Clinton Portis on WFNZ yesterday....

[RoaringRiot]

Because if we have to tag cam it will only delay the inevitable. If you have to tag Cam, he is not your franchise QB any longer and not worth the money it would cost to tag him. He has no future on the team. Franchise QB's make that much money because a team can plan their entire offense around them long term. Paying a QB that much money for just a season or two is a recipe for many, many losing seasons to come when there are such obvious needs elsewhere.

Better to make him the best offer you can make. If he chooses to go elsewhere, thats on him. You take the money you would have paid him and invest in areas of need.

I agree with this.

But I don't think he's going anywhere.

Note: I'm not very smart and am usually wrong (according to my wife)

[jasonluckydog]

I see cam playing for the Broncos he wants to play for the best Panther coach.

[Shufdog]

If Cam does leave it will sure clean this place up a lot! So that will be a good thing we get out of it!

[CCS]

If Cam left i would probably stop watching football for a while. I wouldn't stop loving the Panthers, but I would definitely lose faith in them until JR dies.

[Montsta]

How awful would it be to lose another marquee player to Chicago

You shut your ***** mouth.

[teeray]

All reports have been that Richardson and Cam are pretty tight, and Big Cat knows the revenue Cam brings in. I would be shocked if Richardson doesn't personally get involved if push comes to shove.

I don't see Cam leaving, if he does then a lot of people will be on the hotseat.

Plus if we were not confident I don't think we would have moved Smitty and turned team over to Cam.

At the end of the day, I think there will be posturing on both sides, and eventually deal will get done

[Jeremy Igo]

All reports have been that Richardson and Cam are pretty tight, and Big Cat knows the revenue Cam brings in. I would be shocked if Richardson doesn't personally get involved if push comes to shove.

I don't see Cam leaving, if he does then a lot of people will be on the hotseat.

Plus if we were not confident I don't think we would have moved Smitty and turned team over to Cam.

At the end of the day, I think there will be posturing on both sides, and eventually deal will get done

 

Could very well be

[Montsta]

Can you offer players ownership stake in a franchise in their contracts?

[LUUUUUKE]

This will be another Mike Mitchell situation I fear. We'll fail to lock Cam up to along term deal, then Dallas will offer him 200 gazillion for 4 yrs and we won't be able to keep him in Carolina.

We can still franchise him after this year though, so we will at least have him for another year

[Peppers90 NC]

This will be another Mike Mitchell situation I fear. We'll fail to lock Cam up to along term deal, then Dallas will offer him 200 gazillion for 4 yrs and we won't be able to keep him in Carolina.

We can still franchise him after this year though, so we will at least have him for another year

Mitchell is not a good example.  He was a stop gap that played well enough with the opportunity to get a big contract.  Only person that the situation could compare to is Peppers.

[Mr. Scot]

Because if we have to tag cam it will only delay the inevitable. If you have to tag Cam, he is not your franchise QB any longer and not worth the money it would cost to tag him. He has no future on the team. Franchise QB's make that much money because a team can plan their entire offense around them long term. Paying a QB that much money for just a season or two is a recipe for many, many losing seasons to come when there are such obvious needs elsewhere.

 

Better to make him the best offer you can make. If he chooses to go elsewhere, thats on him. You take the money you would have paid him and invest in areas of need.

 

Can't risk letting a franchise player walk for nothing, though.

 

If you're not gonna keep him, give him the non-exclusive tag, let him find the best deal he can and negotiate compensation.

 

Just letting him walk for nothing would be crazy.

[Jeremy Igo]

Can't risk letting a franchise player walk for nothing, though.

 

If you're not gonna keep him, give him the non-exclusive tag, let him find the best deal he can and negotiate compensation.

 

Just letting him walk for nothing would be crazy.

 

Sure, that makes sense. I am saying tagging him with the expectation of playing him a year is pointless.

[Mr. Scot]

Sure, that makes sense. I am saying tagging him with the expectation of playing him a year is pointless.

 

I can understand that.

 

[CamMoon]

I've been having nightmares of Cam going to Dallas or NYJ the day we drafted him. The FO has surrounded him with garbage and 30% of the fanbase doesn't appreciate  his talent. If I was Cam I would be looking elsewhere as well.