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Was looking at what players are getting mocked to us at the moment, and the most common one is Abdul Carter from Penn State. I know we still got 4 more games to determine where we actually draft, but doesn't hurt to get a jump on the top players. Now to preface this, I read reports that the reason why he hasn't played edge until this season is because he and his father were both ADAMANT from day 1 that he was a stand up linebacker, no if's or buts about it. So, what made him change his mind finally this season? Here's his answer: Now, I know most people will probably say "gotta get that money, can't blame a guy for that", and I agree to an extent, but after watching a few interviews and his tape, he seems to be solely motivated by money, and if he was real about football and the craft of it, then he would've been team-first and been an edge this whole time imho. When he talks about football in other interviews, he is terrible at breaking down the game or his play at press conferences. He's so raw he could be turned into sashimi by the time he gets on the field. I'm getting major Isaiah Simmons bust-vibes from him. But like I said, it's super early, but just wanted to see your thoughts on a player like this and that kinda mentality and headspace.

Mays is really looking like the future. He is crushing it, and we can save money by letting Norbett go in the offseason.

Steve Smths breakdown of Bryce in the Broncos game

The whole season. He can't grow if he's not out there, then we'll see by the end what he's made of.

Yup, and the pipeline splits now between Washington and Buffalo, with our more star players going to places like Chicago(Peppers, Moose, Moore, etc).

As long as we get a grass field, thats all i care about. I dont care if its retractable and you have turf for every other event, just take care of the players and give them grass already!

3rd times the charm, right? If it worked for the Texans, it can work for us.

We'll see. We had these kinda reviews for last year too with the coaches and free agents we brought in.

CAROLINA PANTHERS Released: C Bradley Bozeman Franchise-tagged: EDGE Brian Burns Released: TE Hayden Hurst Re-signed: LS J.J. Jansen (one year, TBD) Signed: G Robert Hunt (five years, $100M) Signed: G Damien Lewis (four years, $53M) Released: S Vonn Bell Signed: DI A'Shawn Robinson (three years, $22.5M) Signed: LB Josey Jewell (three years, $22.75M) Acquired via trade: WR Diontae Johnson Re-signed: WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette (one year, TBD) Signed: CB Dane Jackson (two years, $8.5M) Signed: EDGE D.J. Wonnum (two years, $12.5M) Signed: EDGE K'Lavon Chaisson (one year, TBD) Signed: S Jordan Fuller (one year, TBD) Hunt becomes the fourth guard in the NFL to reach the $20 million per year mark, with the position market exploding this offseason as a response to the interior defender market doing the same for the second year running. Carolina needs to protect quarterback Bryce Young at all costs, and this is a good first step. With the information we learned about the guard market throughout the first day of free agency, with players like Jonah Jackson signing for $51 million over three years, we really like the value and fit for Lewis in Carolina, even though he exceeded our projection like every guard has thus far. This is now basically a third-tier guard deal, and Lewis had some encouraging play in his 2023 tape with reason to believe he could continue to improve. Jewell is a good all-around player who will love working behind the duo of Derrick Brown and A’Shawn Robinson on early downs. He can also cover tight ends and backs over the middle in coverage fairly well, even entering his age-30 season. Good luck running the ball against the interior defensive line duo of Robinson and rising star Derrick Brown. Robinson is a monster up the middle on early downs and reunites with Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero, who coached him with the Los Angeles Rams. PFF FREE AGENCY GRADE: C+ https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2024-nfl-free-agency-grades-for-all-16-nfc-teams

agreed, plus with his contract on the back end, if he doesnt work out after this season we can just cut him and save $$

Got a B grade from WalterFootball, higher than I thought we'd get because of the money: Panthers sign G Robert Hunt (5 years, $100 million): B Grade Bryce Young was terrible during his rookie year, but his offensive line was a disaster. Young didn’t exactly get a fair shake in his rookie year, but it looks like the Panthers will be providing one for him in his second season, at least based on this move. This is more money than I thought Robert Hunt would receive, but I get it. Hunt is a very good blocker when it comes to both pass protection and the running game. He’s a massive upgrade in the interior. The Panthers still have lots of work to do, but this was a nice first step.

He's a RG and I saw a tweet by Mike Kaye that a few league sources said that this may mean they'll move Austin Corbett to Center.

Maybe this means they'll resign Chinn and give him another shot

Looks like power running is coming back, boys!

Yup, we're not a destination team anymore with the instability, so we gotta pay a premium to get players to come here.

I wonder if this means they plant to move one of the guards to Center, like maybe Brady Christinsen? Canales did some o-line shuffling to the bucs last offseason too so that may be in the cards for one of the guards currently on the team.

Smart move. He's the only cornerstone on our o-line and the most expensive on the roster so far, so we gotta keep him but also find a way to make room. Still pretty young and hasn't missed much time. Very reliable. He's the closest thing to a right side Jordan Gross we've had. We gotta make room if we wanna keep this D intact and have room to make some free agent signings.

According to Spotrac, they track his performance as earning a contract of $21/yr. Not that they ever end up that way, but I really like how Spotrac breaks it down how they come to that calculation based on production around players in their similar performance bracket. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/brian-burns-29051/market-value/ I thought he missed more time than just a few games, but his best year really was when he had another legit pass rusher on the other side. I love the guy, but he's not a game wrecker without someone else on the other side, at least thus far. But he's 25, so there's still room to grow. I think up to $25/yr is fair, if we can restructure Moton and make room. But if it comes down to either paying out DB or Burns, I'd honestly go DB. He just has a motor that doesn't quit or slow down, and is a game wrecker without much help. But we'll see how things unfold.

Thanks for this. I am still holding out hope that Canales will hire a new Strength and Conditioning coach, especially given how much emphasis Canales makes on fitness in his own life, and was pursuing a degree in Kinesiology to be a personal trainer before coaching. Just seems like we've had the injury bug ever since Rhule hired Jeremy Scott, or at least way more than average than the rest of the league.

We'll see. I saw a Greg Olsen interview where he talked about his one year at the Seahawks and him butting heads with the TE coach for trying to make him change Mr. 3K's techniques that got him 3K, so they gave him less reps in games. Jimmy Graham also went there for a big contract and was basically benched too. Doesn't seem like the TE position is really emphasized there. But we'll see, maybe that was Carrolls influence.

Soon to be former, but maybe not Leviska Shenault is actually crushing this celebrity poker tournament incase anyone is interested. It's live right now https://www.youtube.com/live/AgcTjYXbhCQ?si=UwSSbnKEXhYqka1B

Great breakdown, thanks