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Brown did a TON that we just did not see on TV. He is a beast and will dominate next season. I would not want to be an OL vs him. And this should be the year Burns becomes elite--especially if he gets some interior pressure. It is hard to say who I'd want to lose if we had to trade one.

Seriously--having cap room this year in free agency is smart. First, more players will be cut to get teams under the cap--there will be many more solid veterans out there for this reason--and less $$ on the table because the cap dropped. In theory, we could get some talent in March, filling many needs. But this is correct--Short, Weatherly, and Palardy were all dead weight.

yeah--we can handle the dead cap money next season (if that is what happens) more than now. Good point about eating dead cap last season. You get the feeling that this is the year we make a move. I would like to point out this-(and I don't think it is the case, but it should not go ignored)-- What if we are creating cap room to sign some veterans to replace traded players used to move up with the Dolphins, for example? So we package CMC, Thompson, and three first rounders to trade with Miami. We have a QB on a rookie deal (Fields, for example) and we have cap room in what should be a buyers market in free agency (more players being cut to get under cap, less $$$ teams have to spend). Now we can grab a LT in round 2 and shop for veterans in free agency to fill other needs (CB, LB, G, for example). In rounds 3-7 we can draft a S, Slot WR, and some depth OL. Just a different look. Remember, Tepper (if he is providing guidance at all) made money as a hedge fund manager--they look at the world differently--from the underside of Wall Street--so maybe that is in play. We will know well before the draft if Watson is available and if we got him. Regardless of that outcome, clearing cap space in a productive manner allows you to be aggressive in the draft as well.

Newsflash: Tepper is not the only person on Mint St. who sees the connection between winning in the NFL and the QB position. If your boss walked in and said, "You sold 5 widgets last year. I want you to sell 10 widgets next year. And you knew that the others who sold 10 widgets had something they call the "Widgetblaster 2020", you would go out and get a "Widgetblaster 2020". That is not the owner meddling. That is caused motivation.

I was reading this and thinking how much I feel the same way...This is Riveraless, Hurneyless team building. No personalities, no clinging to aging veterans, etc. I seriously think Marty and Rivera developed personal relationships with players that blinded their judgement at times. Could not make the tough decisions when then needed to be made. Then I scrolled down to see what the cerebral Huddlers have to say, aka the "asshats", always poised to attack a concept without offering one, would say. Of course they bear the burden of extremely-accurate insight into all roster evaluations because they use hindsight to focus their wonderfully positive visions of the future. It is not a marketable skill, one that has somehow not landed them careers in NFL front offices, on Wall Street, or prognosis gurus in the medical field, but somehow, their genius runs rampant on discussion boards when there is no accountability or stack of facts to dispute their cynical predictions. They just sit on the power lines across from the house like vultures, trying to kill any positive form of life that emerges. Here's to you, oh great predictors of Panther doom and 3-13 seasons because if it happens, you can say you were right and if it does not, no matter, you will deny it while working on the next year's gloomy forecast. Nameless, anonymous fry cooks and road construction traffic flaggers, these overlooked visionaries are kind enough to grace us with their visions of destruction and chaos, holding dear their predictions that the Panthers will be the first NFL team in London or CMC's career is over because he had 2 injuries in the same season. Yet we all know that the year the Panthers win the Super Bowl, despite the multitude of criticisms and naysaying, these gloomy Gus's will be at the front of the parade, amidst the blue and black confetti, waving the banner that reads, "I told you so!" The end

No. Anyone who researched him and watched him would dismiss him as a G. He was a boom or bust LT. He busted. You do not experiment with a LT if you have your future QB back there. Not only does it get the QB hurt if he gets hit, but just KNOWING Little is on the left side can cause the QB to hurry a throw or flinch when the clock in his head hits 3 seconds..

I come here for advice about romance.

I think we are in a great position with Paradis--if we have a rookie G on either side, it might be worth it to keep him for 1 year---since we are not going to benefit from his cap relief this year anyway--and upgrade C next year. However, if we can bring in a few G's in free agency, I really like the rookies in the draft (Myers, Humphries, etc) so we could add a T and a C and we'd be suddenly good on the OL. If we trade for a QB, then we lose the first rounder, but there should be some tackles in the second and maybe a C in the third. I could live with it.

FS was (and has always been) on my "need to upgrade" list, that is for sure.

Are people saying, "He was the worst FS in Panther's history?" I have not seen that.

Ok, now I can ask. What number was he? Did anyone see the front of his jersey? (joking)

And remember, fans, we can still get about $20m in cap room for cutting Shaq and Paradis, but that would be post June 1 in both cases. About $10m now.

You all know how analytical I am--how I put this all together and can usually tell everyone exactly what is going to happen a day after it happens. 1. Several players are cut, creating cap room. 2. Denver drops out of Houston discussion (this is important because if they stay with Lock, he needs to know / think they were not really serious about Watson) 3. Teddy supposedly unfollows the Panthers on Twotter. _______________________________________________________________________ This all has to mean one thing: Three things happened today.

Well said, sir. Me too.

I agree, even though I know that the trade will go down March 5 for 3 firsts and Burns and Watson will arrive in Charlotte on American Airlines flight 322 at 3:34 PM. He will wear #4 for the Panthers, since Kasay shanked the kickoff in Super Bowl 38, preventing that jersey number from every being retired.

Damn. He used math on us. I'm out.

Nobody said what you suggested. How easy it must be to win arguments when you start with a fallacious and false interpretation of what someone said only for the purpose of making yourself seem smart. Nice try.

If the Huddle were an NFL team, who would we be willing to part with? It has to be someone of value, but someone we could probably do without. I have a no-trade clause, btw, to prevent trolls from attacking when I make posts like this.

It sure smells like it-he could pull a Gerald McCoy and do nothing but rush the passer--I think he had 5 sacks here and 15 tackles.

Free agency is going to be tough for free agents this year--not that much money to go around. When GMs have to check to see if you are still in the league, I doubt he gets many if any offers.

Not glamorous, but you are probably right, and if they see a LT in him, maybe it would be significant. I like Moton's brains, his technique, and his durability. I hope for a long-term contract, but a tag would be fine for now.

Never understood Rivera, but this seems to be a very accurate assumption.

Yeah, the other side of the coin is "today is the day we are going to clean out the garage." and it is fair to these players to give them time to prepare for free agency. But we are desperate for hope and news, so damn you!

Gettlemen drafted (4th round?) but Hurney re-signed him (pretty sure)