MechaZain

Why in the year of our Lord 2021 are we still talking about McCaffery like he's just a RB. A 26 year old Alvin Kamara got 5 years/$75m ($15m/yr) A 29 year old Tyler Lockett got 3 years/$30m ($10.25M/yr) We have both of them combined in one guy, which makes for a defensive coordinator's worst nightmare, and he's only 24 years old. 4 years/$64m ($16m/yr). If you want to argue that due to the position's short life no RB should be getting that much money that's fair, but this idea that Hurney overpaid is ridiculous. CMC is barely the highest paid player at his position and is by far the most valuable.

If Houston wanted Christian the deal would have probably happened by now. But just to play along: lock in Davis and ideally Samuel too.

He's never missed this much time so we're in uncharted waters, but he's young and a workout warrior so I'm not worried about it.

CMC ended the “no weapons for Cam” talk. Cam never had an offense as good as this current one. No, it’ll be like RG3 where we’ll be ridiculed for the decision if he doesn’t live up to his pricetag.

We’re getting into the weeds a bit here. You can say technically two different GMs so it’s two different approaches but from Tepper/the teams perspective we made sweeping changes to the roster last year and we’re continuing to next year. There’s just a new person in charge of making the moves. It doesn’t have to be a complete fire sale to qualify. Hell, I think losing Greg, Luke, and Cam made it a rebuild by default, but you can call next season a second rebuild if that makes you feel better.

Last year was to rebuild the winning culture

I'll spell it out for you more carefully next time

Context clues my friend it's literally their only connection to SC and each other. My point is both are especially famous in the Carolinas. I was in Asheville two years ago and someone was rocking a Watson Clemson jersey well after the fact. I can only imagine how popular him and Trevor are in South Carolina. Tepper wants to move the stadium from one of the most popping places in the state to the back of the Carowinds parking lot just to get more money out of SC. There's no doubt in my mind that it's factoring into his push.

You know exactly what I mean.

I really think the idea of having an franchise quarterback from South Carolina has consumed Tepper to the point where he'll give up just about anything to land Watson or Lawrence.

Forget him mentoring anyone here if he's actually disgruntled but that's for the best IMO.

I didn't even make the SC connection Tepper will trade the farm

I bet Houston wants Burns and Chinn + picks and we keep offering McCaffery.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-insider-notes-dont-underestimate-david-tepper-and-the-panthers-in-the-deshaun-watson-sweepstakes/ Strong words here he may have ears on this for real There remains some confusion as to what was actually reported, or speculated, or just plain made up about the Carolina Panthers and some trade offer for Deshaun Watson earlier this week. But I can assure you of this much: Carolina is beyond smitten with Watson and owner David Tepper is fairly consumed by the prospect of landing him and no matter what happens with this transcendent young quarterback (and I still believe he is dealt at some point), the Panthers are going to play some role in the process. They might not be able to secure him, ultimately, and others clearly possess higher draft capital, but when it comes to Watson, Tepper's aim is true and their desire is real.

Ding ding ding

We were so unlucky with Curtis. By the time he got healthy and really rolling the offense had mostly moved on. The guy's too talented to be a 4th option.

Depends on what "say" entails for me. QB advocating for a free agent is fine but not suggesting cuts or playing GM.

Wilson trying to escape bad pass protection and landing here would be hilarious

I’d call his bluff if I were Houston. May walk away with nothing but the alternative is going to cost league owners much more

Becomes a big deal when you have one o-lineman on the roster, a poor defense, and it's the highest you'll be picking for the next 3 years.

Also we're either coming though with some big offers or have a leaky front office if we're the "aggressive" team on the list.

The 39th pick tossed in there is tough to swallow. If we were truly the preferred spot I don't think it would take all that.

It doesn't matter who they want to negotiate with, he gets final approval.

I love that he straight up said Teddy needs to have crazy offseason if he wants to remain the starter.

Tepper and SC have all the leverage so it's not a great look for Charlotte. BoA's perfectly fine.