Will Beason be a Panther next year?

[GAme]

We definitely need to swith Beason to free safety. He already said it's cool

[Montsta]

This is not meant as a direct insult to anybody in particular, but you guys that keep thinking you can play a 3-4 because you've got four really talented 4-3 LB's are a trip.

[PantherPhann89]

I think that Beason will remain a Panther if he's willing to restructure his contract and move positions.

[CRA]

I think that Beason will remain a Panther if he's willing to restructure his contract and move positions.

And if he can get paid elsewhere and be the MLB.....I would think he would prefer to leave.

<insert random reply....but but but Beason loves us and will give us a discount and play a position he doesn't love>

[Kevin Greene]

Look at this and answer the question yourself:

7/29/2011: Signed a six-year, $51.338 million contract. The deal contains $25 million guaranteed, including a $20 million signing bonus.

2012: $1.25 million

2013: $5.25 million

2014: $6.5 million

2015: $7.5 million

2016: $8.75 million

2017: Free Agent

Let's just put it this way- release Beason and it becomes a cap hit unlike much of the league has never seen before. The cap hit would make Sean Gilbert's look minimal.

Yeah no way he wont be on the roster.

To release him you'd have to instantly eat the remaining pro rated portion of that massive signing bonus. Probably about 12 million bucks.

He'll have to play somewhere other than MLB because we have to ride out the Hurney magic on this one.

Let's just hope Beason can return to full health and contribute.

This contract and Dwill and Stewart's contract are just the symptoms of the Hurney disease.

Far over valuing those two positions both in the draft and at contract time.

[panthers55]

If we release him this off-season his cap hit would be 12.75 million. If we keep him his cap hit will be 9.5 million in 2013 and go up to almost 11 million in 2014, and 12 million in 2015. If we june 1st the cut, it costs us around 6.4 million in dead cap space for 2 years.

The problem with restructuring is that it converts salary into a signing bonus which increases the cap in future years. So we could lower his salary from next year's 5.25 million to something like 2.5 million by converting 3 million of the salary to a signing bonus which increases the signing bonus in future years from 4 million to 5 million.

His cap next year goes from 9.5 million to 6.5 million but it bumps up his future yearly signing bonus cap from 4 to 5 million without considering the salary.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/jon-beason/

[PantherKyle]

I really hope so. I feel like he is a Panther at heart ala TD. He will be a beast outside.

[Yaboychris28]

I think we should to to Beason what we did to Davis this year. Just gradually ease him back into the rotation

[Marguide]

It's not going to be an easy re-structure considering that $12+ million we have to deal with. We could give him some up front money, but he'd have to settle for salaries near the vet min to make it work.

It would hurt short term but it might be better to just bite the bullet and cut him. He won't be particularly happy about playing outside or about his value to the organization ($) and may want a fresh start elsewhere.

[Kevin Greene]

If we release him this off-season his cap hit would be 12.75 million. If we keep him his cap hit will be 9.5 million in 2013 and go up to almost 11 million in 2014, and 12 million in 2015. If we june 1st the cut, it costs us around 6.4 million in dead cap space for 2 years.

The problem with restructuring is that it converts salary into a signing bonus which increases the cap in future years. So we could lower his salary from next year's 5.25 million to something like 2.5 million by converting 3 million of the salary to a signing bonus which increases the signing bonus in future years from 4 million to 5 million.

His cap next year goes from 9.5 million to 6.5 million but it bumps up his future yearly signing bonus cap from 4 to 5 million without considering the salary.

http://www.spotrac.c...ers/jon-beason/

It's absolutley staggering at how bad Marty Hurney was at his job.

When June 1 releasing our once prized LB might be the best move when you way the cost/benefit result..

It's no wonder DWill and Stew make it very public thier desire to stay in Carolina. They want to play out their contracts as Hurney gave it to them.

[KillerKat]

I'd love to see a Beason - Kuechly - Davis starting lineup

[panthers55]

It's absolutley staggering at how bad Marty Hurney was at his job.

When June 1 releasing our once prized LB might be the best move when you way the cost/benefit result..

It's no wonder DWill and Stew make it very public thier desire to stay in Carolina. They want to play out their contracts as Hurney gave it to them.

The biggest problem is that he counted on the 2014 cap rising due to TV money which is actually gone to be flat. Everything was predicated on having tons of money to play with. It was an oversight which cost him his job.

[KRAKEN]

beason is outta here.and you have lost your mind if our starting linebacker corp,has 1 player with 3 acl's and another that has missed 2 years with various injuries.NO way we take that chance

[CRA]

I'd love to see a Beason - Kuechly - Davis starting lineup

Going into next year with that was our hopeful lineup.....

Means we are putting a lot of faith on a guy with 3 ACL repairs continuing to stay healthy AND a guy who has spent the last two years on IR to also be healthy....

Anderson is solid but overpriced.

New GM is going to have to rethink who plays with Luke IMO