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I started a reply talking about his cap hit for next year (~31.5mil). Looking deeper, releasing him would only save us 17.5mil since ~14mil is signing bonus. I’ve now switched my thinking to the right choice being keeping Moton through next year. The 17.5mil we would save in releasing him could net a RT in the 8-12ish ranking for the position. So we might as well keep him as a veteran leader and career Panther. A valuable trade offer would be the only reason to move him.

You earned your poo with this post

Chuba showed up to camp looking like he had worked all off season to build himself into a workhorse RB. His play is showing that paid off. He’s also somehow improved his hands which is very difficult to do at that point in a career. I’m glad we’re keeping a hard worker who’s performing and seems to be great in the locker room. I’ll let y’all keep whining though and discussing Sanders like his contract isn’t easy to escape this offseason.

https://twitter.com/nfl/status/1853795764717207868?s=46&t=iUe8E7P_bH33jIZRf7fRSQ One down, one to go. Hopefully Sanders is a Cowboy or Raider later today.

We’re not buyers. Our front office shouldn’t consider trading for anyone unless they’re young and cheap. Smith will be 33 next year.

Agreed. Moore nearly doubling up Coker in snaps is inexplicable.

I picked up Sanders and K Herbert in fantasy hoping for a trade for at least one of them.

More like WR25-30 imo

Possible. That would be a conversation to be had with his agent before any deal was made.

1) because apparently no other WRs want to sign a multi year deal to play here 2) to get out of the contract

Hate that for him. Well, guess that answers that.

Rams are aggressively shopping Kupp. I wonder if they’d do a straight swap to get out from his contract.

So what. We have the right to tag him and find a better deal this offseason. There is no point in shipping him off for a 5th round pick or later.

Enjoy that 6th round CB who gets cut in his first offseason.

If you can’t get a 3rd round pick or higher, then I’d tag him and trade him in the offseason. Someone would give up a better pick for the full year + increased time to sign him.

Wallace is going to be a good LB for us for the next decade. That was a draft pick well spent.

I think he’s earned a bigger contract than Javonte to this point. I also think Hubbard and Brooks are more similar, so we need more of a bruiser back like Javonte. I won’t be upset if we sign Hubbard to a franchise friendly contract. I will think it unwise if we sign him to a relatively expensive deal, especially if Javonte was available for less. FWIW… OTC has their market values as: Chuba ~ 10mil Javonte ~5.6mil

I mentioned it recently, but Javonte should be the RB we sign this offseason if he’s available. He pairs better with Brooks. Hopefully, he’d like to play closer to home. Javonte/Brooks behind our OL can win games.

I don’t get why no one considers the franchise tag for Diontae. He doesn’t have to hit the open market this offseason bc of it. Higgins didn’t. We don’t “have to” trade him until next years deadline.

If I were GM…. Chuba has been great, but we should have learned our lesson about paying unnecessarily large second contracts to RBs. We drafted Brooks as the first RB taken in the draft. Chuba, while great so far this year, is not a RB that will carry us to the playoffs on his back. Plus, they are similar backs. We need a bruiser, so… Javonte Williams. He and Hubbard are both in the last years of their contract. Denver’s running game has struggled and Chuba could be what they’re looking for since they have a rookie bruiser (Estime) ready to play now. Javonte has been largely disappointing since his injury, but their line and running him into 8 man boxes isn’t helping. I think he would do much better with our OL. Brooks starter. Javonte short yardage/red zone. Could probably still net a late pick from the Broncos for the swap, and Javonte would be much cheaper to re-sign, which is very important in our current situation.

I haven’t seen or heard anything from Diontae as a Panther suggesting he’s a poor teammate or diva. Maybe Pickens is the diva and difficult to share targets with. Idk, but I do know we should lock him up with a 3-4 year contract if he’ll take 22ish mil per year. If not, tag him and find a suitor.

We have no other realistic candidate for the franchise tag. We may use it on Diontae and see what happens in free agency and the draft. I don’t think we have to be in a rush here.

Great group. Still think they’d be outdone by a grouping of Higgins/Legette/Worthy if they’re together 4+ years. Especially if Dalton is throwing to them for a few.

Johnson + Mingo + 2025 4th for Worthy Let the Xaviers unite to solidify our WR room for the next 4.5 years. Their cheap contracts would allow us to compete for signing Higgins. Higgins/Legette outside with Worthy in the slot is likely the best WR corp ever for our franchise.