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

[CarolinaNCSU]

DE is still a huge need, but damn this helps a ton. IF we get the beast version of Ealy from the SB, with a last hurrah/injury-free/motivated CJ, to go with Addison, and a high draft pick? Lawd. 

[R0CKnR0LLA]

fun fact, our entire DLine will be making less money combined than CJ would have alone on his original Hurney contract

[tondi]

It wouldnt shock me to see CJ have a 8-10 sack year next season which means he would be looking at a pretty nice payday on the open market. Long term, he's probably better off playing on a high profile, SB contending team as a member of a great defense at 3mil than playing on an irrelevant bottom feeder like TB for 6 mil if he's auditioning for a nice contract after the season.

[Billy Love]

This is fantabulous news indeed!!

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Thanks CJ and JR!  

Hopefully this is a big step towards to a SB51 victory for the Panthers.

[The Huddler]

Mad respect for CJ but keep tbis in mind.. 

 

Hes already been paid very hansomly. 3 mil isnt that much of a discrepancy when it cones to a 76 million dollar contract. 

[The Lone Panther]

Any chance we still sign Coples to play DT? 

[The Huddler]

7 minutes ago, CarolinaNCSU said:

DE is still a huge need, but damn this helps a ton. IF we get the beast version of Ealy from the SB, with a last hurrah/injury-free/motivated CJ, to go with Addison, and a high draft pick? Lawd. 

Why would this be his last hurrah. Why do people insist his tank is almost empty?  I dont get it. He was beast in postseason

[NanuqoftheNorth]

1 minute ago, The Huddler said:

Mad respect for CJ but keep tbis in mind.. 

 

Hes already been paid very hansomly. 3 mil isnt that much of a discrepancy when it cones to a 76 million dollar contract. 

It is half of 6 million and for anyone counting that is a big discrepancy.

Grateful to CJ for sticking with the Panthers instead of chasing the almighty dollar.

[johnnydefence]

CJ has made $67,926,000 in 118 games played (not started). That equals 575,644.06 per game over the last 9 years.

Josh Norman is the same age and made 500,000 in 2015 and was a second team all pro. 

[pantherphan96]

Hopefully now Gman can get that KK / Norman extension done

[Ken]

GMan is a total boss. One of the best moves of the offseason from any team.

[CarolinaNCSU]

5 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

Why would this be his last hurrah. Why do people insist his tank is almost empty?  I dont get it. He was beast in postseason

I don't think his tank is empty...a one year deal though is just a little puzzling unless he and Gettleman exclusively talked about a prove it type deal where we'd revisit his contract if he plays well this year. 

It's been confirmed he was offered more money, and I would assume more years. With him opening restaurants and yada yada, maybe he's thinking early retirement? Nobody really knows. 

[JakeH]

9 minutes ago, The Lone Panther said:

Any chance we still sign Coples to play DT? 

A one year, $3M deal shouldn't preclude us from signing anybody. I would think Coples is definitely still on our radar, especially with us cutting Dwan Edwards.