cbssports.com La Canfora: Panther's highest offseason priority? Sign Cam

[tiger7_88]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/25070064/nfl-team-needs-top-offseason-priorities-for-all-32-franchises

Carolina Panthers: Get Cam Newton off the fifth-year option. Turn him into a fixed cost over the next five years and determine what money and cap space you have for everything else. He is the franchise. Yes, he needs more weapons around him. But it all starts right here. It's going to cost upward of $20 million a year. Deal with it.

[Khaki Lackey]

But mechanics and footwork!

[nctarheel0619]

Chris Simms called him top 5 to top 7 last week.  So no surprise here, and Simms usually hates on the PAnthers.  

[Nate Dogg]

It seems like unwarranted, idiotic, senseless bashing of Cam by the national media might be toning down a bit.

 

[teeray]

Agree. Get it done Getts

[Carl Spackler]

Gettleman is a gambler. He will take his chances here and probably wait until after the offseason is over. It's a stupid gamble, but one he will take.

[Khaki Lackey]

We've seen how well Gettleman drafts. We've seen how he handles veterans with declining skills and marginally talented free agents. We have yet to see how he handles retaining star players. I hope he doesn't screw it up. For all we know, his philosophy might be, "if you get the hogs in the trenches big enough, you can put anybody back there and win and spend more money on defense." I hope that isn't the case. Unless, of course, we win a super bowl that way.

[L-TownCat]

It seems like unwarranted, idiotic, senseless bashing of Cam by the national media might be toning down a bit.

 

 

Its really just a fine line between the media's disdain for Cam and the complete and utter loathing of the small market franchise owned by the most uninteresting(news wise) owner in all of the league.

[TheRumGone]

i've said it before. i hope we lock him up sooner rather than later.

 

i'm afraid he will explode in his fifth year after getting healthy and bringing more pieces in. cost will rise more that way than just the way it naturally does in the market.

[Jangler]

last year was the year, then the injuries...so get him while you can DG.

[KillerKat]

8 years; 145 million

Cam is worth it. Even when his athleticism fades, he'll still have that cannon for an arm and massive body/frame.

100 years, 2 billion sounds reasonable to me

[rodeo]

20 million a year. Ugh.

 

We basically instantly turn back into 2011 Panthers with no salary cap room for anything.

[Dex]

8 years; 145 million

Cam is worth it. Even when his athleticism fades, he'll still have that cannon for an arm and massive body/frame.

I can live with that contract at 18 a year. The people crying to give him 25 a year are outside of their minds. 18 is fair. Who's his agent though?

[joemac]

I can live with that contract at 18 a year. The people crying to give him 25 a year are outside of their minds. 18 is fair. Who's his agent though?

Brett Favres old agent. Bus Cook.