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Solid cap move as it frees up cap space and locks down the most consistent Panther on the roster. Even better culture move for taking care of guys that took care of the team. This also gives the team the luxury of not having to spend a day one pick on an RT. Can still take a swing tackle on day two or three to replace BC while developing him to take over for TMo.

New deal brings this year's cap hit down from $31.3M to $23.7M which gets us close to $30M in cap space... WHO ARE WE ABOUT TO SIGN!?!?

MY FEELS

Oh poo, let's gooo!!!!

Official NFL Cuts Tracker Deadline for roster cuts is Tuesday, August 26th. At this moment (Friday, August 22nd) the only interesting names I see are... K Caden Davis (BUF) RB Ameer Abdullah (SF) WR Equanimeous St. Brown (SF) WR Donovan Peoples-Jones (NO) LB Khaleke Hudson (TEN) Abdullah, St. Brown, Peoples-Jones I don't exactly think we should cut anybody for but it was just interesting seeing those names. Khaleke Hudson was on the Panthers' practice squad last year I believe and might have even gotten called up? And of course, Caden Davis just because of the question mark at kicker this season for the team.

Finishing up the game since all I got were the first three drives and the final one last night in the car. Hearing Dan talk about how he wants to go into week 1 with guys healthy makes me think that Blackshear & Carter, who were both reported in boots after the game, are finding their way to the IR. DJ Johnson too?

I'm jacked every opening day! Plenty of storylines/narratives to follow. Personally, I'm eager to see how the young guys develop (XL, TMac, Bryce, Wallace, Scourton, Ransom, Sanders, Umanmielen), what adjustments are made to the defensive scheme (if any), and how the offense opens up in year two under Canales.

6 - 9 wins with the biggest factors being: getting lucky with starters remaining healthy defense gelling together quickly young guys on offense turning it up

PANTHERS INACTIVES TE Ja'Tavion Sanders CB Mike Jackson WR Tetairoa McMillan RB Rico Dowdle S Tre'von Moehrig CB Jaycee Horn QB Bryce Young OLB Nic Scourton QB Andy Dalton WR Xavier Legette WR Adam Thielen S Nick Scott CB Chau Smith-Wade RB Chuba Hubbard LB Trevin Wallace G Robert Hunt OLB DJ Johnson LB Christian Rozeboom C Austin Corbett G Cade Mays LG Damien Lewis RT Taylor Moton LT Ikem Ekwonu TE Tommy Tremble TE Mitchell Evans WR Brycen Tremayne OLB Patrick Jones II DT Turk Wharton DE LaBryan Ray DE A'Shawn Robinson DT Derrick Brown DT Bobby Brown III OLB DJ Wonnum Mitchell Evans and Brycen Tremayne inactive? LaBryan Ray too?

I've got an event @ 7:30pm tonight, so I'm probably going to head out in an hour so that I can get there by 7pm and catch the beginning of the game. NFL+ and NFL Pro have been pretty good about getting the replays up soon after the games are done. Figure I'll have plenty to watch while waiting for opening day.

Turk signed a 3-year, $45M deal but in actuality it's at worst a 2-year, $30.25M w/ a $14.5M signing bonus. His ~$15M AAV puts him at 16th out of all DTs currently (DB is 4th). Milton Williams, for comparison, has an AAV of $26M on a 4-year, $104M deal that had $51M guaranteed at signing. His deal has an out after two years as well, meaning that it can also end up being a 2yr, $55M or 3yr, $79M deal. I can't remember which content creator (maybe Brett Kollman?) made it but there was a really good video on YouTube calling out how reporting the full details of deals was done more for the media to get reactions and eyeballs on the story.

Timestamp of Idzik listing TMac, XL, AT, and Coker as the locks and everybody else fighting for the remaining spots. Saids that they would love 6 - 7 considering the talent that they have. WR Coach Moore mentions JHJ, Canales asks about Renfrow. No mention of Moore nor Tremayne included. That might be more of a behind closed doors type of discussion.

