All of a sudden, 89 getting all the love....

[bandu]

Stay salty boys.

[bandu]

Stay kosher.

[Kevin Greene]

Same vaginas crying when peppers left,same ones bitchin about smith now

 

Hmmm, Peppers was Franchise tagged  not once but twice by our idiot General Manager to the tune of ~ 17 million dollars per year. Both times the contract being signed very late in the process and completely fuged any offseason moves we might have made. 

Rememeber this shyt?

 

 

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Julius Peppers' stalemate with the Carolina Panthers is over, leaving the defensive end rich and the NFC South champions free from worrying about a holdout.

Peppers signed his one-year, $16.7 million franchise tender Wednesday, five months after the four-time Pro Bowl selection first announced that he wanted to play elsewhere next season. It means Peppers, Carolina's all-time sacks leader, should be present for the start of training camp in August.

"Recently, I've had positive and productive discussions with the organization," Peppers said in a statement released by his agent, Carl Carey. "I am optimistic and focused as I look forward to the upcoming NFL season."

Panthers won't trade Peppers 

Julius Peppers will remain with the Panthers next season, if not longer, as the team has no intention of trading its four-time Pro Bowler, Steve Wyche writes. More ... Shortly after the Panthers were eliminated in the playoffs in January, Peppers said he was "maxed out" in Carolina and wanted to play outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense.

Peppers insisted that he would never sign a long-term contract with the Panthers and pleaded for them to not place the restrictive franchise tag on him. Carolina did it anyway. It meant the Panthers had to give Peppers a contract that would pay him more than $1 million per game, but another team couldn't sign him unless it gave Carolina two first-round draft picks in return.

Peppers refused to sign the tender or attend offseason minicamps and optional workouts. Carey said they received some interest from other teams, but no deal was struck.

Peppers, who had been working out in Arizona, decided to sign with the Panthers when he realized he had few other options.

"Julius is more than satisfied with the outcome and is looking forward instead of backward," Carey said. "He is motivated, he's prepared and he's ready to play football."

Carey said the Panthers made no promise that they won't place the franchise tag on him again in 2010. General manager Marty Hurney said Peppers signing the tender doesn't mean Carolina now will try to trade the defensive end. Only Carey, not the Panthers, could negotiate with other teams while Peppers remained unsigned.

"I've said it a number of times: We want Julius Peppers here," Hurney said. "This one-year contract was signed with the intention of him coming to training camp on Aug. 2 with the Carolina Panthers."

 

 

Smity was released in a cap move,

 

 

Smith was not sent off with a news conference like Jake Delhomme received or a retirement ceremony like Jordan Gross enjoyed last month.

The Panthers announced Smith’s release in a late-morning email that included a five-paragraph statement from second-year general manager Dave Gettleman, who said cutting him was a decision not taken lightly.

Smith, the Panthers’ third-round pick in 2001, ranks 25th in league history with 836 catches and 19th all-time with 12,197 receiving yards. He holds more than 30 Panthers records, including all of their major receiving marks.

His production slipped in 2014, when his 64 catches, 745 receiving yards and 11.6 yards-per-catch average were among the worst in his career.

Smith isn’t finished yet, though. He was in Baltimore Thursday night for a two-day meeting with the Ravens, according to a league source. New England and Tampa Bay are also possibilities.

Playing for the Bucs would give Smith two chances to face the Panthers each year. If that happens, he told WFNZ-AM, “put your goggles on because there’s going to be blood and guts everywhere.”

When Gettleman was hired by the Panthers last year, he said he told owner Jerry Richardson he would try to leave the Panthers in a better position than when he came. It was Gettleman who decided it was time to move on from the mercurial Smith.

“Decisions, either popular or unpopular, have to be made for the greater good,” Gettleman said in the release. “And it is imperative to take an unemotional global view.”

Smith was seldom unemotional.

Sources said Gettleman viewed Smith – whose fiery personality was applauded by fans but not always welcome in the locker room – as a distraction, and that he wanted to turn the leadership over to emerging stars such as quarterback Cam Newton and middle linebacker Luke Kuechly.

Smith, who declined to speak to the Observer, told WFNZ he thanked Richardson for giving him an opportunity. He indicated he wasn’t going to let his relationship with Gettleman ruin his feelings for the organization.

“I’m not going to allow an individual that I’ve interacted with for six months or a year to change the relationships I have with multiple people in that organization for over 13 years,” Smith said. “That will never happen.”

Gettleman has been trying to trade Smith since last week. According to the league source, Smith gave him a list of five teams as trade partners: Dallas, New England, Baltimore, Tampa Bay and San Diego.

Smith’s contract, however, which includes an option clause that would take it through 2016, combined with his declining production in 2013 made a trade prohibitive.

Smith, who will turn 35 in May, will walk away with $5 million from the Panthers – $3 million in guaranteed money and $2 million in deferred bonuses.

Because there is no offset language in Smith’s contract, he can collect the $5 million the Panthers owe him, in addition to whatever money another team pays him.

