Panthers Cap figure for 2012. Pat Yasinskas

[Bj-Monster23]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/29946/nfc-south-cap-figures-for-2012

Panthers have the third highest cap figures in the league will have to cut and restructure contracts before new league year in march.

[carpanfan96]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/29946/nfc-south-cap-figures-for-2012

Panthers have the third highest cap figures in the league will have to cut and restructure contracts before new league year in march.

Yea, that's not surprising with the money owed to Smith, Wharton, Gross and Gamble plus Johnson, Williams and Beason's deals are front loaded.

That also probably contains the 5 million base salary and cap hit currently expected to be made by Thomas Davis. If he's cut before the year starts that goes down to virtually nothing.

[teeray]

OUr guys have always been pretty good with maneuvering around the cap. I am not worried.

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Everyone on the roster knows this team is special especially with Cam at the helm so I don't think there will be any problems restructuring some of the big contracts and making space to bring in some impact FA's and sign the rookies.

[rmoneyg35]

I don't understand how our cap is so high considering we haven't signed any players besides vet min and Mare in the past two years. I don't believe we are still playing players like Jake so how is our Cap this high? All I can say is if we don't restructure and cut some players then Hurney should be fired for putting us in this situation. No way a team that is coming off a 2-15,6-10 season with NO big free agent acquisitions have a team salary this high.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Not worried at all about the cap to be honest. Guys with big contracts will be cut and/or restructured. On that note as well, guys will be more willing to take less money to stay here compared to the past couple of years.

[Ruff]

I don't understand how our cap is so high considering we haven't signed any players besides vet min and Mare in the past two years. I don't believe we are still playing players like Jake so how is our Cap this high? All I can say is if we don't restructure and cut some players then Hurney should be fired for putting us in this situation. No way a team that is coming off a 2-15,6-10 season with NO big free agent acquisitions have a team salary this high.

Um, we haven't signed players but anything to the vet minimum? Did you not see Charles Johnson's 70+ million contract? What about Kalil's? Beason, Anderson, or Davis'?

Check out this thread. http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/72046-panthers-2012-free-agents-players-under-contract-and-cap-space.html

[Firefox]

What is just as important as the amout of money committed to next year's cap is the NUMBER of players that amount is committed to.

All of our free agents have a $0 cap hit for next year.

And restructuring doesn't necessarily mean "guys will be more willing to take less money". It just pushes the the costs down the road. That's why we are where we are. Kinda like our government is doing.

:banghead:

[tondi]

Anybody know what the cap number will be for 2012?

[mwright350]

One of the only things I've never really been super concerned about with this team is the ability of the front office to manage the cap. I'm confident they'll do what they need to do so we have enough space to acquire / keep who we need / want.

[Firefox]

Anybody know what the cap number will be for 2012?

NOBODY does. Nobody knows what the league revenue is. The fiscal year hasn't ended yet.

[Bj-Monster23]

Here are a couple of guys that I think might get cut.

Mike Goodson

Armanti Edwards

Jeff Otah

Eric Norwood

Ben Hartstock

Cletis Gordon

Sherrod Martin

Thomas Davis

Travelle Wharton

Seyi Ajirotutu

Guys that might get there contract restructure.

Jordan Gross

Chris Gamble

Deangelo Williams

Steve Smith

[rmoneyg35]

Um, we haven't signed players but anything to the vet minimum? Did you not see Charles Johnson's 70+ million contract? What about Kalil's? Beason, Anderson, or Davis'?

Check out this thread. http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/72046-panthers-2012-free-agents-players-under-contract-and-cap-space.html

Thats people who were re-signed. I am talking about us signing new players to come to Carolina.

I think Wharton,Davis, and Otah should make a restructure. I know Davis and Otah don't make that much but every bit helps.

I would love to see us restructure Gamble but I don't know if he will take a pay cut with the kind of year he just had.

[tondi]

NOBODY does. Nobody knows what the league revenue is. The fiscal year hasn't ended yet.

That's kind of what I thought but didn't know if I was missing something. Since we don't know what number we have to hit we certainly can't know what we need to do to hit it.