Let's fn go Tommy! One step closer to a healthy 1st string for opening day.

That's a weird way to thank you for Joe Judge.

Mike Davis tells a story about during his time with Carolina under Matt Rhule how in hindsight he was realizing that they were doing nonsense like live goal line drills in season the very first day CMC came back from injury and what happened as a result... Once I finish up Raw Room I'll get a summary for Processing Blue put together!

Mike Davis talking about how nobody played as much as CMC and how he personally felt about it

Mike Davis is a damn fool "...so cause of that poo, I got benched, right?"

Chris Jones being the next DT taken after Vernon Butler puts a little extra stank on that nut shot.

Funny enough, I was just listening to Mike Davis talk about how he doesn't like Steve Spurrier and some of the grimey stuff they did at USC with him in charge.

With how aggressively the team used to leak info, I think that if Bryce's leadership was an issue we would have heard about it.

I'm happy with TMac, but Tyler Warren was last season's Tyler Linderbaum for me in that he was at a position that wasn't one of the five pillars but he was the best player at his position AND one of the top talents in the draft. I cannot fuging wait for the Panthers to start winning again so that those guys fall to us like they seem to for teams like Baltimore & Philadelphia.

Still working on consuming all of these so I don't have summaries available, but I figured there might be another Huddler or three trying to kill time before tonight's final preseason game. Panthers Blueprint: Training Camp The in-house produced Blueprint series has given behind-the-scenes look on the field and off. Start the day with Robert Hunt's family, be in the morning meetings, mic'd up players during practice (Jaycee, Rozeboom, Icky, and Bryce), roster evaluations by the staff, and plenty of camp highlights capping off with FanFest. Processing Blue (Mike Kaye & Alex Zietlow Mike and Alex are back talking about a variety of topics including but not limited to: joint practice + preseason game vs. Houston, Trey Hendrickson trade rumors involving Carolina, training camp awards, draft pick draft, and various thoughts about the team. Jordan & Jake 706: Opening Day Another in-house Panthers' production, the most recent episode of Jordan and Jake talk about how to properly balance intensity in practice, react to the starters being shutdown for the preseason finale, share their thoughts on the newest Panther QB, and more. Raw Room - Ep 278 - Gas Pedal (ft. Mike Davis) Assistant special teams' coach Darren Bates' Raw Room podcast has former Panthers' RB Mike Davis on his weekly podcast. I'm about halfway through this one and it's been a lot of fun. The Raw Room guys (DB, his friend Alex Sweets, former Eagles/Chargers OT King Dunlap, and former Atlanta DB Jalen Collins) are hilarious and Mike fits right in. They talk about his football experience coming up, decommitting from Florida and how he decided on South Carolina, and more. Warning: If you're the type of person that is easily distracted by accents, despite XL being on the team, you might have issues with understanding the Memphis dialect. If you don't care about how somebody talks, just what they're talking about, tune in!

Damn... Might just be due to it happening to Slater and now McGary but it feels like there was another player or two that just signed extensions and have already suffered significant injuries.

Mind posting a link to a scientific study that states leadership is genetically linked to one's height?

WR room is going to be interesting because no matter what, the team is keeping 6. There's just too much talent not to. Who that is will of course depend on finances, fit, and more. X: Tetairoa McMillan, David Moore, Brycen Tremayne, Ja'Seem Reed Z: Xavier Legette, Jalen Coker, TJ Luther, Kobe Hudson Slot: Adam Thielen, Hunter Renfrow, Jimmy Horn Jr, Jacolby George TMac/XL/AT/Coker/Renfrow feel like locks... Considering that, getting a guy to back up TMac that can play ST is super important. David Moore has been that guy, but Brycen Tremayne might be pushing him... Trevor Etienne looking good on returns might have been the worst thing to happen to JHJ's chances to make the roster... Personally, I'd flip the coin between Moore/Tremayne and try to stash the other on PS.