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Hell, it's hardly even newsworthy, Anyone that knows how this FO operates has been waiting for the other shoe to drop for months.

If you're referring to Jason Cole, who is an award winning and respected sports journalist, have at it. Someone used Cole in a Bleacher Report article, so what? That makes Cole, or every article written on Bleacher Report invalid? Give me a break! Cole was the first to say that there was some interest by some with the Panthers organization to bring Hardy back. I guess that just speaks of his bad reputation. Obviously a player can be re-signed after they hit free agency if the will between both parties is there. They can obviously be signed by someone else, also. Teams can and do at times make the public aware that they will not re-sign a player before the free agency period begins. You can argue with me with semantics all you like, but the fact is nothing is "official" until the Panthers come out and publicly say it. Even still, no one is going to give anyone a cookie for reporting it as "official" before it's official.

Sometimes. Allowing someone to hit free agency is effectively the same thing, so it's not even worth debating.

Basically, it's not official until the Panthers FO comes out and publicly says he won't be back. Anything else is officially speculation until then. I still don't get why people think that breaking news that everyone already expects will happen anyway is indicative of good journalism in this day and time of the Internet and social media. It's almost like a who-has-the-biggest-penis contest, which is not indicative of good love making.

And that's why I scoff at people who try and belittle others who make a valid argument as to why our FO will fall on the sword to support the shield to the detriment of the team and support of its players. These are the same people who try and say that dismissing Dorial Green-Beckham out of hand is all about business, with no regards to the importance of the moral component in the minds of our front office, and how those types of decisions can in fact have real consequences towards---and actually be the difference between---winning and losing (which is the bottom line---the business---of any NFL franchise).

No. The Hardy-Carolina conundrum will die a slow death---in the Huddle, and especially in Panthers history. To me, it's actually quite befitting considering all of the viable debate, and, arguably, mismanagement or mishandling of the situation on so many levels that it speaks to.

I would hardly call Hardy a time bomb. How many times has he been suspended? Even if he is this time, it's more about acquiescing to societal demands than anything else. All you're doing is just regurgitating the verbiage of Gettleman in a clever attempt to make a weak apples and oranges comparison. I see that you strategically called Harvin a "headache player" as opposed to a "time bomb". There was really nothing amazing about them making it back to a championship after they traded Harvin, because they effectively made it to the championship without Harvin the preceding season.

I think that everyone is so perturbed now because they are just mad about different aspects of the situation. I would guess that most are upset due to the FO's general choir boy mentality, and its caving in to public pressure before the dust had barely even been stirred up, much less settled. As for letting Hardy walk, that's reportedly what they were going to do anyway (if you believe Voth and Igo). That's in fact what they are doing now. The difference is that we missed out on a young, quality LT who could have protected Cam's blind side for years to come. If we couldn't outright sign Veldheer when he became a free agent, we may have been able to negotiate with all parties involved into some type of tag and trade deal---and possibly even have had Denarius Moore and/or a pick thrown into the deal---that would have sent Hardy to Cali, and Veldheer to Charlotte. It just didn't make much sense to "rent" a guy that you never intended to keep, while simultaneously betting your franchise QB's health and your offense's ability to efficiently and successfully produce at a high level. This was not a case of setting your team up to succeed. But, it's water under the bridge. Gettleman is still a relatively new GM, so he is still afforded some mulligans (outside of the normal gambles, failures and successes that are part of a GM's job). I just hope that he learns from this error. To me, you shouldn't tag someone unless you plan to keep them, or have a specific deal in place that sends them elsewhere. I

Let's go to Tiffany's and find the most expensive Band-Aid that we can find.

And that was the most nonsensical move that Gettleman has made during his management. Just utterly ill-advised without any meaningful justification. That money should have gone to Jared Veldheer and other upgrades or less inexpensive inexpensive Band-Aids. Sigh

Kind of true, but they are only looking after their interests. The thing is is that they risk alienating Dez irrevocably, so they may have to franchise him to keep him there for the next two years, and after that he will likely be gone. No way they want to pay him QB franchise tag money for a third year (which is a rule). At that point he would still be young enough to command top dollar, and leave them looking relatively stupid provided that he has stayed clean. Not likely, but he could also sit out. Perhaps that is what he meant when he referenced being betrayed. They apparently knew about it and gave assurances that it wouldn't be an issue if he behaved himself until contract time. Then, "bam", they Pearl Harbor him at contract time. http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/25/dez-bryant-ive-been-betrayed-video-tape//?adid=TMZ_Search_Results

True, but being in a union can make all the difference. Collective bargaining agreements go a long way towards legal protection for union members.

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Well isn't avoiding contact kind of the point? I don't understand your issue.

Look at it kind of like "buy one, get one half off". The general rule is that half off is always applied to the cheaper of the two products. The lesser punishment will apply in this case because we had lesser standards. Hardy will probably get little to nothing.

Ginn has been a ST ace for most of his career, and his average dropped considerably last season. He is a below average wide receiver, and always has been. I don't see it as any big loss, and I will be glad if we must raise our expectations, even if it's by default.

He fumbled.

Where there is smoke...the Cowboys are apparently loath to give Dez the contract that he wants---befitting of a receiver of his talent in this market---due to this situation, so it is very much newsworthy.

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Team chemistry is really important. We dumped 89, so I don't see us getting the lite version, and arguably a worse version when it comes to competing.

IDK. Bryant reportedly made this statement purportedly in regards to what some believe is the vid: "I use to let people take advantage of my life now that I’m no longer allowing that to happen it seems to be a problem… I’m not ashamed of none of my past incidents because that’s what made me who I am today." http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/25/dez-bryant-ive-been-betrayed-video-tape//?adid=TMZ_Search_Results

The fact that it hasn't come out yet probably means that it is patently false.

Yeah, I read it as what we can do, not what we will do. Notwithstanding Cam and Kuechly's contracts, we still have to meet that 89 percent of the cap minimum to not be penalized, so we'll never see such a huge amount to spend.

Well we can't even say that domestic violence would even be involved because the story is so weird, but just the fact that it involves the Cowboys will make it worth the read alone.

OK some mysterious video---if it exists---is rumored to be out there about a situation involving Dez Bryant. This is the first I have heard of the rumor. http://seattle.suntimes.com/nfl/7/72/695824/dez-bryant-video-released It has apparently been on the radar of some within the media for quite a while according to Mike Florio, but he reiterated several times that he doesn't even know if the tape exists. He continued that even if it does, it is something that Bryant has done in his past, but it still may be affecting his contract negotiations with the Cowboys. Sounds fishy, but if something is actually there, we may find out as soon as today.