D-line (2017)

[TheSpecialJuan]

Mario Addison is having himself a very nice season with 6.5 sacks. He's also an UFA who at 29, will surely receive a very nice contract....... from another team.

So we have Charles Johnson, Addison, Kyle Love and K Short as UFA. This was one of the reasons we had to let Josh go but Gman had his work cut out for him this offseason.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

I like Addison and think we can resign him and Johnson for "relatively" inexpensive. I have no idea what to do about Short though. Is a combo of Love and Butler that much worse than Short? G-man has some tough decisions to make and will surely have a crowd with torches and pitchforks outside his home no matter what he does. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

1 hour ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

 I have no idea what to do about Short though. Is a combo of Love and Butler that much worse than Short? 

 

 

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[My Goodness My Guinness]

1 minute ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

 

 

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[iamhubby1]

If Mario winds up with 10+ sacks. Not sure how cheap he will be. Even if he is still only a situational player, 10+ sacks is Beasting.

[FootballLivesMatter]

Bye Short

[The Lone Panther]

I think Mario will be resigned, Johnson retires, Horton is released, Paul is cut, we tag short and Love resigns for a 1 year deal.

We go out and sign a fairly big name in the free agency, thinking Devin Taylor from Detroit could be in our price range.  Draft another DE in the 1st.  Myles Garrett is probably out, but Derek Barrett should still be in play and he's a beast.  Made the nation's best OT, Cam Robinson look overrated as hell. 

Possible look at the d-line for next year...

DE:  K. Ealy / M. Addison

DT:  S. Lot / K. Love

DT:  K. Short / V. Butler

DE:  D. Taylor / D. Barrett

Webster or Delaire would fight it out for the 5th possible DE spot, if they're still even on the team. 

[Salisburysean98]

21 minutes ago, iamhubby1 said:

If Mario winds up with 10+ sacks. Not sure how cheap he will be. Even if he is still only a situational player, 10+ sacks is Beasting.

That reminds me of the Brandon Graham situation in Philly. But look how that played out, hopefully he sees more playing time and we resign him to what he wants. If he continues to do well. 

[iamhubby1]

2 minutes ago, Salisburysean98 said:

That reminds me of the Brandon Graham situation in Philly. But look how that played out, hopefully he sees more playing time and we resign him to what he wants. If he continues to do well. 

 

Mario has been around for 7 years? Not a bad career. But I am pretty sure he has yet to see a contract that made him say...wow...

 

I am not saying he will break the bank. But should he continue on this pace, he is going to deserve a raise. And he will have earned it.

 

But like you said. I hope it is somewhere within his acceptable price range. I would hate to lose him. Every team needs a Mario.

[juliosantos]

yea mario and short are most likely gone i dont have faith in gettleman resigning players 

[Saca312]

5 minutes ago, juliosantos said:

yea mario and short are most likely gone i dont have faith in gettleman resigning players 

Yeah. Gettleman would never be able to sign Cam or Luke, or Kalil, or anyone in a position of greater importance.

Oh wait...

[B.BERSIN]

Can we just let Charles go? He's like 126 years old.


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[juliosantos]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

Yeah. Gettleman would never be able to sign Cam or Luke, or Kalil, or anyone in a position of greater importance.

Oh wait...

What about mitchell, munnerlyn  and norman? Also he had no plans to sign hardy either so even if hardy wasn't a head case we would have left the panthers anyway

[PantherBuckeye89]

As far as I'm concerned, Addison and AJ Klein are priority extensions.

As for Short, personally I feel like Butler can be better. I don't want him gone, but he has been mediocre this year and always has been so so against the run. I'm not paying top dollar, and in a dream scenario we would tag and trade him for a 2nd.

I know a lot of members here are sick of drafting defenders but truth is we need d-line help. Johnson is old, Kony has yet to take the leap, and Horton sucks. Plus extending Addison isn't a sure thing. I'm fine with Star/Butler at DT but we need a stud DE as well as Safety help bad. The Super Bowl reaffirmed my belief that defense wins championships. I want to draft DE/S and a RB high, look for OL value late, and finally take care of OT in FA.