Panthers claim OT Jonathan Martin

[Bartin]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:06 PM, KillerKat said:

Anyone know how much we save and the penalty for cutting Chandler?

$50k however that amount his is workout bonus so assuming he doesn't get cut until training camp and he gets the bonus by attending offseason workouts then it will actually be $0 since it will have been paid to him prior to him getting cut. He'll be on the cap for $1.15M regardless.

[tiger7_88]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:05 PM, Mr. Scot said:

I don't see it as a bad signing, but I think you know that.

Ergo why I said "You don't have to answer. I know you understand."

Did you just skip over that part of what I wrote?

[Cary Kollins]

Young guy with his entire career ahead of him. Top prospect out of college. Zero risk, high reward.

[Mr. Scot]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:10 PM, tiger7_88 said:

Ergo why I said "You don't have to answer. I know you understand."

Did you just skip over that part of what I wrote?

 

Nah.  I just felt the urge to respond anyway

 

[Gin and Juice]

  On 3/27/2015 at 8:26 PM, CPF4LIFE said:

Lol....gettleman is not trying to take a OT in the draft.

I think he really just wants to take the BPA. Despite this move, wouldn't surprise me to still see Bell brought back and a Tackle drafted in first 3 rds

[MHS831]

  On 3/27/2015 at 8:21 PM, *FreeFua* said:

Perfect!

A 25 year old cry baby, just what this team needed

 

10 to 1 you would not say that to his face if there were no laws or friends to protect you and no way out of the room.

 

[rmoneyg35]

For those who are complaining would you rather us have Chandler and Foucault as back ups?

No let me guess you would rather us spend a few million on a injured Jake Long because he was good four years ago.

How about spend 5+ million on Barksdale?

Or we could claim a former 2nd rounder by just taking on his rookie contract of about 1 million.

This was a great move by Gettleman. He isn't going to be the starter unless he earns it and if he can beat out Reammers then he deserves to start. I don't care about what happend two years ago because that is the past.

[MHS831]

Consider this:  He is 25.  Have you checked out the careers of other first round tackles taken recently in the draft?  It takes them 2-3 years to develop, as a general rule.

[Jmac]

This is the 'Godfathers' way of sifting through possible gold dust without buying the farm. Isn't it obvious by now that he will not get fleeced with high priced F.A signings that hurt the bottom line. He does the real work at the end of April. All these signings just build a base to compliment the draft.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Jmac

[MHS831]

We could have a pair of pretty famous (or infamous) tackles come September.

[Gin and Juice]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:15 PM, Jmac said:

This is the 'Godfathers' way of sifting through possible gold dust without buying the farm. Isn't it obvious by now that he will not get fleeced with high priced F.A signings that hurt the bottom line. He does the real work at the end of April. All these signings just build a base to compliment the draft.

If he has another stellar draft this year, his focus needs to be on aquiring draft picks! Fug Free Agency

[LinvilleGorge]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:15 PM, MHS831 said:

We could have a pair of pretty famous (or infamous) tackles come September.

 

Very possible.

 

Though, I don't think any pair of OTs will surpass the infamy of Bell/Chandler in the minds of Panthers fans for a long, long time.  At least I hope not.

[ctrcat]

  On 3/27/2015 at 9:08 PM, stirs said:

I don't think that much of Martins ability so this kinda worries me that Gman thinks he can help us a lot.

 

Makes me think Oher and Remmers are not as highly regarded as I hoped they might be, but if we can do something with no risk, then why not

 

IMHO Oher and Remmers are stop gappers at best!

[KSpan]

Meh. Low-risk, moderate reward.