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Trades are allowed starting March 13th and his roster bonus is due if he on the roster March 16th. Very short window to get him traded if that is the goal.

#Panthers are expected to trade or release veteran corner Donte Jackson, per sources. Jackson has a $4M roster bonus due March 16, which should spur action. A release would save $5.9M on the cap.

I am thinking at this point the team fully plans to exercise the Non-Exclusive Tag on Burns. Sadly, switching him to an OLB last season may have hurt the team financially, as the cost for a linebacker appears to be 24.007 million, where as, had he remained a DE, the cost would have been 21.324 million. Its only a difference of 2.683 million, but that makes a difference in what we are able to do in FA before Burns is traded or signed to a long-term deal.

We are one day away from the Franchise Tag deadline. The last time the Panthers utilized the franchise tag was with Taylor Moton (2021) who would go on to sign a 4-year deal with before the start of the season. Prior to this, the last time the Panthers used the tag was with Josh Norman (2016) though this tag was rescinded when Norman did not show for voluntary offseason workouts and refused to sign the tag. Other Panther players who have received the tag in the past include Greg Hardy (2014), Ryan Kalil (2011), Julius Peppers (2009), Jordan Gross (2008), and Todd Sauerbrun (2003). There are 3 types of franchise tags: the non-exclusive tag, exclusive tag and transition tag. EXCLUSIVE TAG: This tag completely binds the player to his team. His agent is prohibited from seeking an offer sheet. Value = average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years or 120% of his previous salary (whichever is greater). NON-EXCLUSIVE TAG: This tag allows the player to sign an offer sheet with another team. The original team has the right to match the offer or receive two first-round draft picks in compensation if the player leaves. This is the most common type of tag. Value = average of the top five salaries at the player's position over the last five years or 120% of his previous salary (whichever is greater). TRANSITION TAG: This tag works like the nonexclusive franchise tag, except it only provides the original team the right to match the other team's offer. If the original team decides not to offer a matching bid, it gets no compensation when the player leaves. Value = the average of the top 10 salaries at the position.

Dawgs sacrifice for the team. Dawgs don't play scared because they are afraid of losing a bigger paycheck in the future. Pretty much rule #1. Go tell a combat veteran you were scared of injury so you didn't try as hard. See where that gets you.

Burns is not a dawg. Hill I am willing to die on. Now let's see if Morgan was for real about how he wanted to build this team.

He sure as fug doesn't sound like a dawg to me. If Dan Morgan meant what he said about bringing Dawgs to Charlotte, resigning Burns is the first sign he is full of crap and just talk.

When you lay it out like that, it is so very painful.

This is where Dan Morgan and Brandt Tilis are going to show what they are worth. It is so very important for the future of the team to bring the right people back with appropriate contracts while cutting loose of the dead weight and over-priced.

Ah, good call. I will make edits to the original post. Thanks. *If I can figure out how. **Seems like I don't have permission to edit my original post.

March 13th starts the legal negotiation window for Free Agents in the NFL and the Panthers are going into the off-season with 27 potential Free Agents from the 2023 season. Here is a list of our potential Free Agents, their classification (unrestricted, restricted, and exclusive rights), 2023 snap percentage, and 2023 PFF grade for easy review. OFFENSE WR - DJ Chark JR (UFA) - Snap Percentage (67.10) - PFF Grade 60.0 RG - Gabe Jackson (UFA) Snap Percentage (16.88) - PFF Grade 58.1 TE - Stephen Sullivan (RFA) Snap Percentage (14.80) - PFF Grade 60.9 WR- Ihmir Smith-Marsette (RFA) Snap Percentage (10.70) - PFF Grade 63.6 WR - Laviska Shenault JR (UFA) Snap Percentage (8.01) - PFF Grade 67.4 C - Justin McCray (UFA) Snap Percentage (6.70) - PFF Grade 41.0 RB - Raheem Blackshear (ERFA) Snap Percentage (4.44) - PFF Grade 63.7 FB Giovanni Ricci (RFA) Snap Percentage (1.04) - PFF Grade 50.9 RT - David Sharpe (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.09) - PFF Grade 60.0 DEFENSE ILB - Frankie Luvu (UFA) Snap Percentage (93.84) - PFF Grade 78.5 LOLB - Brian Burns (UFA) Snap Percentage (77.16) - PFF Grade 74.1 NB - Troy Hill (UFA) Snap Percentage (46.82) - PFF Grade 62.4 ROLB - Yetur Gross-Matos (UFA) Snap Percentage (44.17) - PFF Grade 65.4 DE - Deshawn Williams (UFA) Snap Percentage (42.09) - PFF Grade 50.0 CB - CJ Henderson (UFA) Snap Percentage (38.58) - PFF Grade 45.4 ILB - Kamu Grugier-Hill (UFA) Snap Percentage (38.20) - PFF Grade 48.6 DT - Nick Thurman (ERFA) Snap Percentage (34.79) - PFF Grade 63.4 DE - LaBryan Ray (ERFA) Snap Percentage (33.65) - PFF Grade 54.6 ILB - Deion Jones (UFA) Snap Percentage (29.67) - PFF Grade 67.9 FS - Sam Franklin JR (UFA) Snap Percentage (27.39) - PFF Grade 58.0 NB - Jeremy Chinn (UFA) Snap Percentage (27.11) - PFF Grade 57.7 LOLB - Marquis Haynes SR (UFA) Snap Percentage (13.46) - PFF Grade 71.9 CB - Shaquill Griffin (UFA) Snap Percentage (7.30) - PFF Grade 67.0 DE - Chris Wormley (UFA) Snap Percentage (4.36) - PFF Grade 44.3 ILB - Tae Davis (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.00/32.28 ST) - PFF Grade 61.6 DE - Henry Anderson (UFA) Snap Percentage (0.00) - PFF Grade -None

