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Salary plan will help/hurt these teams...

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I know there's already been Several of these but it's a good read, and gives you an idea of what/who will be active when FA begins... it is a different article than the ones already posted...

Here's the Carolina excerpt

"4. Carolina Panthers: The Panthers want to re-sign defensive end Charles Johnson, linebacker Thomas Davis, running back DeAngelo Williams and cornerback Richard Marshall. They have plenty of cap room and incentive to do that. Their payroll is currently at $70.5 million, meaning that owner Jerry Richardson would have to put close to $50 million into play. But they also have $30.65 million in cap room, so they shouldn't have much trouble getting those big deals to work. The Panthers aren't expected to be big players in free agency but they will be one of the top teams in trying to re-sign their players."

Nothing really new but they mention other teams as well...

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=6699864

Edit: if you dont read the actual article it's important to note that the article said the new cap floor will Hurt TB... They are a young team with loads of young and cheap talent already... They will be forced to spend big $$ during FA... So expect the Bucs to land a couple of big names.

IMO, this is bad for us... Time will tell

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make sure you like to the article

If we sign all of our guys, I consider us big winners in Free Agency.

If we sign all of our guys we want to AND sign a DT and/or CB I consider us hands down winners of the Lockout.

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make sure you like to the article

If we sign all of our guys, I consider us big winners in Free Agency.

If we sign all of our guys we want to AND sign a DT and/or CB I consider us hands down winners of the Lockout.

No doubt... We have big name CORE guys that need to be resigned. Without them we lose big time!

I knew that TB had more money than us, but never thought about them being so active in FA since they've always been a team that builds through the draft.

It honestly scares me a lil bit that they have the means to go after Aso from Oakland. It's pretty widely known that we will not even entertain going after him.

I never thought I'd hear this come out of my mouth ever... But we will need to keep our eye on these guys.

Our division is gonna get tougher... I have faith in our new coaching staff and FO that we will pick up the best available FA's that fit into our system. I'm still looking for us to pick up FA's from Chicago and SD where Rivera led both defenses... We will be a force to be reackoned with... I'm ready for this stupid lockout to end so that we can move forward!

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This is a lot of speculation as they have nothing substantial to talk about. I think every GM on every team is paid relatively well. The GM's primary goal is in most cases to work with the coaching staff to field the most competitive team they can come up with in an effort to win, increase fanbase and gain revenue.

If this happened tomorrow 32 teams would do this. Yes there would be some short term money balances but over time everyone will adjust.

There might be some short term perceived advantages but I think everybody has to play the cards they were dealt.

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