Panthers are frugal as hell!

[The Huddler]

short, star, ealy shaq, 

 

yeah 

[cookinbrak]

1 hour ago, The Huddler said:

short, star, ealy shaq, 

 

yeah 

Norman.

Oh, that's right.....

[Daddy_Uncle]

3 hours ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

cutting CJ and resigning him for a bag of peanuts might be GM move of the year

Year? That has to be one of the best GM moves ever. He had to have used some mob boss stuff on CJ

[Willis1789]

DG is the type of guy to walk into a bodega with $1 and come out with quarter water, a bag of chips and a cream cheese bagel. 

[Davidson Deac II]

It will probably change, but I can't help feeling we drafted a DT in the first round, with an eye towards giving us some flexibility regarding resigning Starr/Short. 

[AceBoogie]

Might have something to do with the absence of a secondary and whole defensive line on rookie contracts. 

[Carolina Cajun]

KK, Star, Kony, Shaq, Klein, Boston, Bene and the 3 rookie DB's are all on rookie contracts, KK and Star are likely to get paid as well as Coleman will be retained.  Let's just say, the underspending is represented by anticipation of what's coming down the line.

[Carolina Cajun]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

It will probably change, but I can't help feeling we drafted a DT in the first round, with an eye towards giving us some flexibility regarding resigning Starr/Short. 

That was my initial feeling to, but when I think about it, we were incredibly successful with A gap pressure.  It's not something a lot of teams can accomplish, and between our dominant tackles and blitzes by Kuechly and Davis (soon to be Shaq added here I think), I have a feeling that this type of pressure will be the standard in our defense.  Because of that, a constant influx of dominant DT's will be a focal point for gettleman and the goal of our DE's will be more about containment than sack numbers (although, sack numbers would be nice too).

[Jangler]

Yeah, I'm a Gettleman fan, but the next 2-3 seasons and we'll see how good he is. He stepped into a perfect storm for his talents, now, can he maintain a competitive team for years? The blue print is there, New England. And everybody wants to be NE. Hated.

[dugbug]

I don't think it's frugal or cheap.  I think he is looking at the core he needs to keep in the next few years.  Why cripple yourself. 

[panthers1234]

Maybe this is why we didn't pay Norman 15 mil a year. Thats like 38% of the entire defenses salary going into one player

[iamhubby1]

So that must mean that the majority of our money is spent on Offense. So we ARE trying to be good to Cam. I know that percentage is going to change soon. But we do have guys on the Offense that are going to need to be paid too. All this shtuff is going to be cool to see develop.

[Davidson Deac II]

16 minutes ago, iamhubby1 said:

So that must mean that the majority of our money is spent on Offense. So we ARE trying to be good to Cam. I know that percentage is going to change soon. But we do have guys on the Offense that are going to need to be paid too. All this shtuff is going to be cool to see develop.

Our three top cap hits for this upcoming season are Cam of course at 19 million, Kalil at just over 10 million, and JStew at a little over 9.  That is almost as much as the entire defense tied up in three players.  My feeling is that will change somewhat after this season. 

[iamhubby1]

30 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Our three top cap hits for this upcoming season are Cam of course at 19 million, Kalil at just over 10 million, and JStew at a little over 9.  That is almost as much as the entire defense tied up in three players.  My feeling is that will change somewhat after this season. 

 

I would expect that Kalil's, and Stewy's, numbers will go down next year. Either through extensions, restructures, or even out right cuts. But even with those two going down, we have a bunch of Offensive players who are going to need to be paid. KB, Trai, Norwell, and maybe Fun Fun for starters.

 

So even though some numbers will go down, we still have guys who will be needing to be paid. But, with our team's philosophy, I would expect that once the Defense takes over the pay scale, it will probably stay that way for a while. We are a Defensive team. We just happen to have a darn good Offense as well.