Panthers rescind Norman's franchise tag...

[Cpt slay a ho]

Rescinding the tag is the confusing part, either Jno signs or he sits, which sitting only hurts him in the long run 

smh 

[Mojo]

2 hours ago, TheRed said:

Eh, unless he has some actual info to back to this up, that is a rather irresponsible comparison. Come on man..

I agree.  Seems like he's talking out of his ass.

[TheSpecialJuan]

The decision to rescind the franchise tag from cornerback Josh Norman could be viewed as a ploy by the Panthers to sign him to a long-term deal based on the current market for his services, since the current market for the services of a 28-year-old cornerback (29 in December) may be a lot less than what his $13.95 million tender would have paid in 2016.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, however, Carolina’s plan — as reflected by G.M. Dave Gettleman wishing Norman well in the statement announcing the move — is to not re-sign Norman.

[Byrdman4real]

Well I guess I can get a JNO throw-back jersey for cheap

[Montsta]

2 hours ago, carpanfan96 said:

Panther's short changed him two offseasons in a row and never truely gave him a serious offer this offseason. 

 

It was to the point that Josh started acting this way because him and the agent felt Panthers weren't serious in negotiations and he flat said he wouldn't sign it till they were.

 

They never were interested and well here we are. 

This is wrong IMO. Josh played half a decent season two years ago but still made a lot of boneheaded plays. He was an All-Pro last year but the request for money he was making wasn't a reasonable amount. 

Getltleman tagged him hoping to get a deal done. When it became abundantly clear that Norman's asking point wasn't a negotiating point, but rather a hard number, Gettleman rescinded the tag. 

Also, only a handful of teams can even sign Norman at this point. So really he could wait and see what Josh gets on the open market with far less suitors and maybe Norman comes back or Gettleman will be comfortable with him being gone. 

Either way I trust Gettleman completely and will not question his methods until I'm given a reason to. This isn't a reason to. 

Edit: meant to say he played half decent two seasons ago, not last year, where I cited him being an all pro. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/

[Khyber53]

If a player sniffs around an offer of $13 million for a season's work and then acts like he is offended by it, he'll play like he was offended for the whole season. Rarely does one ever play up to their full potential under a franchise tag... the closest anyone has done it here was with Jordan Gross (I believe he was tagged, right?)

Better to give JNo his freedom before the draft so he can find a new home with one of those teams with deep, deep pockets. It will give him the payday and screw up some folks' draft boards. Hope he looks good wearing Jacksonville's colors.

We'll survive. Last year, they said we were sunk because we had nobodies playing at WR. We went to the Super Bowl. We'll make the DBs work.

Somehow.

 

[Montsta]

2 hours ago, TheRed said:

Regardless, this thread is going to be an interesting one to visit come December depending on how our secondary performs.

Might be quite a few tune changes.

For two years 99% of this board wanted every washed up butthole WR available. I kept saying Gettleman is the man and is going to be just fine. 

Norman wanted way to much period. Negotiations weren't going well. Gettleman said bye. No hard feelings, just real life. 

The team will be fine. 

[SportsCrazie4172]

just got a notification from Team stream

 

panthers are not interested in resigning Norman..could change if CB is value low on market..

[JawnyBlaze]

1 minute ago, SportsCrazie4172 said:

just got a notification from Team stream

 

panthers are not interested in resigning Norman..could change if CB is value low on market..

you left out the most important part: "per PFT".  Meaning it's pure speculation.

[blackcat]

It's business plain and simple.  Josh and the Panthers valued his services differently and couldn't get a deal done.  Best of luck to Jno, hope he finds what he's looking for.

[Montsta]

7 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/

PFT is all speculation, and uses speculation to try and confirm their speculative rumors. 

[TheRed]

2 minutes ago, Montsta said:

For two years 99% of this board wanted every washed up butthole WR available. I kept saying Gettleman is the man and is going to be just fine. 

Norman wanted way to much period. Negotiations weren't going well. Gettleman said bye. No hard feelings, just real life. 

The team will be fine. 

Not sure why you singled out my post, but I'm not in sky is falling mode or anything absurd like that.

I think it's in the middle. Way too early to tell how this will impact us, but I'm not going to bury my head in the sand and pretend to know we will be just as good in the secondary or better until the next several months have played out. We've seen many highs and lows as Panthers fans, and if it has taught me anything, what you think might happen does not always play out that way. I'm just gonna let it ride.

[Montsta]

2 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

you left out the most important part: "per PFT".  Meaning it's pure speculation.

Thank you JB someone gets it.