DeAngelo Williams stays in Carolina 5 years 43 mil 21 guaranteed

[Murph]

:hurray:

[mr beauxjangles]

for the last few years this team has made it clear that they are committed to developing their young talent. what the hell do you guys want them to do? spend years developing their young talent then let them walk for higher $ to a team that's invested nothing in them up to this point? if they didn't pay CJ or DW big money and lost that battle, then the front office would be completely abandoning everything they've stood for in recent years.

and for those of you that simply think they overpaid...do you think you know more about CJ's and DW's market value? do you think you know more about what atlanta and denver were putting out there than hurney and JR? do you honestly think that our hurney and jr all of a sudden have no business acumen and said "who cares what their market value is and what it's gonna take to the retain them, pay them millions more than we need to!!!"

gtfo.

[CRA]

everyone does realize this is a passing era....and the rules cater to that.....therefore it is easier to put point up on the scoreboard passing?

I keep reading how Williams and Stewart are both getting 15 touches a game....but that ain't realistic on a regular basis. To a large degree today's NFL is being structured to outscore people.........and trying to do that on the ground is on uphill battle.

[KBRed]

What better way to keep pressure off of Cam and let him have some room to pass.

[weymouthst]

Awesome contract.

Awesome decision.

We had more pressing needs. I'm hoping for a monster season from him. If not... this is on par with giving Jake Delhomme $18 million.

not even close.

You have to remember that we have JStew backing him up, and I highly doubt we would let JStew go while we have DWill. This increases DWill's longevity, because of the fact that he doesn't have to carry the ball every down. This will easily let him carry on for those 5 years, and 21 guaranteed easily pays him for the expectation of ability for the next 3.

So excited about this deal.

everyone does realize this is a passing era....and the rules cater to that.....therefore it is easier to put point up on the scoreboard passing?

I keep reading how Williams and Stewart are both getting 15 touches a game....but that ain't realistic on a regular basis. To a large degree today's NFL is being structure to outscore people.........and trying to do that on the ground is on uphill battle.

You need a solid running game, especially in the playoffs. Because the passing game "era," teams compensate for getting talent in the secondary. You can't put all your eggs in one basket(passing game) because then defenses know you are going to pass, and compensate. Unless you have the best QB ever to play the game and 3-4 WR's that are unstoppable, a pass only attack won't work. If your passing game gets shut down, you need a running game to keep defenses guessing.

[5158Poundin]

Hell yea I am thrilled to have D back for 5! Love it!

[AceMan]

LOVE this deal! So happy for D-Will! He deserves it

[Montsta]

is this all jerseys or just his?

ALL authentics. Really probably deserves a sticky, because I've never seen that at Panthers.com before and that is a lot of savings.

[sml1950]

The one question I have about the contract is- Did we get a HOMETOWN discount? Or were we the highest bidder.

[AKPantherFan]

We are not over spending. We. Are just using the money we would have had to use on

Cam to keep our own guys. We are pretty lucky the new cba hit when it did or we would had to pay 70 million to him.

[Montsta]

We are not over spending. We. Are just using the money we would have had to use on Cam to keep our own guys. We are pretty lucky the new cba hit when it did or we would had to pay 70 million to him.

Where the hell have you been? I thought you rage quit the internet.

[rico6]

D-lo may have gotten an excessive contract, but please don't compare this to Jake Delhommes Pay2Suck contract. None of Hurney's Blunders (at least recent) compare to that.

Williams is at his peak/prime and the contract actually came a year too late. He's worth the contract.

I'm guessing most of the griping is that most of us hope that these contracts don't take away from actually signing a 'good' free agent.

Resigning is cool and all, but the team still has holes.

[MadHatter]

so 4.25 a year guaranteed but could go over 8. who's pissed?

Your comment shows that you do not understand the guaranteed portion of the contract.

This is not an incentive laden contract. If you pay him less than the full contract, you get less than 5 years of service.

The only way that he gets less is if you release him early.

[CRA]

We are not over spending. We. Are just using the money we would have had to use on Cam to keep our own guys. We are pretty lucky the new cba hit when it did or we would had to pay 70 million to him.

but the money we are saving on Cam could go to fill big holes on this team with really good talent.

DeAngleo was big money on a position of little need.

Seems like the rookie wage gave us an opportunity we aren't fully taking advantage of. Outside of QB.....what weakness has been addressed? There is legit talent out there to fill those needs. Looks like Jerry has no interest in those guys....and will settle for trying to find a diamond in the rough.