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

nctarheel0619

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Greg and Thomas both requesting extensions is not ideal. 

Thomas Davis is one of the all time Panther greats, maybe the single best combination of everything the Panthers embody. 

That being said, this is not like the Olsen situation. TD started to show a little regression last year and Shaq is on the up and up. 

Olsen deserves to be paid more, TD probably doesn't but given his standing on the team and with the community. fug it just extend them both and hope that's the end of this. 

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The people here on the huddle are starting to sound eerily familiar to the post  shut out year when J Stew and DeLo were up for contracts - all the talks of pay the man etc.  Those lousy contract decisions hurt this team badly for years.  This isn't a charity and the Panthers did Davis a solid when they kept him around after 3 torn ACL s.  Much as I like him it is a business decision to make and they owe him nothing.

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12 hours ago, Jangler said:

There is no player in Panther history that deserves whatever he wants more than Thomas Davis. He is the Greatest Panther and fyck you if you disagree.

That said....he better want a friendly deal.

At the end of the day it's still a bisiness and you have to put emotions aside. I'm sure something will be worked out. If not I'm confident in Shaq

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I hope we can keep TD and GO happy. I wonder how much this has to do with the Kalil contract?  They threw BIG money at an outsider who has poor production. As much as there is an out in this contract it looks like a terrible deal in context of Whitworth going to the hopeless Rams.

The other thing is that to me that obviously brings into question team friendly deals that producing players have agreed to help the cap. I would be annoyed too. I REALLY hope the Left Tackle situation this season justifies the incredible commitment they made to MK as part of this deal.

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A lot of hand wringing over nothing.  Based on everything Davis and Olsen have shown throughout their careers, neither wants to put the team in a bind.  They just want their situations settled so they can move on and win a Super Bowl.

Olsen will not hold out, nor was that ever a realistic possibility.  I think he just wants the respect he feels he's due, but that isn't recognized by many in the league.  IRRC, he's currently the 7th highest paid TE in the league, and I don't think many here would argue that's well below his actual worth.  So, renegotiating his salary isn't about the money, but his status in relation to the other TE's in the league.  If I had to guess, he'll get a new contract with a lot of dollars at the backend that he'll never see, but on paper it will put him among the highest paid TE's.  And, I doubt his cap figure will actually change all that much.

TD's contract expires after this season, and he just wants a new contract before the season starts so he doesn't have to think about it this year.  He doesn't have any intention of going anywhere, and he also realizes that Shaq is the future.  So, I'm sure he won't be looking for a top level LB contract, just a reasonable one that accounts for what he'll give the team.

Oh, and since neither of them will be outrageous contracts, I have no doubt that Gettleman will pay for both.  And signing both of them shouldn't preclude us from keeping any our FA's that we want. 

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Just now, kungfoodude said:

 

 


It is the principle of the matter. Paying a bottom 10 player top 10 money and then not paying two actual top ten players. Hopefully it won't happen and we are able to reward TD and Olsen.

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I feel you, but I don't think either player is looking at the Kalil situation and using it as motivation for their personal contract negotiations. This is solely about their own situations and desires/reasons for wanting new deals. Their (TD and GO) situations are also very different. 

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