Panthers sign Ed Dickson

[nickzz]

Ravens fans are saying he's extremely unreliable and drops everything. Dunno if that's lost free agent bitterness or legit.

100% legit. I'm very familiar with a handful of teams, mostly because of my roommates. Ravens fans hate this guy. He has a severe dropping problem.

[gettlemanjack]

YESSSSSSSSS!!!

FUGGING YESSSSSS!!!

DUNN DUN DUNN....DUN DUN DUN!!!

Now this is a FA signing that has me stoked!

Cason and Underwood - scrubs, IMO / good for depth

Harper - too much of a liability in coverage

J-Co and Avant - good signings for the short term but hard to get excited about two vets at the end of their careers. Like someone earlier in the thread said, it's like "loading up on 10 year old polo shirts at the thrift store. Nice!"

But IMO Dickson is an elite passing TE prospect just hitting his prime when he turns 27 as August rolls around. I realize he hasn't blown up / realized his potential in his 4 seasons in the NFL with a 25/26/27/28-year-old Joe Flacco, but Flacco sucks. I'm stoked to see what Dickson can do with Cam. I would not be surprised to see Dickson emerge as a Top Ten NFL passing-catching TE. I'm excited! I've been wrong plenty about prospects before (and maybe i had too much coffee), but spending just $730,000 to take a swing for the fences on an a guy with tons of upside hitting his prime like Dickson is good stuff. My only worry is that if/when he does great this season, he'll be leaving us to get paid like Ginn, Munnerlyn and Mike Mitchell did

[gettlemanjack]

YEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[SCP]

guys give him a break he's undoubtedly listening to the new nirvana cassette, anyone would be distracted

Side 2 is amazing

[doogy]

Really liked Dickson coming out of Oregon. Didn't do as well as I thought he'd do and have multiple Ravens' fans telling me he's nothing special however, with Olsen on the field at the same time I think Dickson can improve our offense. 

[Gabeking]

It's funny, most of these "cheapo" $730,000 deals are more $$ than a ton of people will ever make in a decade/lifetime.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I'm interested to see the packages that Shula and Ramsdell come up with.

I wonder if they'll line Dickson up in the slot any like the Ravens did in 2011 (Dickson's best year).

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

It's funny, most of these "cheapo" $730,000 deals are more $$ than a ton of people will ever make in a decade/lifetime.

I was going to say this but didn't want to piss anyone off lol.

[SCP]

Does anyone know the Guinness Book of records for 1 year deals?

Gettleman is the John "One and Done" Calipari of the NFL.

[MHS831]

My thing with the one year deals is based on what happened last year, we might not be able to keep Dickson if he has a breakout year.

I actually wouldn't have minded a cheap two year deal.

 

We are into him for $65k.  That is it.  Cap strapped and still binging in good players.

 

Now all we need is Thomas "What does the dove say?" DeCoud and I would say we have had another stellar free agency period from debtor's prison.

 

[jdpanther5]

Just to reiterate, the cap hits from these 1-year vet. min. deals we keep seeing actually get reduced to $570,000 + any signing bonus (not to exceed $65,000). So Cason, Webb, and Dickson have cap hits of $635k despite actually making $795k. And since only the top 51 contracts count, they each bump a rookie minimum salary ($495k) out of the top 51, so their net cap hit is $140k each.

[MHS831]

It's funny, most of these "cheapo" $730,000 deals are more $$ than a ton of people will ever make in a decade/lifetime.

 

Or one, all-expense paid round trip to Columbia, but I digress. :skydive:

 

[firefox1234]

Loving this signing! Maybe not a blockbuster move but Dickson has shown he has potential to make some big plays! Leggo!!!

[nctarheel0619]

Brandon Williams is probably gone as well.