10 Players to watch and Johnson making the Panthers pay

[DaCityKats]

Teams who follow that logic, instead of paying players what they deserve quickly find themselves at the salary cap with an inadequate team. Considering the blood that this team has shed in order to gouge out economic leverage for our future's sake, I find it hard to imagine that we would squander that sacrifice to overpay a player simply because another team is willing to overpay.

This doesn't mean that I don't think we should NEVER overpay any player. It means that if we are to overpay a player, then that approach should be done when we are in close pursuit of a playoff run, not when we are rebuilding for a future dynasty.

the whole point of that is that DE's that get after the QB get's the money in this league. you can never have enough pass rushers, so if we decide not to outbid another team we will be fuged.

you must have a core or base to build from and having a legit pass rusher as part of that will only make that rebuild a lot easier. he should be paid by this team.

[DaCityKats]

let's not pay the guy who had double digit sacks and a ton of pressures that is 24 years old.

that defeats the whole building through the draft concept.

[Peppers90 NC]

the most outstanding part about cj, is he is only 24. some guys dont even come to the league until that age, and he has 3 seasons under his belt. he is a valuable commodity.

[jtm]

I like Johnson, but the Panthers will not pay him $10 million a year.

They will if they have to. Letting ANY good players walk after the year we just had not to mention the cap space, is laughable. It won't happen. However much you hate Hurney, he isn't an idiot.

I love it how this place had a meltdown last year based on all of the players we let walk, and now everyone all of a sudden is such a steward with JR's money while calling him a tight azz.

[jtm]

But we should pay Asomugha $15 million a year at age 29, but DW or DJ aren't worth $6/$10 million respectively. The huddle is a magical place.

[panthers55]

But we should pay Asomugha $15 million a year at age 29, but DW or DJ aren't worth $6/$10 million respectively. The huddle is a magical place.

Not only that Johnson and Williams are both key ingredients to our team success. The problem with paying Aso anything is that he is a shutdown corner in man coverage while we run mostly zone. The general thinking is that man specialists are largely wasted in zone packages where lesser talented folks would be okay.

[rayzor]

Not only that Johnson and Williams are both key ingredients to our team success. The problem with paying Aso anything is that he is a shutdown corner in man coverage while we run mostly zone. The general thinking is that man specialists are largely wasted in zone packages where lesser talented folks would be okay.

i agree with you on johnson and williams being key ingredients.

one thing about us running zone...i'm pretty sure rivera prefers a man defense. he was released in chicago partly because lovie wanted his own guy in there, but also because lovie wanted more of a zone defense than what rivera was running.

[panthers55]

one thing about us running zone...i'm pretty sure rivera prefers a man defense. he was released in chicago partly because lovie wanted his own guy in there, but also because lovie wanted more of a zone defense than what rivera was running.

No way. First of all most teams run more zone than man. Secondly we will use zone blitzing schemes which by the name indicates that there will be a zone cover shell. Lastly given that Meeks is a zone coverage guy Rivera wouldn't have put him in charge of the secondary if we going to use a primary cover 0 scheme.

Rivera ran a largely cover 2 scheme in Chicago when he was there. Philly may have run more man coverages when he was there but that was before cover 2 became so popular. In San Diego they ran primarily zone schemes as well, mostly cover 2, cover 3 and cover 6.

[CRA]

No way. First of all most teams run more zone than man. Secondly we will use zone blitzing schemes which by the name indicates that there will be a zone cover shell. Lastly given that Meeks is a zone coverage guy Rivera wouldn't have put him in charge of the secondary if we going to use a primary cover 0 scheme.

Rivera ran a largely cover 2 scheme in Chicago when he was there. Philly may have run more man coverages when he was there but that was before cover 2 became so popular. In San Diego they ran primarily zone schemes as well, mostly cover 2, cover 3 and cover 6.

yep, expect Rivera to be heavy cover 2 in Carolina.....he will just be more creative and add in some exotic packages every now and then.

[panthers55]

yep, expect Rivera to be heavy cover 2 in Carolina.....he will just be more creative and add in some exotic packages every now and then.

The creativity is more in how we pressure the passer than in how we defend the pass. The idea is if you get steady pressure on the Qb, all coverages work well and the QB gets hurried into mistakes.

[jtnc]

I've never seen Johnson give up on a play, he deserves the money. Peppers never really put out what he was worth.

[Kurb]

12m annually is reasonable for an ELITE player.

Where does CJ rank in the top 100 players chosen by other players(ala NFL Network)?

How much money annually are the guys ranked 80 -100 making?

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