2026 Panthers Free Agents… who you keeping and who can walk

[TheSpecialJuan]

P Sam Martin is a priority 

[PanthersNCSU]

23 hours ago, TheBigKat said:

• WR Jalen Coker (ERFA)

• WR David Moore

• WR Brycen Tremayne (ERFA)

• OT Yosh Nijman

• OL Brady Christensen

• OL Austin Corbett

• OL Jake Curhan

• C Cade Mays

• OLB Thomas Incoom (RFA)

• ILB Krys Barnes

• ILB Claudin Cherelus (RFA)

• ILB Christian Rozeboom

• S Nick Scott

• S Isaiah Simmons

• P Sam Martin

• LS JJ Jansen

Nobody on this list will cost that much, and I'd like to see them all retained. Some guys like Rozeboom can probably get more elsewhere, but offer him a cheap 1 year deal and let him decide. A lot of those guys are minimum contracts and depth, where they belong.

Priority number 1 is re-signing every bit of OL depth we have after Ickey's injury. I *think* all of those guys could be had for cheap enough. Nijman might be the most expensive at this point since teams are always desperate for a LT. Give him a "big" number on 1 year if you have to. Coker, re-sign now for a 2-3 year deal with decent money. If he's healthy next year, I'd expect him to put up solid #2 numbers and become more and more expensive. 

If Evero is here, Nick Scott will be here. 

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

28 minutes ago, PanthersNCSU said:

Nobody on this list will cost that much, and I'd like to see them all retained. Some guys like Rozeboom can probably get more elsewhere, but offer him a cheap 1 year deal and let him decide. A lot of those guys are minimum contracts and depth, where they belong.

Priority number 1 is re-signing every bit of OL depth we have after Ickey's injury. I *think* all of those guys could be had for cheap enough. Nijman might be the most expensive at this point since teams are always desperate for a LT. Give him a "big" number on 1 year if you have to. Coker, re-sign now for a 2-3 year deal with decent money. If he's healthy next year, I'd expect him to put up solid #2 numbers and become more and more expensive. 

If Evero is here, Nick Scott will be here. 

The Ickey injury changes our offseason plans. We’re probably going to have to settle at bringing back more of these guys since it’s likely we’ll have to draft a round 1 offensive tackle. 

[hepcat]

23 hours ago, Adb6368 said:

Coker is an exclusive rights free agent. Meaning he will be a Carolina Panther next year likely for the league minimum. 
 

That should not stop us from signing him to a long term deal

Coker needs to be signed long term ASAP but he might wait a year when he has a true breakout season, but he's rolling the dice on his injury history as well. Panthers should go sign some speed at WR behind him. 

[hepcat]

32 minutes ago, Dingo_ate_Babies said:

The Ickey injury changes our offseason plans. We’re probably going to have to settle at bringing back more of these guys since it’s likely we’ll have to draft a round 1 offensive tackle. 

Depends how the draft shakes out but I think a second round tackle is probably the better decision. I doubt they're gonna roll out a rookie LT starter in what could be a playoff caliber team next season. I expect Nijman and Christensen to battle for the starting LT spot with a rookie in the mix.