Panthers expected to sign Tillman per source

[*FreeFua*]

lol @ giving him 3 million

[TheRumGone]

lol @ giving him 3 million

Yeah it's steep. I'm happy with the signing though. Just hope he regains 2012 form

[jdpanther5]

Maybe it's said but its 3 mill. That's a lot for a player whose only played 10 games out of 32 in two years. That's starter money for us

Yeah, I was expecting another minimum signing, so I'm a bit surprised. Saw where the Seahawks and another team were interested, so teams were obviously pretty optimistic on his rehab.

[TheRumGone]

Yeah, I was expecting another minimum signing, so I'm a bit surprised. Saw where the Seahawks and another team were interested, so teams were obviously pretty optimistic on his rehab.

That's why I'm coming around to it.

[Nick_81]

May as well throw this in here as well.  My hopes are up that this is the case...

 

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview  1m1 minute ago

That Tillman contract COULD be laden with incentives. We’ll see once breakdown comes out eventually.

[Kakarot]

3.05 million, huh? That's pretty steep. Hope this works out. Also, this pretty much deads the possibility of Jennings coming. That's dead, which is fine with me as I didn't think he schematically fit with us.

I'm meh to the signing of Peanut..

[Bartin]

I didn't really like the signing when I thought it was going to be for the minimum salary benefit, but I didn't really mind.

 

I definitely do not like it for $3M. This ends any chance of us getting Jennings and pretty much eliminates any chance at getting a comp pick for Hardy next year.

[jdpanther5]

The players association has us at $10,111,139 before this signing.

If it's really $3.05m, then that number slides to $7,646,139 once you factor in bumping a minimum salary out of the top 51.

Then, pending any other signings or moves during the draft, our rookies will bring us down to $6,682,379.

And on May 12 we'll gain back $2,333,333 from DeAngelo, bringing us to $9,015,712.

Roughly.

[t96]

The players association has us at $10,111,139 before this signing.

If it's really $3.05m, then that number slides to $7,646,139 once you factor in bumping a minimum salary out of the top 51.

Then, pending any other signings or moves during the draft, our rookies will bring us down to $6,682,379.

And on May 12 we'll gain back $2,333,333 from DeAngelo, bringing us to $9,015,712.

Roughly.

 

Supposed to be $5M dedicated to rookies. Even still, I don't think this signing for $3M takes away the chance of getting Greg.

[jdpanther5]

Supposed to be $5M dedicated to rookies. Even still, I don't think this signing for $3M takes away the chance of getting Greg.

In total, sure, our rookies will get paid over $5.5m + more for any UDFAs. But only the first two picks (barring trades) will make enough to count toward the top 51 contracts. Their projected amount will be $2,133,760.

Then consider that they'll bump two salaries of $585k out of the top 51, so the net impact becomes $963,760 for the rookie class, at least until we cut down to 53.

[ItsPantone278]

3 mil is pretty much what Ball signed for in CHI.