Designating Smith as a post-June 1 cut saved the Panthers $1 million in salary cap space, although they will carry $4 million in dead money on their salary cap into 2015.

Derrick Fox, his agent, said the Panthers never asked Smith to restructure his contract, as Gettleman did last offseason with Gross and several other veterans.

“Steve Smith has been one of the NFL’s finest receivers for over a decade and has been the face of the franchise for a large part of the team’s history,” Gettleman said in the team’s release. “This was not an easy decision. As a team, we made a step forward last year; however we are also a team in transition, which is a part of the NFL.

 

 

For 2 years Peppers lingered on the Panthers roster and hurt the entire Franchise due to Hurney's incompetence.

Smitty was never that guy.

[Cpt slay a ho]

Hmmm, Peppers was Franchise tagged not once but twice by our idiot General Manager to the tune of ~ 17 million dollars per year. Both times the contract being signed very late in the process and completely fuged any offseason moves we might have made.

Rememeber this shyt?

Smity was released in a cap move,

For 2 years Peppers lingered on the Panthers roster and hurt the entire Franchise due to Hurney's incompetence.

Smitty was never that guy.

yeah I pretty much meant what you said just wanted to make it simple lol

I meant people hold a grudge against peppers, like these vaginas bitching about smitty

[Ace Deadbolt]

anyone claiming he was the "epitome of a team player" can blow it out their ass. smith was/is a dickhead, and he blames everyone for not being in charlotte except himself...which is who he should blame. if he would have shown the least little bit of humility while he was in charlotte, it would have been impossible to cut him, no matter what the cost to the team or how poor his on field performance was...he would have just meant that much to the team, plain and simple.

 

think about these points:

 

1. we are clearly in win now mode. after getting a first round bye in the playoffs last year, we know we have a shot at a super bowl building around the players on the roster last season.

 

2. steve smith is without question our franchises greatest on field player...ever.

 

3. steve smith plays a position we are extremely weak at, and when we cut him, not only did we not have smith anymore, we literally had NO viable options at WR.

 

considering those 3 things, there is no way in hell you can rationally justify cutting him...unless he was just such a pain in the ass that he had to go. for a professional athlete getting paid a LOT of cash, thats just down right pathetic, and thats all on smith.

 

i know how some people cant comprehend that, because he was so awesome here, its just not natural to think bad of the guy...but then you have to decide if youre a panther fan, or a steve smith fan. IMO, panther fans should be pretty pissed that he acted so entitled and was a jerk to the extent that we paid him to take his talents to baltimore. with his arrogance, he crapped all over our team, and our fanbase by assholing his way out of charlotte.

 

i truly do miss steve smith on the field, but fug him...baltimore can have him, and his piss poor attitude. 

 

sorry for the bad language, and wasnt trying to offend anyone. it took a while for me to get to this point, but i truly believe i see the situation clearly, and its helped me get over it and move on, realizing that with or without him, the PANTHERS WILL KEEP POUNDING!! when he retires a panther, i will claim him again and smile when reminiscing the good ol' days, but i will protest a statue in his honor.

 

for the record, i made up the word assholing.

 

 

[PhillyB]

^ great post

[Kevin Greene]

"Smitty being Smitty" this Sunday.

He will.

I think it's going to be hilarious here on Teh Huddle.

 

Hope the Huddle hamsters are ready for a maximum overload.

 

[frash.exe]

Just how many of these Sherlock Holmes noobs are we going to have to go over the whole complacent 2013 smitty thing with. I swear to god it's like a shitload of panther fans just got internet in their trailer parks last week

"What are you talking about smitty was just playing for stats last year? I need to see a link. And a written testament. And a blood sample."

[The Huddler]

deep down, steve wants us to winn...

3-1

[MHS831]

I judge a player by his performance on the field, so...

 

I also heard that Michael Jordan was not a popular guy among his teammates but he won championships. I don't mind his a "team player" or not.

 

That is great, but we were not discussing how we (or you)  judge players...The initial issue was whether Smitty was a team player or not, and I made it clear that he was a good player but nowhere close to a good team player.

 

 

[ickmule]

Said it before and I will say it again, 89 isn't a Panther any longer so I could care less about him. I don't wish him and ill will, but he's not a blip on the radar to me. Let it go folks.

[heel31ok]

Smitty making nice this week in his interviews.  Dont believe a word of it.  He is seething inside.  And would like to ram a football up g mans rectum.

 

I would love to see that but I think there are several up there already.

[igor]

everybody hate smitty last year until he goes to baltimore now there talking about him being a 31 w.r 

[heel31ok]

Didn't 89 call Gettlemen a fat mofo the other week or something? They bleeped so much of his rant out it was tough to tell. That is what I was told....someone I'm sure can find it

His initial rant into the camera was about people not thinking he could still play then as he walked away he said more.....that was the part that got bleeped but parts could be made out. After his big fluke TD when he got behind the D on a busted play

 

that's what good WR's do on a busted play.