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Or a long snapper. We might need another one.

The players received that money when they signed a new contract. Lets say a player gets a 3 year contract with a $15mil signing bonus. That $15mil is paid right away, but for the cap, the team spreads it out over the three years. So if a player gets cut after the second year, the team still has to account for $5mil of “dead” money.

Gratuitous reminder that we accomplished that cap space despite $45mil in dead cap. Third most in the league this year. Also, we will have $8mil in dead cap next year from Paradis (void years) and $4mil from Reddick (void year). Name Cap Number Teddy Bridgewater $17,062,500 Kawann Short $11,017,000 Luke Kuechly $7,130,000 Tre Boston $2,666,666 Stephen Weatherly $2,000,000 Graham Gano $1,537,500 Denzel Perryman $1,000,000 Greg Little $893,895 Michael Palardy $500,000 Zach Kerr $250,000 Kenny Robinson $249,150 Will Grier $205,545 Christian Miller $184,254 Jordan Scarlett $155,300 TOTAL $44,830,708

Gets paid $800k to wait a year to become the long snapper. What’s a better backup gig in sports?

This is the right answer and also my rationale.

New Orleans makes sense. Just our luck, he goes there and lights us up twice a year.

This week I learned if your GM is good at trades you should be able to trade for an All Pro LT for a 6th round draft pick while getting a player on a league minimum deal.

From the article, LBs and OLs: LB Noah Dawkins LB Shaquem Griffin LB Jacob Phillips LB John Simon LB Shaq Lawson (traded to Jets) LB Nicholas Morrow LB Darron Lee LB Patrick Johnson LB Shaun Bradley LB Ryan Anderson LB Luke Gifford LB Isaiah McDuffie LB Jahlani Tavai LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe LB Andrew Dowell OT Bobby Hart OT Marcus Cannon OT Sam Tevi OT Elijah Wilkinson OL Lane Taylor OL Roderick Johnson OL Le’Raven Clark OL Wes Martin OL Rashaad Coward OL Jamarco Jones OL Tom Compton

Thanks. I mean, he can’t control who he plays against. If you don’t notice them, they’re doing well, right?

Don’t forget Brown and Tremble!

Can’t watch game. How’s BC looked at LT?

Looks like I missed David Moore (WR)

My starting point for projecting the 53 is to look at players locked up through the next year. History shows more often than not they make the cut. Of course bottom of the roster guys are less likely (Fletcher?): Players under contract for the next 2 years: QB- Darnold, Grier RB- CMC, Hubbard, Brown, Clark FB- WR- Moore, Anderson, Marshall, Smith, Saunders, Bayless TE- Arnold, Tremble OT- Moton, Erving, Christensen OG- Daley, Brown, Moore C- Elflein DT- Brown, Roy, Nixon, Hoskins DE- Burns, Reddick, YGM, Fox MLB- OLB- Shaq, Miller DB- Horn, Bouye, Pride, Taylor, Thomas-Oliver S- Chinn, Franklin, Hartsfield Special teams: Fletcher, Charlton

Ok, fair enough. Forgot that one, but the player I listed was drafted one spot ahead of DJ, and has his 5th year picked up as well. So it would still work. Would you trade DJ for a quality, young LT?

If traded today? He’s in the final year of his contract, can’t get a ton for that. Is there a decent LT in the final year of his contract? Perhaps a LT like Wynn with the Patriots. Some injury history, but when on the field is strong. Same draft class as DJ.

Would Butker still be on his rookie contract… Oh man…

True, but year 2 of a rebuild not the time for big FA spending. Reddick (OLB, $6mil, 1 year) Erving (OG, $10mil total over 2 years) Moore (WR, $4.8 mil over 2 years) Elflein (T/G, $13mil over 3 years) Fox (DT, $8mil over 2 years) Jones (DT, $4mil 1 yr) Bouye (CB, $7mil over 2 Years) Arnold (TE, $7mil over 2 years) Perryman (MLB, $6mil over 2 years) Starters out of that group? Reddick, Bouye, maybe one of the DTs? Perhaps Arnold and maybe one of those OLs? Not a bad hit rate. Pretty low risk signings here. Draft strong, re-sign solid players. Fill in the gaps with inexpensive short term deals.

Vegas odd for Panthers making the playoffs are about +260, which implies 27% chance. Teams worse: Bengals +500 Lions +750 Texans +800 Jags +300 Raiders +350 Jets +550 Eagles +275

Let’s not turn this thread into an OL thread, ha!

Is it coddling if the WRs actually had more drops than typical? I get it that you can have a "drop" where the ball is overthrown and the receiver barely gets a hand on it, and then you have drops where the QB puts it right on you and you alligator arm it. Not all drops are created equal.

The "average" Hall of Fame quarterback has had a completion percentage of 59.1%. So there's that... Pro Football QB Hall of Fame Monitor | Pro-Football-Reference.com

The epic LS battle!

Any (potential) compensation is better than a straight out cut. Plus, by jettisoning him now it opens up more playing times for other guys.

Of course not Panthers related, but Eli will be an interesting QB case.

So if Smitty, Pep and Luke are locks, and Mills is possible but iffy, who is next most likely? Cam? Olsen? Thomas Davis? None of those seem likely according to “the numbers” here