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Could Gettleman be waiting until next year to fill the WR void?

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Saw a tweet on this earlier, thought I would post it. With dead money coming off the books from Beason, Gross, Anderson and several other high priced FAs and possible cuts, some of these guys might be affordable for the Panthers.

 

Obviously, a handful of these guys will be extended/re-signed.

 

Your 2015 WR Class

 

PLAYER POS STATUS FROM TO AGE 2014 CAP HIT

Brandon Marshall WR UFA CHI TBD 29 $9,300,000

Wes Welker WR UFA DEN TBD 32 $8,000,000

Roddy White WR UFA ATL TBD 32 $6,325,000

A.J. Green WR UFA CIN TBD 25 $6,264,394

Reggie Wayne WR UFA IND TBD 35 $6,166,668

Jeremy Maclin WR UFA PHI TBD 25 $5,250,000

Julio Jones WR UFA ATL TBD 25 $5,149,375

Eddie Royal WR UFA SD TBD 27 $5,000,000

Nate Washington WR UFA TEN TBD 30 $4,800,000

Michael Crabtree WR UFA SF TBD 26 $4,770,443

Demaryius Thomas WR RFA DEN TBD 26 $4,700,000

Jordy Nelson WR UFA GB TBD 28 $4,375,000

Dez Bryant WR UFA DAL TBD 25 $3,898,500 

Matthew Slater WR UFA NE TBD 28 $2,266,668

Doug Baldwin WR UFA SEA TBD 25 $2,187,000

Eric Weems WR UFA CHI TBD 28 $1,600,000

Vincent Brown WR UFA SD TBD 25 $1,535,517

Austin Pettis WR UFA STL TBD 25 $1,533,567

Brad Smith WR UFA PHI TBD 30 $1,500,000

Cecil Shorts WR UFA JAC TBD 26 $1,499,845

Denarius Moore WR UFA OAK TBD 25 $1,436,513

Jeremy Kerley WR UFA NYJ TBD 25 $1,435,062

Dane Sanzenbacher WR UFA CIN TBD 25 $1,431,000

Torrey Smith WR UFA BAL TBD 25 $1,078,392

Greg Little WR UFA CLE TBD 24 $1,058,750

Brandon Tate WR UFA CIN TBD 26 $1,024,000

Randall Cobb WR UFA GB TBD 23 $1,021,179

**Full list can be found at spotrac.com

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Gettleman said we were not going to have 17 free agents like we did this year, many on 1 year contracts.  He suggested 8 or 9 guys on short contracts and the rest longer term players.  So I don't think he will do it like last year and instead look for guys who can contribute for a few years.  But we won't pay significant guaranteed money so if we get rid of them after 1 year we won't have a ton of dead cap money like we did this year.  Problem is that many teams are willing to give significant guaranteed money which is of course what every player wants.  We wont be one of those guys.  As for that list for next year, if they want or deserve big money we won't be signing them anyway. We have to build through the draft,

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I don't think he's looking at it that far ahead as far as specific positions. 

 

But what he's doing now is putting us in position to sign big name guys in the future.

 

So in a way...the answer to your question is yes.

 

Sure he is.  He has said repeatedly that he is looking at a few years down the road with each move.  That is why for example many of the players are gone.  He isn't just looking at the short term.

 

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