i just want to know a) when trading can resume (does it correlate with the start of free agency?) and how soon does the cap hit come off our books

[dpanthersman]

im not sure exactly how it works but im pretty sure that we dont take the cap hit unless he signs an agreement saying that he will play with us and we will pay him x amount of dollars as a franchise player. and if we do trade him to another tream it cant become official until he reaches a deal with that team. i could be totally wrong and someone please correct me if i am but im pretty sure it works some way close to that

[monstercat]

If Peppers is franchised and traded, his cap hit goes away. So the only worry is getting a deal done with Gross in time to pull it off.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Arent you supposed to be a Senior member?

C'Mon man you should know these things!

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[carpanfan96]

Hurney is sneaky with the cap, We have more room then that 9 million shows. After we cut lucas, Johnson, and Hackett. We will probably be closer to 24 or so million. Still probably wont see any major FA moves but we will have the room if we feel inclined to do so.

[carpanfan96]

im not sure exactly how it works but im pretty sure that we dont take the cap hit unless he signs an agreement saying that he will play with us and we will pay him x amount of dollars as a franchise player. and if we do trade him to another tream it cant become official until he reaches a deal with that team. i could be totally wrong and someone please correct me if i am but im pretty sure it works some way close to that

once it's offered its on the books until the player either gets traded or the offer is rescinded by the club.

[Brandon]

You do know that the 9m cap figure includes Peppers' current salary, so we'd only take on another 2 or 3 million on top of that salary if we franchised him right?

[VA Panther Fan]

Gantt's answer...

http://www.heraldonline.com/665?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aded44479-eff0-4fb5-98bf-9edb9d130913Post%3af092b0f7-978e-4610-9871-cb968b24a9d1&sid=pluck.heraldonline.com

As we wrote this weekend, one of their first moves will clear up over $8 million in immediate space, giving them plenty of room for the $16.683 million franchise tag on Julius Peppers if that's the way they want to go. They'll gain that room by guaranteeing the $10 million roster bonus for CB Chris Gamble, which they planned to do anyway.

[Highlandfire]

Gantt's answer...

http://www.heraldonline.com/665?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aded44479-eff0-4fb5-98bf-9edb9d130913Post%3af092b0f7-978e-4610-9871-cb968b24a9d1&sid=pluck.heraldonline.com

Ah there is the way. I wasn't sure we were going to gurantee any salary's which frees up a ton of room. With simple cuts and restructures there was no way.

The best thing we can hope for is the following...

Get Gross signed

Make those moves that are listed by Gantt.

Franchise and trade peppers ASAP.

We get the cap room back as soon as Peppers is gone so we could still be somewhat active in free agency if we wanted to be.

[Highlandfire]

Arent you supposed to be a Senior member?

C'Mon man you should know these things!

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LOL I wish it worked that way

I know the cap pretty well and just couldn't see how we could do it till gantt let us know we were going to do some of the moves he listed.

[mantal]

Arent you supposed to be a Senior member?

C'Mon man you should know these things!

=/

I'm a Senior Member and I don't know sh*te. Everybody on here will tell you that...

[2plankingpanther]

The math just doesn't add up. We have 9 million in cap room. We can cut jakes cap number down to say 6 mill which frees up 5 mill that puts us at 14 million.

With the cuts of lucas etc that frees up say 3 million more which puts us at 17 million. It will take 17 million just to franchise peppers let alone re sign gross. In addition we need about 4 more million in cap room come the draft.

I hate to say it but I think this front office has put us in really bad pickle which is going to allow a franchise top notch player (either Gross or Peppers) to walk.

f it came down to either one,I'd rather see Peppers walk!