Panthers Passing on Greg Hardy - Here is why

[csx]

Well, we do get at least one thing in return.  We get a significant amount of cap space freed up, and that is not a small thing. 

He was on a one year deal in 2014. He doesn't free up any cap space as he has no salary and therefor no cap figure attached.

[chknwing]

[The Huddler]

i just think it would be hilarious if he did resign..

Cause people are giving it no chance, and understandably so

[London Loves Luke]

Fine, I'll come to terms with Hardy not coming back. Still don't like it but I'll concede there's no way he's back

Gonna miss you Greg:

[Jeremy Igo]

This is why his court case is of no interest to me. As a Panther, he was our asshole. If he's going to another team, no reason to even pay attention because he is somebody else's asshole now.

 

 

JJ is there tweeting from it all week, the poor guy.

[top dawg]

A pie chart? I guess that makes it official...lol

[jumpman910]

Unstand this logic, but we need to think really carefully about letting one of the only two players in franchise history with a 15 sack season walk... there are only so many people on the planet capable of that.

Man they care more about an image. I understand the financial side. But outside of this incident he hasn't done much of anything to me that's questionable. But you know how some people get, there scared of what they don't understand or relate to.

[TheWiz]

I actually agree with this analysis. The larger part of this pie is "Cost" which is actually why my argument was that they would bring back Greg. Because of all of this drama, Carolina could get Greg at a cheaper price...

 

The hidden blessing in this is that we made the playoffs this year and our young talent got a chance prove that we can succeed without Greg. So there is no risk (cost factor) in not signing Greg again.

 

At this point, we should have great confidence in DG's drafting process. I fully expect us to draft a DE in the first 3 rounds.

[tiger7_88]

 No team is going to want to get pulled into a long contract where he could stand another chance of missing significant time on the field.

 

I'm thinking that teams utterly desperate for a pass rush, like the Falcons, just might.

[teeray]

I'm more concerned that 2/3 of his sacks in 2013 came in only 3 games and he was a complete non factor in about 7 others.

Then again I could just be trying to justify the idea of not having him on the squad next year...

Who knows.

Good DEs take advantage of bad o-lines.

But you can't just Guage his impact simply based on sack numbers. He did a lot for this team.

But we also have Luke and Cam up for extensions and you have to make decisions. I get it from that point of view

[Darth Biscuit]

I get it and I agree with the logic of letting him go...

 

I don't necessarily agree on one point... I think fans are savvy enough to understand that Hardy's actions don't "degrade the brand" of the Panthers. At least not last season...  Hardy's actions were his own, and the Panthers were not condoning them (even though we're still not sure if he's guilty) they were just letting the court play out...

 

Now... if he's convicted and the Panthers chose then to sign him, yeah... it could affect the brand...

[Lumps]

Who is Greg Hardy?

[Davidson Deac II]

He was on a one year deal in 2014. He doesn't free up any cap space as he has no salary and therefor no cap figure attached.

 

He has no cap figure because he won't be playing for us.  Had we signed him to a long term contract or tagged him again, we would have had to use a lot of cap space, so the cap space that we would have used is now free to use on other players. 

[chknwing]

I believe it was on one of the threads but if hes found guilty, he still gets suspended 6 games.  That too may play a factor on why carolina doesnt resign him and which team actually does.