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

[Snake]

52 minutes ago, Riverboat Ron said:

Rumored he turned down $6 million from the Giants or Bucs.

That's about right and he was looking for North of 8mill a year.  He probably could have got it too if he moved west.  Like I said before, he was chasing big money and it was not there so he clamored back. Same thing happened to Capt his first FA, then the Vikings went retard and paid him CB1 money. Dave pays you what your worth. End of story. 

[pantherclaw]

Charles Johnson signed the big contract he played under cause that is what the market dictated. 

People blame Hurney. 

Charles Johnson would have been the BEST available DE/pass rusher on the free agent market. If the Panthers wouldn't have made him that offer, some other team would have.

Charles Johnson was exactly what the Panthers paid for him. A stud DE, and solid veteran leadership. 

Fans can piss and moan about injuries all they want to, but it doesn't matter. 

 

[Ship]

CJ came about as close as you can to justify his huge contract, can't ask for more. hopefully this leads to a strong year and maybe a couple more at a reasonable price.

we may not have exciting FA periods by bringing in big names, but we do have exciting FA with stuff like this-- who do we cut, how is GMan playing hardball, what random guy is gonna come out of the blue and blow up for us this year? really excited to see what happens next.

[Clicheking]

2 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

I did?

Obviously I didn't mean every single person , but a lot of people did....obvious to me at least

[MurkN]

Big Money to Big Loyalty, much respect.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Hope we can land coples and a vet DT during this free agency now. Don't wanna have to rely too much on any rookie dlineman

[PantherBoy95]

37 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Charles Johnson signed the big contract he played under cause that is what the market dictated. 

People blame Hurney. 

Charles Johnson would have been the BEST available DE/pass rusher on the free agent market. If the Panthers wouldn't have made him that offer, some other team would have.

Charles Johnson was exactly what the Panthers paid for him. A stud DE, and solid veteran leadership. 

Fans can piss and moan about injuries all they want to, but it doesn't matter. 

 

I truly think people seem to forget this. I'd literally repeat everything you just said but of course that'd be redundant. 

We definitely would have lost him that year, and at the time he was worth a premier contract.

[Wolfcop]

Didn't see this posted...

Best Bargain of the Day

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The Panthers released defensive end Charles Johnson last Thursday when he was set to count more than $15 million on the salary cap. They agreed to re-sign him on Tuesday for $3 million, despite getting offers for double that elsewhere. A lot of players say it's not about the money, but Johnson truly meant it. As Johnson showed in the Super Bowl, he still has plenty of snaps left as a solid starter. The Panthers were thin at defensive end if he left, and Johnson ultimately spurned division rivals (Tampa) after visiting with them, just like he spurned a big-free agent offer from the Atlanta Falcons in 2011.

I would rather have Charles Johnson than Mario Williams at any salary, much less at less than half the price.

Johnson staying "home" with the Panthers is a cool story, just like Tamba Hali's contract with the Chiefs. It would be strange to see Hali play in any other uniform. One year after taking a paycut to stay on the roster, Hali earned his three-year, $22 million deal.

 

[GRWatcher]

I've always liked CJ. He's a stand up, hard working guy. Not a Mr. Ego, me-first type. I'm really glad he's back. His leadership would've been hard to replace. His intensity would've been hard to duplicate. Here's hoping injuries stay minor & he has a stupendous year. Push for that Panthers sack record!

[gorillamilitia13]

If this is true, then thats awesome not many players take hometown discounts like this these days. Says a lot about the Panther's franchise as a whole. 

[The Lobo]

Pumped.

[The Lone Panther]

1 hour ago, Kuech the Sneak said:

Hope we can land coples and a vet DT during this free agency now. Don't wanna have to rely too much on any rookie dlineman

Highly doubt we'll sign a DT.  Still believe we'll get Coples who will most likely be Short's backup at DT.  Rest of our cap space will go to the secondary, specifically safety.  I'm still high on the idea about drafting a hog molly DT to replace Love.  Love is decent, but we could do better.  

[R0CKnR0LLA]

1 hour ago, Wolfcop said:

Didn't see this posted...

Best Bargain of the Day

 

Best bargain of the day is an understatement, this will probably be the biggest bargain for the entire offseason.

JPP with one hand got $10 million, Mario Williams who blatantly quit on his team got a $16 million deal. I can barely even believe we got CJ back at 3. I figured some team would offer him a muti-year deal at 8-10 million per season and he'd be gone.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

5 minutes ago, The Lone Panther said:

Highly doubt we'll sign a DT.  Still believe we'll get Coples who will most likely be Short's backup at DT.  Rest of our cap space will go to the secondary, specifically safety.  I'm still high on the idea about drafting a hog molly DT to replace Love.  Love is decent, but we could do better.  

I'm hoping we get Coples as Short's backup and re-sign Love on a multi-year deal as Star's backup.