Hardy says he wouldn't mind franchise tag

[Jmac]

So that tells you a bit what The ball park would be for a long term deal.This is per Steve Reed via twitter.

[Swan]

It shows that he wants to be here in Carolina. In his heart, he wants to be a Panther. This post made me pretty happy.

[Jackofalltrades]

Agree with Swan, it tells me he doesn't want to go anywhere else, which is consistent with his "hometown discount" comment.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

I feel fairly confident that they'd reach a deal before getting to that point.

[the butch]

It shows that he wants to be here in Carolina. In his heart, he wants to be a Panther. This post made me pretty happy.

 

 

Agree with Swan, it tells me he doesn't want to go anywhere else, which is consistent with his "hometown discount" comment.

 

Any other player saying this, and I would tend to agree.  This is the Kraken, though.  Hogwarts, cereal, there is no telling what is going to come out of the man's mouth, and what does, there's no telling what it actually means.

[Frank Hollywood]

What's the cost to tag a DE?

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

That would be a little over 11mill garunteed so looking at somewhere in that ballpark for a deal....he turned down 8mill already right?

[Goondal]

This is definitely encouraging.  Although that would obviously not be ideal consider our current cap situation, it is nice to see that he would be okay with it.  Most players, at least from what I have heard, do not like it.

 

For those much more knowledgeable about how the cap works than I, how would this effect our cap space if we were to have to go this route?

[bleys]

Any other player saying this, and I would tend to agree.  This is the Kraken, though.  Hogwarts, cereal, there is no telling what is going to come out of the man's mouth, and what does, there's no telling what it actually means.

 

for some reason this confuses people.  Hardy is much more predictable than a few of you seem to understand.  

[csx]

Franchise tag is far from the optimal way to make this work. Its a last ditch effort.

[TheRumGone]

this is going to be a crazy offseason

[Jangler]

for some reason this confuses people.  Hardy is much more predictable than a few of you seem to understand.  

 

Just ask Matt Ryan.

[jtnc]

We would have to deal him quickly with the tag. I could see us getting a second for him.

[Darth Biscuit]

Hope it doesn't come to tagging him though...