Panthers rescind Norman's franchise tag...

[TheSpecialJuan]

     Bucky Brooks

 

✔ ‎@BuckyBrooks

Not surprised the @Panthers didn't commit big $ to Josh Norman. Zone-based teams don't value CBs as top priorities. Pass rush>coverage

[The Huddler]

8 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

I believe there is an excellent chance.  

Panthers likely left their "best and final offer" on the table.  

Now it is up to Norman and his agent to find out what he is really worth around the league.  

He may eventually come to the same conclusion "Big Money" did.   Like Dorothy once famously said... there's no place like home, there's no place like home! 

 

 

two things worry me..

 

Gettlemans statement, and the bidding war thats aparently going to go down between SF and Jax.  CJ already got paid, Norman hasnt..

 

i still hold hope and have a gut feeling

 

maybe i have to fart

[Rags]

Richard Sherman and Patrick Peterson both make 14 mila year and have both done what they have for multiple years, while being younger than Josh.

Josh's age is the biggest factor in this.

[KB_fan]

9 hours ago, MadHatter said:

And the pathetic trolls start coming out in force.

Some of us have guys like him on "ignore" but when you quote him, I then end up having to read his drivel.  Sigh.

[KEeP POuNDiN]

Why didnt we trade him?

[KB_fan]

I was offline for 4 or 5 hours last night when the news broke, and it was very late in my time zone when I caught the news, so I didn't try to comment, just tried to figure out what happened.  I've now skimmed through all 40 pages of this thread, and some of the others, as well as the news articles, trying to process this...

This caught me off guard for sure.  I can see both sides to the comments.   At this point, until / unless other facts emerge, I still respect both Gettleman & Josh.  I will miss him greatly, but think our system probably means we'll be ok without him.  Hoping there's still that 5% chance he could listen to other offers now that he's released from the tag and decide as someone else posted that "there's no place like home." 

This makes Boykin's signing really huge.  Phew.  So glad we got that done!   This also increases the likelihood of a Tillman or Finnegan return, which I already "prophesied" some weeks ago.

Gettleman is well on the way to getting a serious reputation as a "CHEAP B***tard."  DANG but he plays hardball.  But heck, he's OUR CHEAP B***tard and that excites me because it is this kind of ruthless financial management and very careful player evaluation and methodical risk evaluation that I think are essential to a contender becoming a dynasty.

Hope this somehow ends well for both sides.  It certainly makes things more interesting in Pantherland right now.  This offseason has not been too boring.

[AceMan]

See ya later, Norman. Gonna miss your bravado and ball skills, Batman..

[Jmac]

TEAM means all 53 guys are a unit and win or lose as a,whole. Norman thinks he is the best CB to ever lace up cleats, so be it. Play somewhere else. D.G will reshuffle the deck at draft time and fIll the position. I have total confidence in him to keep this train rolling.

[PandaPancake]

The locals are thinking Elway might do the same to Miller. Which would be hilarious

[Khyber53]

Somehow, we'll survive. 

[WUnderhill]

This has the potential to go down as one of the worst moves in franchise history. Getting him an extra year on the franchise tag and then letting him sign his big contract elsewhere seemed perfect based on his age. I just don't see the upside to this.

[dpm0409]

15 hours ago, KillaCamNewton said:

Sorry but this is astronomically stupid. When You have a team that is built to win a Super Bowl TODAY you don't go telling a game-changing, Top 5 shutdown corner to kick rocks. 

Gettleman can be the alpha dog all he wants, but you can't let your pride get in the way when dealing with a player you can't afford to lose. For anyone saying no one player is more important than the team, go watch some games of Antoine Cason and remind yourself what our defense looked like before Norman was the starter

This has probably already been said a dozen times since your post was 15 hours ago, but damn there are 41 pages to read through in this thread......anyhow, I honestly don't believe that this has anything to do with DG's "pride" getting in the way.  It's his philosophy dude.....big men allow you to compete....this shouldn't be shocking to anyone at all.  I'm happy we didn't give him north of 15 mil a year for the next 3-6 years or whatever the contract length Josh and his agent were after.

[crushcard1976]

https://www.car.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Panthers-didnt-believe-in-Normans-coverage-abilities-44932233 they are did not pay him what he wanted because he not good in man to man tho excels in zone coverages.

[dpm0409]

44 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

This has the potential to go down as one of the worst moves in franchise history. Getting him an extra year on the franchise tag and then letting him sign his big contract elsewhere seemed perfect based on his age. I just don't see the upside to this.

I hear ya man, but think about it....If we let Josh play this upcoming season under the franchise tag, what if he tore an ACL?  What if his play regressed?  At that point, we basically just screwed over a local NC guy from a multi year contract (from us or any other team for that matter).  

The dude wanted to get paid big money not just in 2016, but for the next 3-5 years.  You can't blame him, he's gonna be 30 before ya know it.  Plus if he was gonna show his @ss even more than he already does playing under the tag, everyone should know DG is not gonna let ANYONE be a distraction in our stellar locker room.

I understand the people that like it and the people that don't.  It's just the business side of football ladies and gents.