Jonathan Stewart signs 1 year extension through 2018.

[Snake]

6 minutes ago, sanjay_rajput said:

OJ Howard / Christian McCaffrey!!!!

God my wet dream. 

[PhillyB]

undoubtedly a cap move

[Davidson Deac II]

9 minutes ago, Daeavorn said:

So does this eliminate RB at 8? What do you guys think?

I don't think it has any impact on who we draft.  

[Norway]

10 minutes ago, PantherWake said:

This means we are drafting OJ or Soloman

Yes please!

[Toker Smurf]

4 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

undoubtedly a cap move

This.......

5 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I don't think it has any impact on who we draft.  

and this

[Bartin]

There may not even be much new money at all. His current deal already had a voidable year in 2018. So convert that to a regular contract year, add some non-guaranteed base salary, convert his 2017 salary into signing bonus and he really doesn't get any new money, creates some cap room for this year that we needed after the spending spree and gives us a team option for 2018. Maybe he gets $1M or so guaranteed next year.

[Toomers]

15 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

It will be interesting to see the details.  Was this done to free up some cap space, or pay him more money up front to be able to cut him easier in the future, or for some other reason?

    I saw no one say that they wanted him cut, as in gone. Just restructured. Or cut and re-sign, which would be same thing. This was all anyone wanted from the beginning. Just get his ridiculous salary under control since we finally had some leverage. 

    Where are all the people who said JStew would not/shouldn't take a pay cut/restructure?  

[panther4life]

NFLPA had us a 11.1 million yesterday. Now we are at 13.8 in cap space. So this moved saved us 2.7 for this year. That's all I got for now. Need more details on the future cap implications before passing any judgment.

Either way congrats to Stewart on his new born daughter and increased job security.

[Jangler]

23 minutes ago, joeyxfresco said:

Where's everyone that said they were sure Stew was going to get cut?

Well ..I'd give everyone a moment to wake the fyck up....

But, yeah WAKE THE FYCK UP!

Jonathan Stewart is a Panther.

 

[Toomers]

Just now, panther4life said:

NFLPA had us a 11.1 million yesterday. Now we are at 13.8 in cap space. So this moved saved us 2.7 for this year. That's all I got for now. Need more details on the future cap implications before passing any judgment.

Either way congrats to Stewart on his new born daughter and increased job security.

Sounds about right. He had a base salary of 5.5M for this year. Down to around 2.8M sounds in line. Next year won't cost much more than 1-2M to stay or go.

[*FreeFua*]

Now sign Anquan!!!

[csx]

I don't think this is any indication of a draft position. How would it be?

[Nails]

23 minutes ago, nctarheel0619 said:

No, they can still go RB at that position.  Which if Fournette is there, would not shock me if they did.  They can release him next year, and probably still not have that much of a cap hit.  

Agree.  At a minimum though it guarantees no trade up for him.  Simply would be too much capital on the RB position.

[nctarheel0619]

3 minutes ago, Nails said:

Agree.  At a minimum though it guarantees no trade up for him.  Simply would be too much capital on the RB position.

Still maybe a trade up, but it would be a lot for Fournette.  I know Gettletits is not doing that.

I think they release CAP, after they Draft another RB.  Just makes sense at this point.