Recommended free agent targets from roppster report

[raleigh-panther]

These are recommendations   Some are stop gaps. Some potential long term. Panthers need both 
 

1. Chargers edge Odafe Oweh 

2  chiefs linebacker Leo Chenal 

3  cardinals LT Kelvin Beachum

           (1 year stop gap)

4 Ravens center tyler linderbuam 

      (My comment, if he is available

       Let Mayes walk) 

5. eagles Safety Blankenship 

 

 

 

[Jay Roosevelt]

I'd honestly rather just extend Cade Mays rather than pay what it'd take to sign Tyler Linderbaum.

[kungfoodude]

12 minutes ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

I'd honestly rather just extend Cade Mays rather than pay what it'd take to sign Tyler Linderbaum.

1000% disagree. One is an elite center and the other is a bottom 10 center.

The difference will be extreme.

No shade to Mays, would love to keep him around as our utility IOL but he has never played above an average level and that is him balling out.

[amcoolio]

So many HC changes, who want their own systems, there will be some good players available. Definitely need offensive line, a decent TE, and front 7 help. Maybe take a chance on a Mark Andrews change of scenery.  Khalil Mack for some veteran presence

Edited 1 hour ago by amcoolio

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, amcoolio said:

So many HC changes, who want their own systems, there will be some good players available. Definitely need offensive line, a decent TE, and front 7 help. Maybe take a chance on a Mark Andrews change of scenery.  Khalil Mack for some veteran presence

Andrews is likely to chase a ring or retire. His tank is close to E.

Mack is likely in ring chasing mode too. 

I will take either but I don't think we are a spot for formerly elite players to end.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

Andrews is likely to chase a ring or retire. His tank is close to E.

Mack is likely in ring chasing mode too. 

I will take either but I don't think we are a spot for formerly elite players to end.

We're the wrong environment right now. Ring chasers aren't coming here. Players are coming here for a payday. We need a few back to back winning seasons before we can start attracting the bigger name FAs at regular prices. 

[NAS]

Hopefully the Panthers premium tax is coming down a bit since we made the playoffs we don’t overpay

[amcoolio]

That's the NBA, not the NFL. These players will go where they can get the most money and also play/have a big role. Just like Thielen and Clowney did when they chose the Panthers. NFL free agency has always been about guaranteed money.

Edited 1 hour ago by amcoolio

[kungfoodude]

7 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

We're the wrong environment right now. Ring chasers aren't coming here. Players are coming here for a payday. We need a few back to back winning seasons before we can start attracting the bigger name FAs at regular prices. 

Yep. You gotta build something first. We haven't built anything.

And I mean really build it. It isn't like Tampa became a serious option for ring chasers in the post Brady era despite "dominating" the NFC South. You have to build something veteran NFL players believe in. Not just a spot to get a massive paycheck.

Edited 59 minutes ago by kungfoodude

[amcoolio]

I'll also add that if you just replace Legette with Romeo Doubs, the WR core is a much more complete and cohesive unit. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, amcoolio said:

I'll also add that if you just replace Legette with Romeo Doubs, the WR core is a much more complete and cohesive unit. 

I'm at the point where if I can get anything for XL in a trade I'm moving him. Even if it's a late round conditional pick. I like the guy and was rooting for him but on terms of football getting him off the roster would be addition by subtraction. I like T-Mac and Coker on the outside, now just find a decent slot. The good thing about finding Coker as a UDFA in that class is that it takes some of the sting off of the XL bust pick if Coker essentially becomes what we were hoping for out of XL.

[PNW_PantherMan]

28 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

1000% disagree. One is an elite center and the other is a bottom 10 center.

The difference will be extreme.

No shade to Mays, would love to keep him around as our utility IOL but he has never played above an average level and that is him balling out.

Agree but we can't have an entire offensive line on big contracts.

[PNW_PantherMan]

If you're a contender and have a legit QB, you can find some deals in FA.  But every other signing is an overpay.  I don't think there's any real evidence for the Panthers tax when you look at what every team pays for the top free agents.  Everyone gets overpaid in FA.  It's how it works.

[kungfoodude]

Just now, PNW_PantherMan said:

Agree but we can't have an entire offensive line on big contracts.

I agree, hence why I have repeatedly said we need to cut Hunt in the 2027 offseason. He isn't elite but he has the third highest RG contract. That's insane. Plus Moton is very close to coming off the books.

If we paid Linderbaum as the #1 overall center, he would still be significantly lower paid than Lewis, Hunt and Moton.

This is why I keep stressing the need to do something at center. It the biggest bang for the buck on any NFL OL.