Panthers rescind Norman's franchise tag...

[Chaos]

Message sent.  Here's the thing for those dreaming that Josh will end up back at the table - some team is going to overpay for him.  Hope it's not a division rival (minus saints who don't even have pocket change for a cap). 

[pantherphan96]

ballsy fuging move by Gman. my guess is Norman threatened to hold out unless he got a new contract and Gman washed his hands of the whole deal.

[Dunn]

Wonder if GMan was holding these when he released them.

[carpanfan96]

1 minute ago, JawnyBlaze said:

This was shocking, but it's obvious what's going on. He's gonna let him test the market without the franchise compensation looming over teams interested in him. All parties involved will find out what his worth is and if it's in Gettleman's range, he'll be a Panther. If it's not, he won't. 

Lotta ridiculous speculation that this has something to do with Josh's attitude or actions. That seems pretty ignorant. He's doing the same with Josh he did with CJ. It worked out with CJ. Hopefully it works out with Norman. 

Nah this was cutting ties, he's not coming back. They pretty much say as much in the presser.

[beastson]

Sad to see Josh go

But its fug Gettle if he don't make use of that cap space and decide to just use role players to fill up potholes instead of fixing the damn street

[cbarrier90]

1 minute ago, luke nukem said:

Im furious, there goes our Superbowl.

We just got to the Super Bowl with Cortland Finnegan and Robert McClain off the street.

Sure, there's a loss, but they'll adjust. They finally did with Hardy gone and that was in-season.

[NJPanthers12]

completley shocked by this but I have been saying since day 1 he has been handling this whole situation like a true ass. When Greg Hardy handles a situation better than you then your clearly in the wrong. 

[DeeJay]

1 minute ago, Chaos said:

Message sent.  Here's the thing for those dreaming that Josh will end up back at the table - some team is going to overpay for him.  Hope it's not a division rival (minus saints who don't even have pocket change for a cap). 

THE RAIDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 

[Bartin]

2 minutes ago, zacka77ack said:

Dave Gettleman is the man.  That's all I have to say.  A team is never one player away from winning a Super Bowl.  That's his mantra. Aka. You aren't as important as you think you are.

So instead of 2 or 3 players away we are 3 or 4 players away then.

[TheRed]

If he goes to a division rival, that matchup is going to be ugly. He's got that Steve Smith in him.

Interesting how some people are so quick to paint him as a villain. It takes two sides to get to this point.

[AceBoogie]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I trust that Gettleman knows what he's doing here. 

[Growl]

I think I would've just let him play under the tag. We finally had a good group of starting corners. If it were earlier in free agency then I get it but I don't think I like it here.

[Gazi]

 

[Arroz con Panther]

4 minutes ago, DeeJay said:

I think we keep that 18+ Million if Im not mistaken?

I don't think it was 18 mil, but yea, Norman never signed it, so it's still ours.