And another one. Thomas Davis wants a contract extension before Training Camp.

[bigdog10]

TD is the heart and soul of this team. I'd hate to see him go and want him extended. 

With that said, you can't overpay him in this situation. Doing that is just a repeat of prior hurney history.  We drafted Shaq for this very scenario. 

Heres hoping they can work out a deal that is mutually beneficial. 

[OneBadCat]

TD is probably the most upstanding player in our teams history. But as much as he deserves an extension, he has also been shown a lot of faith by JR and the team. So I hope he's not expecting a big time payday.

[trueblue]

I respect that DG is going to pay for the player you are and will be... not the player you were

[TheSpecialJuan]

5 hours ago, RoaringRiot said:

This could end up being a PR nightmare for GMan. 

Gman has proven that he doesn't care about all that noise. He is not afraid to make tough decisions for the betterment of the organization. I admire that about him.

[RoaringRiot]

20 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Gman has proven that he doesn't care about all that noise. He is not afraid to make tough decisions for the betterment of the organization. I admire that about him.

Sure I do too. I prefer that to Hurney. I can't imagine everyone does though. TD is also my favorite Panthers players and one of the overall fan favorites. This is a tough spot for GMan. 

[uncfan888]

52 minutes ago, RoaringRiot said:

Sure I do too. I prefer that to Hurney. I can't imagine everyone does though. TD is also my favorite Panthers players and one of the overall fan favorites. This is a tough spot for GMan. 

TD is my absolute all time favorite Panther.. But I'd appease Olsen and sign Norwell, turner, and maybe star before extending TD. I just hope people can understand that the others are all in their primes and TD isn't anymore. But the backlash will be crazy cuz that's what fans are for 

[pantherphan96]

You pay for future results not past performances. Do not handicap your team because of emotion. Just another reason I wouldn't want a fan to run a professional sports team. Love TD but he's on his way out and he definitely looked older out there last season. 

[Udogg]

I want to say it...but I can't.  Love TD too much.... 

 

I feel dirty thinking it, but .... 

 

ugghhh.. 

[TheRed]

35 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Can we stop acting like we got destroyed week 1 and that we couldn't do anything? I'm pretty sure when we were up 17-7 that things were working. Damn Collinsworth had a spotlight piece on how well
Remuneration was doing including a couple one on ones with Miller where he won easily. He mentioned two things that stuck with me. He said we did some short drops and gave Remmers some help. That didn't happen in the second half. As for the OL, they can't be blamed for refs not calling a damn penalty on late hits/head shots, but we gave up only one sack all game before the again game losing FG drive.

We were talented enough. We lost to KC and Oakland because of pick 6s. Those were two of the top teams last year. We were 4 Ganopes away from 10-6. We played like poo at times and our coaches were the same, but we were way better than 6-10. I'm not going to say we didn't rest on our laurels because we did. I think Gettleman's big mistake was getting greedy. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. He thought we were good enough that we could pull the tag on Norman, save $$$ for Turner, Norwell, Short, Star, etc. and get a 3rd comp pick.


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Um, we were up in game 1 until the numerous big hits and headshots Newton received behind our OL finally took a toll. Throughout the 2016 season defenses started teeing off on Newton, it was open season. Remmers starting only exacerbated the issue. He should have at the very least been relegated to a backup role in 2016. We had all offseason to realize what other teams already knew, we needed to upgrade.

[heel31ok]

7 hours ago, Adb6368 said:

I agree with him being the greatest panther.

However, Thomas Davis owes as much to this franchise as they do to him. The Panthers (JR specifically) continued to support him through everything and gave him every opportunity to succeed. Who knows what would have happened if we didn't decide to continue to hang with him through 3 ACL injuries. It had never been done before! Who knows how many teams would have given him the opportunity and (more importantly) the ideal situation to succeed. 

He will always be one of my favorite Panthers but we can't be spending all of our cap space on veterans that are nearing the end of their career.

Everything you said points to the Panthers getting the better end off the deal so far...

[CPantherKing]

It's Gettleman. We all know what to expect! Disaster!

I do appreciate how the vets are leveraging Gettleman. They know they have him in a tough spot to say no, and they deserve every penny they can get. Gettleman is receiving the business end of his own deals now from the leaders of his own team.

[uncfan888]

41 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

It's Gettleman. We all know what to expect! Disaster!

I do appreciate how the vets are leveraging Gettleman. They know they have him in a tough spot to say no, and they deserve every penny they can get. Gettleman is receiving the business end of his own deals now from the leaders of his own team.

Now sign on to your retired college coach alt and pie yourself, idiot 

[Saca312]

What I'm getting out of all this is that Star's gone next season. 

With Olsen, TD, Trai, and Norwell all wanting bank, Star's gonna be packing is bags soon. With a very deep DT rookie class coming up, I wouldn't be surprised if Gettleman even considered one of those hogmollies - or even that other Lotulelei. 

[Jackofalltrades]

I don't think TD is looking for a big pay day, just wants the security of knowing he's not done at the end of this season. I'd be thrilled with a team friendly 2-3 year deal to close him out. 

TD is one of my all time favorites, he's the guy I want my kids to emulate from a character stand point. As good as he is a football, it pales in comparison to who he is as a man. It'll will be a sad day when he hangs up the cleats.