Report: Eugene Monroe option for Panthers

[FattyFatFat]

No sarcasm at all.

Aaron Wilson is one of the best football reporters around.

Wilson is the type of Person this team needs.

[FattyFatFat]

You may not have heard yet, but Greg Hardy will be playing LT next year

Still wouldn't be the worse LT on this team.

[Jackofalltrades]

Wilson is the type of Person this team needs.

I see what you did there.

[L-TownCat]

Wilson is the type of Person Person needs.

Fify

[*FreeFua*]

This is the route I prefer. Fix the OL through FA and fix the WR and CB position through the draft.

[jptaylor84]

Brandon lafell at LT?

[rscott94]

I'd love this... We draft James Hurst or Seantrel Henderson in the later rounds and have them there hopefully to start at RT but you know how Rivera love Bell.

[Catalyst]

You have to consider how much Gross was going to cost on a 1-2 year deal before he retired. He said at his press conference the team wanted him back and while he might have given us a hometown discount, Gross being re-signed wouldn't have come cheap either.

 

So you can assume Gettleman already planned to sink a good chunk of change into the LT position by re-signing Gross for the short-term. Is it really that much of a stretch to say he'd spend a little more to secure a top talent at the position for the long-term?

[hepcat]

The team can if they do some cap trickery. Give him a signing bonus, make the first season's base pay the minimum. Then include an option bonus in year 2 and 3 with a 30% increase in the salary in those two seasons. Bam, big deal for a big time LT that would only cost the team 3-4 million in Season 1. 

 

Would take a LOT of salary cap moves to sign him and still have room to bring back guys like Ginn, Mitchell, Munnerlyn and sign their draft picks.  I just don't see it happening...they could draft a player to develop and sign a cheaper vet to fill the spot in the mean time while still improving the rest of the roster.  

[carpanfan96]

Would take a LOT of salary cap moves to sign him and still have room to bring back guys like Ginn, Mitchell, Munnerlyn and sign their draft picks.  I just don't see it happening...they could draft a player to develop and sign a cheaper vet to fill the spot in the mean time while still improving the rest of the roster.  

 

There not going to be able to bring back Ginn, Mitchell and Munnerlyn even if they don't make this move. They need a solid LT no matter what though and that trumps bringing those guys back. A mid level guy is going to cost the same in year 1 compared to a solid-good LT if you do the contract right and feature bonus money. Only difference is the rest of the years on the contract. 

 

As for the moves, restructure Johnson, cut Godfrey and you have 10-11 million in space right there which gives the Panthers a total of 16 million to make moves and sign draft picks. 

[Kuech the Sneak]

God this would be great, at least the left side of our line would be cemented with Monroe amini and Kalil

[jptaylor84]

Gross cap was $4mil probably the same amount you could pay Anthony Collins, just don't see how we pay Monroe,Veldheer or Albert, Miami and Arizona better caps will offer more money than we have.

[MadHatter]

Any long term deal will likely be not far from that range anyway.

 

Not likely.

 

Maybe on average....but will likely have a sig signing bonus that will make the first few years cap hit much less.

[Catalyst]

Gross cap was $4mil probably the same amount you could pay Anthony Collins, just don't see how we pay Monroe,Veldheer or Albert, Miami and Arizona better caps will offer more money than we have.

 

Gano got almost $4 million per year. You can bet Gross would have gotten more than that, even on a 1-year deal.