Charles Johnson officially signs 1-year, $3M deal

[SIGCHI222]

Damn.  Never thought THIS was what was going to happen...not $3 mill.  Much respect Mr. Johnson.

[jdpanther5]

 

[gtanaka]

58 minutes ago, ItsNotGonnaBeAlright said:

Gettleman let him walk and stuck to an offer he thought he was worth. CJ doesn't accept a pay cut at all if that didn't happen. Think before you speak next time.

CJ doesn't accept a paycut from the panthers at all unless he chooses too. Think before you speak next time.

[enikville]

Time to resign Hardy and get the band back together. I kid, I kid (not really).

[tiger7_88]

1 hour ago, Clicheking said:

I hope this is true. Everyone trashed him

I did?

[pstall]

Very surprised.  I say we get one more de in free agency and draft bpa at this poiht.

 

[SamMills4Life]

I wonder why he only wanted to do a year.

Either he plans on playing his heart out and earning a fat contract, or he wants another shot at the Superbowl and plans to hang it up while he still has his health.

Either way, it saved us $8M by cutting him and resigning him. Can't complain about that.

[Jackofalltrades]

Much respect for CJ and outright amazement at the job Gettleman is doing. 

Cant figure why anyone would call him greedy though, it's a business deal and he got the better end of it with his last contract. That doesn't make him greedy, it makes him smart. I'm glad he's back. At 15 million I wanted him gone, at 3 million I'm stoked he's still here. 

[Proudiddy]

Awesome news!  CJ has always been a standup guy, IMO.  He was worth the money he was paid when we paid it to him, but as has been said elsewhere, the production dropped off and no longer justified what he was making.  I am surprised, because i am certain that a team like Tampa offered more, and i don't blame anyone for taking more money, but it goes to show the mutual respect between CJ and the organization.   Welcome back home, Big Money!

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, SamMills4Life said:

I wonder why he only wanted to do a year.

Either he plans on playing his heart out and earning a fat contract, or he wants another shot at the Superbowl and plans to hang it up while he still has his health.

Either way, it saved us $8M by cutting him and resigning him. Can't complain about that.

As far as we know, that's what was offered.

Given that he was injured most of last year, it's a reasonable offer.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Seeing those tweets from teammates is awesome. Our already amazing locker room will be mostly intact next year.  Except they'll be pissed off and hungrier after the SB loss.

Hashtag pray for the league 

[Khyber53]

Cool that it worked out to everyone's benefit. Let's get him a ring.

[iBBB]

Way to go CJ!

I applaud Getty for having balls of steal. This dude is on a mission folks.

[TheSpecialJuan]

6 minutes ago, iBBB said:

Way to go CJ!

I applaud Getty for having balls of steal. This dude is on a mission folks.

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