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Panthers surprise Cuts and Restructures?

NJPanthers89

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I know there are surprise cuts every year, and this may not be a surprise to anyone but would there be a cap advantage to cutting Otah?

Also who has the highest cap hit heading into this year? They would be most likely to restructure..Thomas Davis obviously is going to have to make something happen, but i could see a guy like Gross helping the team out.

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I know there are surprise cuts every year, and this may not be a surprise to anyone but would there be a cap advantage to cutting Otah?

Also who has the highest cap hit heading into this year? They would be most likely to restructure..Thomas Davis obviously is going to have to make something happen, but i could see a guy like Gross helping the team out.

Otah is cheap and talented......and this is a contract year for him. Injury or not, he is an ideal player to have on your team for at least the 2012 season.

Davis, Wharton, Baker, Clausen are the obvious and easiest areas to work with. 3 of the 4 should be cut. Davis brought back for peanuts.

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Otah is cheap and talented......and this is a contract year for him. Injury or not, he is an ideal player to have on your team for at least the 2012 season.

Davis, Wharton, Baker, Clausen are the obvious and easiest areas to work with. 3 of the 4 should be cut. Davis brought back for peanuts.

Also, Smitty could be extended to help with the cap. Stew's extension will probably be done at some point during the season. We have made it apparent. We will try at all costs not to let our own walk. Worst case, stew would get the franchise tag.

Any of the top money makers could get their contracts restructured.

Baker needs to be a definite cut.

Also, the Olindo signing is really hurting my head at the moment.

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I can certainly see Wharton being a surprise cut, that's a good call..Although he gets paid for being able to slide over to LT if needed, and he is a very good Guard. They may feel like they could get better value starting Schwartz and spending the extra money on D.

well, he was the one of the 4 I don't think gets cut. Davis, Clausen, Baker should get the axe. They do need to rework Wharton though and if they can't then I could see them making a move there

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Also just think about how much money we have tied up in the RB position. I love both Stewart and Deangelo, but Stewart is absolutely the better every down RB. Deangelo is a great RB though in his own right, and is a homerun threat every time he touches the ball, but he constantly gets stopped at the line. I dont know if there is a way to pay both these guys and keep the defense competitive.

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Also just think about how much money we have tied up in the RB position. I love both Stewart and Deangelo, but Stewart is absolutely the better every down RB. Deangelo is a great RB though in his own right, and is a homerun threat every time he touches the ball, but he constantly gets stopped at the line. I dont know if there is a way to pay both these guys and keep the defense competitive.

Giving Williams that contract was a mistake.....the problems it created will become more obvious these next 2 seasons.

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This is what makes players like Bell so valuable.

Anytime you can drag average or better performance out of someone making the minimum is so important with a capped league.

These players give the leverage and savings to pay the consistent, super talented players.

To have a great team, you need the Bells, so you can afford to keep the Smitty's.

However, finding and developing the Bells is the hard part.

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