This dang press conference with Canales and Morgan got me smoking the hopium again. They are saying all the right things.... Ugh. Hope springs eternal...

Reverse this and see if it still makes sense. Lets say Jaycee Horn played for some rando AFC team with a decent defense, ;ets say Tennessee. Would you possibly be interested in trading for him and bringing him to Carolina? If you would possibly give up a draft pick to bring him here, how high would you trade? So, in hindsight, the trade capital we would gain from him should exceed the pick we would be willing to hypothetically give up to get him from another team. Just a thought exercise.

Let's see here. Well, first, he is going to let Burns and Luvu hit FA with no compensation. Probably believes we are a better team without Derrick Brown. Not really a good scheme fit. We must re-sign Henderson and Chark. They are really the soul of our team. No need to draft Lineman of any kind. He is sure we have enough capable players, especially at guard.

I was truly hoping the reason we were fixated on bringing in a head coach first was because we were using "select your own GM" as a bargaining chip. Might be the only reason someone may choose Carolina over a more promising gig.

They are under contract. They can sit and see if the new coach/GM would like to keep them. Just like players, they can be viewed as assets. Especially the minority coaches, who if they are under contract for 2 years and take a promotion net us draft capital. If a team wants one of our coordinators, they can trade us for them.

This right here is how you move forward. I also wouldn't be upset at trading back in the draft to acquire more picks this year or next.

After reading through all of their bios, Will McClay and Alex Halaby are my 1A/1B choices right now for GM. They may seem completely opposite ends of the spectrum with McClay being the old school talent evaluator and Halaby being the new school, Harvard educated, data driven analysis, but each GM brings a proven system that has shown to work in the NFL. More importantly, it appears neither franchise wants to lose their contributions, which speaks volumes.

There is absolutely NO reason to be tacking void years onto contracts at the moment. We have plenty of cap space to navigate and our team is obviously not going to be a contender in the next 2 years. Why would we cap strap ourselves in the future when the team may actually have an opportunity to compete. We should be front loading new contracts right now, and aiming for putting together a competitive team in 2 to 3 years, not the opposite. Trade away players that are aging, and less likely to contribute to our future.

Honestly, this probably fueled his anger throughout the confrontation. The interception probably pushed him over the top.

Didn't this man just admit he had a poor year because he was playing scared? I sure as crap don't want someone like that on my team or in my locker room. Not a leader at all. Sir Puss can pack his things. Sadly, I am pretty sure other teams will feel this way as well. He is doing nothing but hurting his possible future contract and/or trade value at this point.

Honestly, this team is a blank slate for a GM. Unlike other teams in the league that have players under very long contracts, the Panthers currently only have 7 players under contract for 3 years or longer currently. We also currently do not have a ton of dead money going into next season. We are not in a bad position salary cap wise.

Brian Burns new nickname. Sir Puss.

Had a blast at the game! Even the Packers fans I talked to in the stadium feel the refs screwed us, which is saying something.