Moton extension. 2 more years, $44M

[mrcompletely11]

59 minutes ago, csx said:

Born to whine.

25 pages in and every page ramping up the drama  

Hmmmmm.  I wonder if there is any correlation in making poo moves to perpetually winning 5 games.   But keep defending this stupid poo by all means.  

[PantherChris]

4 hours ago, csx said:

Born to whine.

25 pages in and every page ramping up the drama  

Its the usual suspects what do you expect?

[csx]

2 minutes ago, PantherChris said:

Its the usual suspects what do you expect?

They really work themselves up. Its so overdramatic.

[mrcompletely11]

14 minutes ago, csx said:

They really work themselves up. Its so overdramatic.

Panther win total since 2018 - over dramatic  

 

7

5

5

5

7

2

5

Edited Sunday at 06:34 PM by mrcompletely11

[Stuart Smith]

5 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Hmmmmm.  I wonder if there is any correlation in making poo moves to perpetually winning 5 games.   But keep defending this stupid poo by all means.  

I had thought the Panthers might let him play out his contract this year and hope he stays healthy. If not draft a left tackle and move Ekwonu to right tackle. 

[kungfoodude]

57 minutes ago, Stuart Smith said:

I had thought the Panthers might let him play out his contract this year and hope he stays healthy. If not draft a left tackle and move Ekwonu to right tackle. 

I don't think the hypothetical move to RT would ever materialize. He has never played RT at the college or pro level. I believe it was Moton himself that stated its not simple to make this switch. 

I think realistically, if Ikey fails at LT he is likely to end up at OG.

I also think that door is closed here, so more likely than not it would be with a new team. 

[Loyalty4Life]

On 8/24/2025 at 8:26 AM, mrcompletely11 said:

fuging Christ dude this isnt hard.  Like at all.  I get you simping for this poo team is your thing but sometimes you have to look at reality.

 

Even removing his bum knee from the equation, none of this made sense.  He is 31.  He has been paid handsomely for his service here.  He was currently under contract for this season.  Why in the holy fug did anything have to be done 2 weeks before the season started.   The people for this move, in this thread are saying A) He deserved it (this is the nfl it doesnt work like that  B) It frees up cap space (then why in the fug didnt we do this in Feb or C) You logic (We are getting a deal at 53 million guaranteed for the next 3 years.   You realize with this deal we cannot cut or trade his ass for 3 years.  You understand this right?

 

So in my opinion we should have let this ride into the offseason and go from there, what he is going to threaten to walk, big fuging deal he would be 32 on a chronically bad knee, what other moronic franchise is going to give him 40 million up front?  It wasnt going to happen.   And you are acting like its impossible to replace a 32 year old RT with a bum knee.  Just go and draft someone, move Icky to RT.  There are tons of options instead of extending this dude 2 weeks before the fuging season.  The truth is Morgan and the shitheads in the FO fell for this dudes crying act and got all sentimental and shelled out another ext.  We are a poverty ass franchise that doesnt act professionally

I've shown you numerous comps for other tackles in the same age and talent range.  His contract, taking into account his age, health, etc.  is the going rate.  It's a fair deal.

I've shown you examples of how long it usually takes to find even an average replacement.  Hell, look at every tackle that has ever started for the Panthers.  How many would you consider a success?  They are not easy to find.

After everything we've done with this team since drafting Bryce why would we decide to let our best linemen go and add a huge question mark at tackle?  

FA is a crapshoot in which any guy available will have cons/issues.  If not, they'll cost a fortune.  

Outside of a first or maybe 2nd round pic next year it'll take a few years for a tackle to learn the position at the NFL level.  There are still questions about Icky.

Every vet NFL player deals with maintenance.  Between the contract value and history I'm not overly worried about his knee.  I contend his knee issue isn't anything to be overly worried about.  It's not zero risk but it's an acceptable risk.  Every player we draft and every contract we sign has risk.  You're blowing up his own negative words about his knees and ignoring him saying he is healthy and the knee is a non issue.  You have a strong chicken little complex with this team.  Being he has always been a Panther they are very aware of any health issues.

We paid now because now is cheaper.  If his knee was really an issue they would have waited.  That tells me it's not the issue you want it to be.

 

 

[carpanfan96]

On 8/24/2025 at 5:11 PM, kungfoodude said:

I don't think the hypothetical move to RT would ever materialize. He has never played RT at the college or pro level. I believe it was Moton himself that stated its not simple to make this switch. 

I think realistically, if Ikey fails at LT he is likely to end up at OG.

I also think that door is closed here, so more likely than not it would be with a new team. 

It's not easy changing between tackle spots. It's why BC still has a job as a backup because he can play both tackle spots and both guard spots. Very rare and hard to be able to do that

[PantherChris]

On 8/24/2025 at 2:19 PM, csx said:

They really work themselves up. Its so overdramatic.

I've had clown avatar on ignore for five days now.... 

My huddle experience has been 100x better.

[PantherChris]

18 hours ago, Loyalty4Life said:

I've shown you numerous comps for other tackles in the same age and talent range.  His contract, taking into account his age, health, etc.  is the going rate.  It's a fair deal.

I've shown you examples of how long it usually takes to find even an average replacement.  Hell, look at every tackle that has ever started for the Panthers.  How many would you consider a success?  They are not easy to find.

After everything we've done with this team since drafting Bryce why would we decide to let our best linemen go and add a huge question mark at tackle?  

FA is a crapshoot in which any guy available will have cons/issues.  If not, they'll cost a fortune.  

Outside of a first or maybe 2nd round pic next year it'll take a few years for a tackle to learn the position at the NFL level.  There are still questions about Icky.

Every vet NFL player deals with maintenance.  Between the contract value and history I'm not overly worried about his knee.  I contend his knee issue isn't anything to be overly worried about.  It's not zero risk but it's an acceptable risk.  Every player we draft and every contract we sign has risk.  You're blowing up his own negative words about his knees and ignoring him saying he is healthy and the knee is a non issue.  You have a strong chicken little complex with this team.  Being he has always been a Panther they are very aware of any health issues.

We paid now because now is cheaper.  If his knee was really an issue they would have waited.  That tells me it's not the issue you want it to be.

 

 

Just put him on ignore I did five days ago.... my huddle expirence is now 100x better.

[mrcompletely11]

PantherChris is easily triggered