Gross to Eagles or Rams?

[Panther Boyd]

I know that there have been a couple of threads on this but I don't remember seeing anything about the other teams. I hear that the Eagles and the Rams are throwing some major cash toward Gross.

If we would lose him, would you go after another LT or try to move Otah to the otherside?

[Lt Pinkerton]

If we lose Gross, I would move Wharton to the LT spot and plug in Bridges or Hangman at LG.

Wouldn't be the end of the world.

[Joscott]

Wharton is so much better at guard, moving him back to LT would make the line weaker at two positions.

[Panther Boyd]

If we lose him and Peppers both, wouldn't that free up an ass load of money to get other free agents or are our back against the wall with the cap either way?

[MadHatter]

I know that there have been a couple of threads on this but I don't remember seeing anything about the other teams. I hear that the Eagles and the Rams are throwing some major cash toward Gross.

If we would lose him, would you go after another LT or try to move Otah to the otherside?

Free Agency is not open.....they can't be throwing cash at anyone right now.

[southcakalac]

Free Agency is not open.....they can't be throwing cash at anyone right now.

Thank you for stating that fact.

[pantherclaw]

Ya don't find/get good tackles very often. Lock him up for the rest of his career. There is ZERO reason not to.

Our line wouldn't even being close to being the same with Gross gone, and moving players around.

[MadHatter]

Thank you for stating that fact.

If he hits the market, there will be more than a few teams willing to throw big bucks at him.

Get that boy to sign on the dotted line.

[Peppermint9030]

Well our line played actually very well with gross AND otah out. I say let Gross walk, if pep gets franchised and traded were lookin at an ass load of cap space. Suggs and Haynesworth kind of cap lol, I can dream right?

[southcakalac]

Well our line played actually very well with gross AND otah out. I say let Gross walk, if pep gets franchised and traded were lookin at an ass load of cap space. Suggs and Haynesworth kind of cap lol, I can dream right?

You can't be serious about letting Gross just walk are you? He is worth every penny that he makes.

[House]

Well our line played actually very well with gross AND otah out. I say let Gross walk, if pep gets franchised and traded were lookin at an ass load of cap space. Suggs and Haynesworth kind of cap lol, I can dream right?

So we let Gross walk along with Pep (who is a foregone conclusion), so that we can have a poo ton of cap space.

BRILLIANT!!!!!!

Not only are we going to lose our dynamic DE but we are going to also lose our cornerstone LT. In exchange for this we can sign a) a DT who may or may not be motivated after signing a long term big time contract, a DE/OLB hybrid who is much better suited to play DE.

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!

You have to make every effort possible to keep Gross.

[scratchy1]

Free Agency is not open.....they can't be throwing cash at anyone right now.

That's correct, as a legal matter. But if you don't think other teams are having informal conversations with Gross' agent about what they WILL offer once the exclusivity period expires, you're crazy. Gross' agent knows exactly what the market will bear for his client and the Panthers are well aware of that.

[Urrymonster]

Well our line played actually very well with gross AND otah out. I say let Gross walk, if pep gets franchised and traded were lookin at an ass load of cap space. Suggs and Haynesworth kind of cap lol, I can dream right?

No we aren't.

Peppers and Gross have no contracts beyond this season.

The projected cap figures calculate contracts for next season.

Therefore that $8 million that has been thrown around is the space we have to sign Gross and Peppers. Luckily Gambles contract and obviously his 'hometown' discount allowed us to immediately create an extra $8-10 million. Therefore we have somewhere between $16-18 million to sign Gross, franchise Pep and subsequently sign free agents and draftees. $16-18 million is not a huge amount if we let them BOTH walk because it would take around $5 million to sign the draftees giving us a whooping $12 million to sign one of those marque players you are thinking of.

Incidently to assume that the ONE game that we played when both were out AUTOMATICALLY means we can reproduce it is just crazy talk. There is a big reason why so many OL are picked in the top 5 and why the LT is one of the highest paid positions. These guys win championships and they are NOT a dime a dozen. When they were both out you have to think back up QB situation, in that the opposition had gameplanned and worked towards one players weaknesses. With a back up in that gets thrown out the window, but as soon as that back up is exposed to a consistent season of playing...they quickly get found out.

For the record we actually struggled mightily with Otah out for those couple of games. Our performance on the right side dipped significantly in the running game.

[koolkatluke]

Well our line played actually very well with gross AND otah out. I say let Gross walk, if pep gets franchised and traded were looking at an ass load of cap space. Suggs and Haynesworth kind of cap lol, I can dream right?

When did this happen? Do you know you are talking about letting a ALL PRO LT?????? Who is still young?????? I'm not just talking about a Pro Bowl LT. I'm talking All Pro (that means people consider him the best in league). They don't grow on Trees and you think we should let him walk????? Please stop posting without pre thought.